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Lurcher is an old English term for a crossbred dog; specifically, the result of mating a sighthound with a dog of another type, typically a working breed.The term was first used with this meaning in 1668; it is considered to be derived from the verb lurch, apparently a variant form of lurk, meaning lurk or steal.
A group of Labradoodle assistance dogs. This is a list of common dog crossbreeds.These are crossbreed dogs created deliberately by crossing two purebred dogs.Some are known as designer dogs and are bred as companion dogs, often given portmanteau names derived from those of the parent breeds; others are bred to combine specific working qualities inherent in the parent breeds.
American staghounds have been known by various names including the "Longdog of the Prairie" and the "American lurcher"; one version is referred to as the "Cold-Blooded Greyhound", these dogs tend to be smooth-coated animals that resemble large Greyhounds, with Greyhounds being the predominant breed in their ancestry and other sighthound blood ...
"Ol' Red", prison dog from the song of the same name, recorded by George Jones, Kenny Rogers and Blake Shelton "Old Shep" by Red Foley as also sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers "Old Tige", by Jim Reeves; Quiche Lorraine, two-inch tall green poodle, from a song of the same name by the B-52's from the album Wild Planet
A beer-drinking dog; about a murder trial based on the novel by John D. Voelker under the pen name Robert Traver. Murphy Doberman Pinscher: They Only Kill Their Masters: The victim's dog; about a small-town sheriff attempts to uncover facts behind the killing of a pregnant woman by her Doberman pinscher. My Little Darling Cairn Terrier: Shall ...
The UK television documentary maker Barry Cockcroft made several documentaries about Plummer, including A Way Out of Walsall (1985), which is about Plummer's training pupils of the local Forest Comprehensive School for the world of professional boxing, [2] and Lone Furrow (1987), which looks at the preoccupation of Plummer with his dogs, which have been rat-catchers, and his current wish to ...
Other names: Long dog: Dog (domestic dog) ... It is distinct from the lurcher, which is a cross between a sighthound and a working dog, usually a terrier or herding ...
The system by which Russians over the ages named their sighthounds was a series of descriptive terms rather than actual names. Borzoi is the masculine singular form of an archaic Russian adjective that means 'fast'. Borzaya sobaka ('fast dog') is the basic term for sighthounds used by Russians, though sobaka is usually dropped.