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Lurcher, illustration from The Sportsman's Cabinet by William Taplin, 1803; engraved from a painting by Philip Reinagle. A lurcher is a crossbred dog resulting from mating a greyhound or other sighthound with a dog of another type such as a herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher is not a "breed," but is a generic descriptor of a group of varying ...
Lurcher dogs are not a specific breed, but a term for a dog bred between a sighthound and another dog. The aim of the cross was partly to produce a dog with the athleticism of a sighthound and the ...
A rescue dog is celebrating the ultimate Christmas gift: a forever home! Joanne Baker, from Nottinghamshire, England, jumped at the opportunity to provide Sarah — a three-year-old lurcher — a ...
The American Staghound, referred to by various names including the Cold-Blooded Greyhound, the Longdog of the Prairie and the American Lurcher, is a crossbreed of various sighthounds. It has been bred in the United States from the 19th century where it is used for hunting.
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.
Several types of working dog crossbreeds date from the 14th century or earlier, such as the lurcher or the longdog.. Historically, crosses between dogs of different types were more well accepted at a time when modern purebred breeds (based on the eugenics principles) did not yet exist.
Lurcher: A Lurcher is a sighthound crossed with a working dog breed—usually a pastoral dog or terrier bred selected for working. Gun dogs: Gun dogs are used primarily by small game hunters using shotguns. Gun dogs are classified as retrievers, spaniels, and pointing breeds. Retrievers: Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Dolichocephalic dogs (such as the Lurcher or German Shepherd) have elongated noses. This makes them vulnerable to fungal diseases of the nose such as aspergillosis. [1] In humans the anterior–posterior diameter (length) of dolichocephaly head is more than the transverse diameter (width). [citation needed]