I agree having owned a lurcher & as a pup was very excitable, it was a bugger of a job getting the ballance right, walking him on a leash fir a good hour & then let him have a little run, once i was a 100% he would come back to me once off the lead, i practiced with him in the garden rolling a ball & getting him to bring it to me and not drop it at my feet, he took a good 2 yrs to mature mentally, still did a wall of death round the house great lolloping thing a lovely natured dog who's life was shortened by some wanker who let off a firework
Monty wasnt brought to use sol