Category Archives: lurcher

“Does he live inside?”

Posted on June 6, 2010 by

I got chatting to a older chap in a Morrisons car park today. He was very taken with Jake, having kept and worked many different lurchers over the years (though these days has Patterdale terriers). I explained Jake is a … Continue reading →

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The very edges of lurcherdom

Posted on February 4, 2009 by

“That’s not a lurcher!” So say the lurcher police… Everyone thinks a lurcher is a deerhoundy type of dog. But lurchers are a varied bunch, as you’d expect given they are sighthounds crossed with sheepdogs or terriers. We went looking … Continue reading →

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Ironic book title

Posted on December 6, 2008 by

Now we know Jake is on the very edges of lurcherdom, but even so …

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Snake-dog, ready to run

Posted on August 20, 2008 by

For Wordless Wednesday.

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Greyhound bootees

Posted on August 22, 2006 by

Jake’s new greyhound pal Steve Austen has ripped a claw off in hot pursuit of a rabbit. He needs special greyhound boots (no kidding!). Therapaw are recommended by the Greyhound Awareness League. (What’s with all these sighthound leagues? GAL, the … Continue reading →

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