yeah but not many people run pure sighthounds compared to lurchers and yes sighthounds have a rep for being quite but once you start sticking collie or terrier based breeds to them you get a different outcome, most have alot of other breeds in , lot of the boar dogs in australia. have alot of sighhound in them and they still yap and bay them till the rest of the crew catch up. then they mount there attack. im not saying that everydog yapping is trying to communicate as some do it for other reasons but most yappers are communicating to others or there human owner. hence why i was saying its in