The crux is that IMO the plus points do not out weight the negative points with many of the primitive spitz types breeds. Yes they have reasonable feet and yes they have a nice enough jacket and stamnia of a sort, but do they have the mentality, temperament and potential working traits for a lurcher in the UK? I would say NO. I have been lucky enough to see many hundreds of Siberian Huskys, Malamutes, Greenland dogs and other associated breeds of this type over the years. And other than feet, stamina and jacket, everything else was a complete turn off, lets face it the skills you need to pull