great post this [not one slagging comment!] I no longer work lurchers but as lads we used collie curs to mooch about and we always came home with something to show off they had bottle [something we liked about them ] most were great little guard dogs -no scrapping amongst them they worked as a team from ratting to rabbitting to pinching a few pheasants lol I think when im done with the spaniels im having a pure collie for company as I find them to be a cracking versatile dog