When is a lurcher not a lurcher??

[jackson2kaii8 5]

obviously it will be called a lurcher because theres still goin to be greyhound blood in it...???

[riohog 5,721]

Now we all know that there are and have been reverse 3/4 of some crosses but at what point does the % become too diluted for the dog to stop becoming a lurcher?

 

For instance if you had a reverse 3/4 collie greyhound and mated it to a pure collie you would have a dog with an 8th greyhound, would you class this as a lurcher? Personally i wouldn't........

if it has 1/8th greyhound in it ..........it is no longer (pure collie)

 

it is a crossbreed .. after all that is what a lurcher is!! a dog containing sighthound .. and other .. is it/!!

[x38 179]

well i was always told = 1/2 x lurcher, 1/4 ? 3/4 grey lurcher 3/8 ? 5/8 grey, lurcher, 1/8 ? 7/8 grey, longdog. And sight hound to sighthound = longdog.? So thats what i was told, prob somebody will say differnt.??

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[chartpolski 24,139]

Ive seen pure Collies and Pure Bulls that caught and hunted game,...and ive also seen 3/4 Greyhound 1/4 Somthing else NOT catch game....to me, the definition of a 'Lurcher' is "a dog that consistantly takes game"...of course you have the PROPER cross' that do that, but every now and then, you see a dog with little or NO sighthound blood in it, taking game frequently...and in certain terrain, these types are better than a running dog type....when the ground get hard with ice here, we use my mates Bull dog to hunt game at night....he takes game that is fast and bites back, a running dog would be crippled buy these condisions...

 

 

So, Si, i guess i would say, as long as the dog is catching game regular, i would call it a Lurcher mate...

 

Hmmm,Kye, interesting. I once saw a Border Collie catch a hare; was it a "Lurcher" ? NO, it was a Collie. I once owned a 1/4 Collie 3/4 Greyhound, that couldn't catch a hare in a 'phone box ! Was it a "Collie" ? No, it was a Lurcher, (albeit a useless one ! LOL !). Anyhow, it's all down to opinions, and a good discussion.

 

Cheers.

[bunnys 1,228]

collie dog by my reckoning touches of grey have been known to have been absorbed in some fell collie lines

[KittleRox 2,147]

i have an 1/2 collie 1/4 bull 1/4 grey.if i crossed her with a collie then i wouldn,t call the pups lurchers.

[mike1458 14]

A lurcher is a crossbreed of a dog that contains at least one sighthound in its ancestory. For it to be classed as a lurcher it must be sighthound x terrier OR herding dog. If it is a sighthound x anything else techically it is a mongrel

ATB Mike

[mike1458 14]

It doesnt matter if it only has 1% sighthound, it is still techically a lurcher and I would still class it as a lurcher.

ATB Mike

[Borat 8]

It doesnt matter if it only has 1% sighthound, it is still techically a lurcher and I would still class it as a lurcher.

ATB Mike

 

 

But surely you've bred the sighthound influence/attributes out ?

 

After all, some working bloodlines of Beared collie are meant to have "Deehound" influence, way - way back, but they're not a "lurcher"..

[adamb20 22]

i have an 1/2 collie 1/4 bull 1/4 grey.if i crossed her with a collie then i wouldn,t call the pups lurchers.

 

if you crossed that dog with a collie there would be no doubt in my mind that it would produce lurchers

[Simoman 110]

Personally I think anything with less than 25% sighthound isn't a lurcher, just a mongrel, BUT thats just my opinion, is there a right answer??? If you added bull into a line of greyhounds 30 generations back and bred greyhound to greyhound since is it a lurcher, or a greyhound????

[PINNACLE 2,297]

A lurcher is a crossbreed of a dog that contains at least one sighthound in its ancestory. For it to be classed as a lurcher it must be sighthound x terrier OR herding dog. If it is a sighthound x anything else techically it is a mongrel

ATB Mike

 

 

I have never heard this before I thought a mongrel was a dog that had unknow parent or parents.

[Borat 8]

Personally I think anything with less than 25% sighthound isn't a lurcher, just a mongrel, BUT thats just my opinion, is there a right answer??? If you added bull into a line of greyhounds 30 generations back and bred greyhound to greyhound since is it a lurcher, or a greyhound????

 

That's what Lord Orford did with his greyhounds did'nt he.. ?

 

See, I used to be a Book Worm..

[Malt 379]

There is no proper definition of exactly what constitutes a lurcher, so I guess it would depend on your opinion. I'd probably still call it a lurcher. I know 1/8th isn't much, but it would still add something to the mix to make it different to a pure collie.

 

JMO!

[KittleRox 2,147]

i have an 1/2 collie 1/4 bull 1/4 grey.if i crossed her with a collie then i wouldn,t call the pups lurchers.

 

if you crossed that dog with a collie there would be no doubt in my mind that it would produce lurchers

i think the sighthound blood would be diluted too much to call it a lurcher.jmo.