DADS PICKING HIS HANCOCK DOG UP TOMORROW. HAD ONE BEFORE AND IT WAS VERY GOOD 1/2 BREED. I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE DON,T LIKE THEM BUT IT,S EACH TO THERE OWN. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE TIME TO TRAIN THEM I THINK YOU CANNOT BEAT THEM AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE GETTING FROM A HANCOCK DOG. I THINK COLLIE X ARE ONE OF THE BEST LURCHERS BUT THAT IS JUST ME.