That said, the lurcher is not completely exempt from medical affliction, with documented cases of muscle and joint injury, as well as more serious incidences of bone cancer and gastric tortion being identified in the breed.
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The dog (canis familiaris when considered a distinct species or canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the wolf) is a domesticated carnivore of the family canidae. This sighthound mix breed comes in many shapes and sizes. Lurchers are a type of hound developed from crossing a sighthound with a working dog such a collie or terrier and have been around for centuries.
So strictly speaking they are not a 'breed' of dog.
A crossbred hunting dog, usually a greyhound cross with a collie , esp one trained to. That said, the lurcher is not completely exempt from medical affliction, with documented cases of muscle and joint injury, as well as more serious incidences of bone cancer and gastric tortion being identified in the breed. The lurcher is the offspring of a sighthound mated with another breed, most commonly a pastoral breed or a terrier type of dog. An intelligent dog, certainly so when scavenging for food.
