A Lurcher is a classic working crossbreed: the result of a cross between a sighthound and a herding or terrier breed, depending on the goals of the breeder. Common crosses include Greyhounds, Whippets, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, or Irish Wolfhounds with Border Collies or Bedlington Terriers or Bull Terriers. A Lurcher is a classic working crossbreed: the result of a cross between a sighthound and a herding or terrier breed, depending on the goals of the breeder. Common crosses include Greyhounds, Whippets, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, or Irish Wolfhounds with Border Collies or Bedlington Terriers or Bull Terriers.
What breeds make a Lurcher?
Lurchers are usually a cross between a sighthound breed – such as Greyhound, Saluki or Whippet – and a Collie or Terrier. Because they're a mixed breed, no two Lurchers are the same – in looks or temperament.
What makes a Lurcher a Lurcher?
A lurcher is a cross-bred dog resulting from mating a Greyhound or other sighthound with a dog of another type, commonly a herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher was for hundreds of years strongly associated with poaching; in modern times it is kept as a hunting dog or companion dog.
How do I get a Lurcher?
A lurcher is technically the result of a greyhound crossed with a working dog. This could be a collie or a terrier. Although we also class small whippet type dogs, salukis and greyhounds crossed with a whippet for example, as lurchers. The vast majority of lurchers arrive at KGR via the dog pound.
What makes the best Lurcher?
The breeds generally crossed to produce a lurcher include all the so-called gazehounds – greyhound, whippet, saluki, borzoi, afghan – and something different. Bull-terrier types are often included to give what the poachers call gameness, while collie blood adds brains to the mix.
What kind of dog is a lurcher?
The Lurcher is recognized as a mix of various breeds. Typically, the Lurcher dog breed is a combination of a sighthound breed such as the Greyhound and another type of working dog breed. As a result, a Lurcher is a winning combination of brains and speed.
How to choose a stud dog for a lurcher?
Breed clubs always frown on any exaggerations in the breed and recommend that all potential owners ask breeders for the full lineage of a Lurcher parent breeds. Responsible breeders would always choose their stud dogs carefully to ensure their continued welfare of all Lurchers and their prodigy.
Are lurchers good for first time dog owners?
Lurchers are not a good choice for first time dog owners because although they are lovely dogs by nature, training a Lurcher can prove challenging at the best of times. As such they are better suited to people who are familiar with the breed and their specific needs.
What makes a Lurcher a working breed?
Any Lurcher you meet is likely to have been bred from working lines, and so retains the desire and capability to do his original job, whether you want him to or not.
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