i think from having lurchers 30 years ,and seen fair few differnt xs over the years , it all down to being a good retevier . meaning just watch retevier ,they will strike get the rabbit, get one nice hold and lift and bring back, now watch another dog that not great retevier they strike grab the rabbit, then fook about with therehold on it , so there mouthing the rabbit, bloody marks all over, or the rabbit will kick to try and get way, so it down to being good clean retevier i think. some dogs when pused on a hard/long night, will kill rabbits when tired as well, so some ways it pays to kno