It dumbfonds me how many of these dogs need help in the UK. I recently adopted a lurcher here in the US and could not imagine a better breed. She is great at the dog park , even around puppies and kids, she even gave a baby in a stroller a kiss today. She is a ball of energy around other dogs off leash but will sleep for 10 hours after an hour or so at the dog park. She is so gentle and affectionate I cannot even comprehend why someone abandoned her out in a country field. If I ever adopt another dog it will be a lurcher. I am not sure if it is hard to adopt a dog from the UK if you live in the USA but I would definitely do it if it made sense. They are wonderful dogs and match my lifestyle perfectly. I like to get out and burn some energy each day but then colapse when I get home and it is nice to have a dog that does the same.
Oh goodness...0.21. Made my heart stop...my darling 15 year old baby Emma left me a month ago and that beautiful doggy looks just like her. Uncannily so. She even has the same eyebrows. These are the best type of dog,ever,imo. Closely followed by cockers but lurchers...well. Perfection in a dog.
Lurchers are amazing. It is so important that you remain calm at any point of potential aggression because they mimic your behaviour and are extremely loyal and protective..
@@thewilcoxfamily3612 In my honest opinion, so long as you socialise the dog early with other dogs you should be ok. My 2 Lurchers (4yr Deerhound/Bedlington x Grey/Collie that's 29" TTS & a 2yr Saluki x Staffy that's 27" TTS) run around with my Mothers 8ib Pomchi fine, you just have to keep an eye on them to make sure their prey drive doesn't kick in with smaller animals. And as for children... So long as the children know to treat a dog with respect and not poorly it should never be a problem. I have not had or met a Lurcher that doesn't love kids, you just need to be careful of accidents with the larger Lurchers due to the power and speed they can kick out. You may need to watch the prey drive also with smaller children, though I have never had a problem with this I imagine it could be a thing. I always tell my niece and nephews to just stop moving/stand still if either dog runs towards them (so not to trigger prey drive) and had no accidents as of yet in 20+yrs of lurcher ownership. I hope this has helped you, even if just a little and in my opinion again, Lurchers are the greatest dogs anybody could ever ask for
I think some posters are being unfair here. The advert is getting over one of the little-known facts about this interesting breed. It IS important people know that greys and to a lesser extent lurchers do NOT need loads of exercising. They're sprinters, get tired easy, don't have the fur and fat for wet and cold weather, and so are fussy about being exercised outside. Those ARE the facts. If you want a dog for long cross-country walks or endless excursions through rain and mud and hedges and rough terrain, you're probably not looking at a grey. There are exceptions but typically they don't enjoy going into rivers or the sea, or demanding long-term exercise. They will steal your sofa, however, and prefer comfort, warmth and plenty of human attention. So they are excellent companion dogs with a beautiful gentle nature.
I have a saluki (6 months old) and a collie/ jack russell - saluki/greyhound lurcher (14 months old) I take them out twice per day - first walk to a big field for an off the lead run around and second walk around the local lake but kept on the lead. Between walks they are happy to curl up on the sofa. The saluki has to be dragged of the couch for the second walk and the lurcher would prefer the couch on a rainy day. They are the best dogs you could have. Great house dogs as long as you give them a quick run about each day.
My parents have recently adopted a lurcher. You can walk him miles and he doesn't get tired and he's always hunting. Birds, bunnys, squirells, foxes, cats you name it he wants to kill it. So we muzzle him when he's off leash. He is dog friendly though. Overall though he's a good dog and they're happy they adopted him. You just gota be prepared to put the work in when you get any dog.
i have two lurchers. A greyhound bull and a saluki/collie/greyhound. saluki is not quiet, the live with a cat and she rules the roost however, if they see a cat outside their preydrive does kick in. They dont need alot of exercise quite happy with a stroll around the park but equally as happy to do a 10 mile hike. Both are accident prone and can get cuts quite easy as their skin is like paper. if the lurcher has a lot of saluki in keep ontop of recall training as around 18 months old this will go out the window.
I have a grey and he loves going out for walks in the rain and cold,I'm sure he would walk all day if he could,his favourite pastime apart from sleeping is sniffing around in the undergrowth and leaving his scent. I let him off the lead but only where it's safe and appropriate,gates at both ends of path and as few as people as possible,he likes to show off and dive bomb getting as close as possible whilst going as fast as possible,can be scary if your not expecting it
The only thing requiring "dragged off the sofa" with my Lurcher is me. They're nuts....bloody adolescent wolves with ADHD, it's no wonder they never became an established breed, all the smarts....zero concentration span. If I didn't love the one I've got so much I'd have two.
we got a whippet lurcher (?labradorish?) small one in black with perfect! black fur and a white star on his breast. he is the quickest creature on earth when he runs, he really is attentive, interested, we walk daily with the other dogs and i train him. i taught him walking stairs, now we climb the rocks. the only weak side are: foxpoo, other dogs which he loves to play with and he falls in love on 800 m. There is nothing, which holds him then. :) good boy!! but he is also very pretty disciplined and attentive. his nature is very caring and well mannored. like he always wants to show, that he is the best. he is very clean and does not make much work, loves cuddles and is extreme gentle and sleeps in my knees. he is also not so giant as other greyhounds which is good. he would be good in hunting i guess. rather rats than rabbits.
