Well another slant then, Lord Orford bred bulldog into the greyhound in 1776, almost 250 years ago, are they greyhounds or lurchers?
Thats an interesting slant mate. I think technically any dog that has both sight hound and another non sight hound breed, no matter the percentages IS a lurcher, whether an individual 'really classes' it as a lurcher is another matter. A long dog being sight hound x sight hound. With the example of Lord Orford, in his day he wouldn't (i don't think) have recognized the term lurcher but would have thought of himself as creating running dogs, a 'type' of