Perhaps buying a lurcher pup in, and keeping your deerhound line pure, might be a good idea, given everything you've mentioned?
Would certainly be less stressful and a lot quicker.
Dunno, but rumour has it that mackem, off this site, often walks around london with a sachet, after having one of his regular pedicures.
Maybe just rumours, though.
The above posts makes a refreshing change from the lurcher section, which has people wanting to practically kill each other for having a difference of opinion!!