A lurcher is the actual greyhound itself. When the rich challenged two greyhounds against the hare, they were looking for the fastest dog. Every now and then a greyhound would come along that stayed behind the lead dog deliberately, because he or she knew that the lead dog was going to tire the hare, and when the hare turned, the second dog would lurch to the left or right and pick up the hare. The owners of these dogs did not want them, and called them rotten lurchers, they wanted the speed dog, basically because the lurcher greyhound showed more intelligence than most dogs. The same problem occurred with the whippet. They gave these lurcher greyhounds and lurcher whippets away to the drovers and they in turn crossed them with a dog called the "smithfield". The whippet cross was called a "warren dog", and the greyhound cross was called a "longdog". These fed the drovers with wild game all the way to London, sometimes a couple of hundred miles, and back home again, they were greatly valued. When transport by train came to this country for anything on the hoof, the drovers took their "smithfields" with them to Australia, and in the south of Australia around Tasmania is the only place you will find the "smithfield" now and they are greatly valued. Over the years we have bastardised the language and now anything that looks like a poachers dog is called a lurcher, which is completely wrong. The kennel club also helped all this to happen by refusing to recognise the "smithfield" as a true breed. They were fearless and kept hardened cattle moving all day and everyday. This is the truth of it and it needs to be told correctly. Anything else is just a mongrel. I am now 72 years old and i know all this because it is an educational story passed down through the family, Some of us were drovers, some of us were Romany, and some of us were just bad buggers.
Lovely dogs but they can escape over an 8 ft. fence without even a running start so you have to keep them on a lead or watch them every minute they're outside.
I never run my lurchers everyday, every two to three days is good and i always let them walk a bit first to loosen them up. if you run them every day they will suffer a bit when they are older.
It dumbfonds me how many of these dogs need help in the UK. I recently adopted a lurcher here in the US and could not imagine a better breed. She is great at the dog park , even around puppies and kids, she even gave a baby in a stroller a kiss today. She is a ball of energy around other dogs off leash but will sleep for 10 hours after an hour or so at the dog park. She is so gentle and affectionate I cannot even comprehend why someone abandoned her out in a country field. If I ever adopt another dog it will be a lurcher. I am not sure if it is hard to adopt a dog from the UK if you live in the USA but I would definitely do it if it made sense. They are wonderful dogs and match my lifestyle perfectly. I like to get out and burn some energy each day but then colapse when I get home and it is nice to have a dog that does the same.
Oh goodness...0.21. Made my heart stop...my darling 15 year old baby Emma left me a month ago and that beautiful doggy looks just like her. Uncannily so. She even has the same eyebrows.
These are the best type of dog,ever,imo. Closely followed by cockers but lurchers...well. Perfection in a dog.
Lurchers are amazing. It is so important that you remain calm at any point of potential aggression because they mimic your behaviour and are extremely loyal and protective..
Lurcher’s are the best
What are they like with children? We have a springer spaniel, 7 months old... How would one be here?
@@thewilcoxfamily3612 In my honest opinion, so long as you socialise the dog early with other dogs you should be ok. My 2 Lurchers (4yr Deerhound/Bedlington x Grey/Collie that's 29" TTS & a 2yr Saluki x Staffy that's 27" TTS) run around with my Mothers 8ib Pomchi fine, you just have to keep an eye on them to make sure their prey drive doesn't kick in with smaller animals. And as for children... So long as the children know to treat a dog with respect and not poorly it should never be a problem. I have not had or met a Lurcher that doesn't love kids, you just need to be careful of accidents with the larger Lurchers due to the power and speed they can kick out. You may need to watch the prey drive also with smaller children, though I have never had a problem with this I imagine it could be a thing. I always tell my niece and nephews to just stop moving/stand still if either dog runs towards them (so not to trigger prey drive) and had no accidents as of yet in 20+yrs of lurcher ownership. I hope this has helped you, even if just a little and in my opinion again, Lurchers are the greatest dogs anybody could ever ask for
I think some posters are being unfair here. The advert is getting over one of the little-known facts about this interesting breed. It IS important people know that greys and to a lesser extent lurchers do NOT need loads of exercising. They're sprinters, get tired easy, don't have the fur and fat for wet and cold weather, and so are fussy about being exercised outside. Those ARE the facts. If you want a dog for long cross-country walks or endless excursions through rain and mud and hedges and rough terrain, you're probably not looking at a grey. There are exceptions but typically they don't enjoy going into rivers or the sea, or demanding long-term exercise. They will steal your sofa, however, and prefer comfort, warmth and plenty of human attention. So they are excellent companion dogs with a beautiful gentle nature.
I have a saluki (6 months old) and a collie/ jack russell - saluki/greyhound lurcher (14 months old) I take them out twice per day - first walk to a big field for an off the lead run around and second walk around the local lake but kept on the lead. Between walks they are happy to curl up on the sofa. The saluki has to be dragged of the couch for the second walk and the lurcher would prefer the couch on a rainy day. They are the best dogs you could have. Great house dogs as long as you give them a quick run about each day.
