Hi
I am a new member and a new lurcher (we think) owner!
In April last year we adopted a beautiful boy from our local animal shelter. On all of his paperwork he is described as a greyhound. We have no history except that he was picked up as a stray after an RTA.
Although he is bigger than what we thought we wanted, we fell in love with him immediately and he is a lovely companion to our german shepherd cross Max.
At a local event held by the Greyhound West of England in the summer I met some wonderful people who informed me that he was a lurcher. Probably with a collie mix. He makes us laugh every day and does not conform at all to what we have read are typical greyhound characteristics except for being lazy in the house. The day we brought him home I put him in the garden whilst I popped to the garage and he immediately jumped a 6 foot garden fence to see what I was doing. He is now totally settled and attached to us so he doesn't do it anymore, thank goodness!
There is nothing calm or alouf about our Sonny and he is hillarious. We are not sure of this age but he behaves like a young dog, chewing, playbiting etc. He had absolutely no training when we had him and we have taught him the basics which he picked up very quickly. The problem we have is that when we walk him he runs off to see other dogs and we cannot stop him from going as he spots them long before we do! He always comes back and generally doesn't like to stray far from us. He runs at other dogs at full pelt and often knocks them over, but he only wants to play. He also wants to make friends with all humans too. He jumps up at dog walkers, joggers, cyclists anyone really. This has become a problem as he can frighten them and as responsible dog owners we have now taken to walking him on the lead in public areas or in deserted farmers fields. We feel so sorry for him as he is such a friendly dog.
I guess the question I want to ask after chapter and verse is do you think dog training classes would be beneficial or maybe agility to help him learn some manners or are we wasting our time because a lot of what we have read suggests this is the case.
Sorry this is such a long message but we are so proud of him and really want to sort it out.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have attached some pics for you to see if you think he a lurcher collie mix
Hope to hear from you soon
This is Sonny the day we brought him home
Some more pics of Sonny now (much better condition)
And this is our other dog Max
I am a new member and a new lurcher (we think) owner!
In April last year we adopted a beautiful boy from our local animal shelter. On all of his paperwork he is described as a greyhound. We have no history except that he was picked up as a stray after an RTA.
Although he is bigger than what we thought we wanted, we fell in love with him immediately and he is a lovely companion to our german shepherd cross Max.
At a local event held by the Greyhound West of England in the summer I met some wonderful people who informed me that he was a lurcher. Probably with a collie mix. He makes us laugh every day and does not conform at all to what we have read are typical greyhound characteristics except for being lazy in the house. The day we brought him home I put him in the garden whilst I popped to the garage and he immediately jumped a 6 foot garden fence to see what I was doing. He is now totally settled and attached to us so he doesn't do it anymore, thank goodness!
There is nothing calm or alouf about our Sonny and he is hillarious. We are not sure of this age but he behaves like a young dog, chewing, playbiting etc. He had absolutely no training when we had him and we have taught him the basics which he picked up very quickly. The problem we have is that when we walk him he runs off to see other dogs and we cannot stop him from going as he spots them long before we do! He always comes back and generally doesn't like to stray far from us. He runs at other dogs at full pelt and often knocks them over, but he only wants to play. He also wants to make friends with all humans too. He jumps up at dog walkers, joggers, cyclists anyone really. This has become a problem as he can frighten them and as responsible dog owners we have now taken to walking him on the lead in public areas or in deserted farmers fields. We feel so sorry for him as he is such a friendly dog.
I guess the question I want to ask after chapter and verse is do you think dog training classes would be beneficial or maybe agility to help him learn some manners or are we wasting our time because a lot of what we have read suggests this is the case.
Sorry this is such a long message but we are so proud of him and really want to sort it out.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have attached some pics for you to see if you think he a lurcher collie mix
Hope to hear from you soon
This is Sonny the day we brought him home
Some more pics of Sonny now (much better condition)
And this is our other dog Max
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