I love my lurcher. I can't imagine owning any other dog.
i have an rspca rescue lurcher such a joy wonderful pet spoiled rotten it,s a lurcher everytime now for me
I've got a border collie x lurcher mix puppy and he doesn't mind the rain. He loves running though!
My parents have recently adopted a lurcher. You can walk him miles and he doesn't get tired and he's always hunting. Birds, bunnys, squirells, foxes, cats you name it he wants to kill it. So we muzzle him when he's off leash. He is dog friendly though. Overall though he's a good dog and they're happy they adopted him. You just gota be prepared to put the work in when you get any dog.
I have a Longdog, Greyhound x Saluki. He can really shift
i have two lurchers. A greyhound bull and a saluki/collie/greyhound. saluki is not quiet, the live with a cat and she rules the roost however, if they see a cat outside their preydrive does kick in. They dont need alot of exercise quite happy with a stroll around the park but equally as happy to do a 10 mile hike. Both are accident prone and can get cuts quite easy as their skin is like paper. if the lurcher has a lot of saluki in keep ontop of recall training as around 18 months old this will go out the window.
I have a grey and he loves going out for walks in the rain and cold,I'm sure he would walk all day if he could,his favourite pastime apart from sleeping is sniffing around in the undergrowth and leaving his scent. I let him off the lead but only where it's safe and appropriate,gates at both ends of path and as few as people as possible,he likes to show off and dive bomb getting as close as possible whilst going as fast as possible,can be scary if your not expecting it
The only thing requiring "dragged off the sofa" with my Lurcher is me. They're nuts....bloody adolescent wolves with ADHD, it's no wonder they never became an established breed, all the smarts....zero concentration span.
If I didn't love the one I've got so much I'd have two.
we got a whippet lurcher (?labradorish?) small one in black with perfect! black fur and a white star on his breast. he is the quickest creature on earth when he runs, he really is attentive, interested, we walk daily with the other dogs and i train him. i taught him walking stairs, now we climb the rocks. the only weak side are: foxpoo, other dogs which he loves to play with and he falls in love on 800 m. There is nothing, which holds him then. :) good boy!!
but he is also very pretty disciplined and attentive. his nature is very caring and well mannored. like he always wants to show, that he is the best. he is very clean and does not make much work, loves cuddles and is extreme gentle and sleeps in my knees. he is also not so giant as other greyhounds which is good. he would be good in hunting i guess. rather rats than rabbits.
I had lurchers one died she was 15 years and also she was not just lurcher she was koads of things and inhave one normal one
A lurcher is the actual greyhound itself. When the rich challenged two greyhounds against the hare, they were looking for the fastest dog. Every now and then a greyhound would come along that stayed behind the lead dog deliberately, because he or she knew that the lead dog was going to tire the hare, and when the hare turned, the second dog would lurch to the left or right and pick up the hare. The owners of these dogs did not want them, and called them rotten lurchers, they wanted the speed dog, basically because the lurcher greyhound showed more intelligence than most dogs. The same problem occurred with the whippet. They gave these lurcher greyhounds and lurcher whippets away to the drovers and they in turn crossed them with a dog called the "smithfield". The whippet cross was called a "warren dog", and the greyhound cross was called a "longdog". These fed the drovers with wild game all the way to London, sometimes a couple of hundred miles, and back home again, they were greatly valued. When transport by train came to this country for anything on the hoof, the drovers took their "smithfields" with them to Australia, and in the south of Australia around Tasmania is the only place you will find the "smithfield" now and they are greatly valued. Over the years we have bastardised the language and now anything that looks like a poachers dog is called a lurcher, which is completely wrong. The kennel club also helped all this to happen by refusing to recognise the "smithfield" as a true breed. They were fearless and kept hardened cattle moving all day and everyday. This is the truth of it and it needs to be told correctly. Anything else is just a mongrel. I am now 72 years old and i know all this because it is an educational story passed down through the family, Some of us were drovers, some of us were Romany, and some of us were just bad buggers.
Legends
Ive got a bull greyhound. Thing is mental.
Lol I do too...I now exactly what you mean.
Lovely dogs but they can escape over an 8 ft. fence without even a running start so you have to keep them on a lead or watch them every minute they're outside.
I never run my lurchers everyday, every two to three days is good and i always let them walk a bit first to loosen them up. if you run them every day they will suffer a bit when they are older.
20 mins every 3 days with ours. He sleeps after that and loves cuddles.
@@samtheguru Same with my old boy, he is nearly 9 now but he still thinks he is 4. always on the lookout for the chase etc.
I've got a Lurcher
I've got a saluki bull greyhound and I can assure you it isn't quiet
Lurcher: is this after whom the Addams Family butler was named ? Just wondering.
They are very thin can Greyhound female mate with larg dogs like dogo Argantino or Fila brasiaro?
Those two breeds and any crossbreeds off them are banned in the UK.
Lurchers are the numero uno dog there the best pet plus they'll catch you your dinner .👌👍😉
0:13 I think she is the lazy one.
This is silly.Give people info not a sales pitch.