norfolk lurcher what breed makes them

[Simoman 110]

Simo are you a catholic?

 

I am the vine, you are the branches............

 

Alter boy by anychance? :laugh:

 

I don't want to talk about it...............

[Malt 379]

Ones I seen pictures of look like they've got a huge dose of rough collie in them..

[talt 878]

no malt,that would be the siberian husky,or maybe he crossed a sheep into one of his lines

[talt 878]

i dont know if anyone else has read any of mr.burrells stories of how he "blended" different breeds of dogs into his lines but theres been so many different crosses that his original line must be so diluted as to be all but gone.he berates hancock as a puppy farmer but at least hancock is honest about the stock he sells.i have seen pictures of burrells so called norfolk lurchers and there appears to be a lot of variation in type.my brother had one some years ago which was a good dog,but no better or worse than lots of other lurcher x lurcher bred dogs i have seen.i think the norfolk name tag is a marketing ploy to draw in unsuspecting people.i am not saying his dogs are crap, its just that they are no different to any other good working strain of lurcher x lurcher bred dogs.just my opinion,anyhow.

[Marvel 488]

spot on talt

[talt 878]

going back to the title of this topic, i think possibly lots of breeds went into their make up. in times gone by, if someone had a dog that was good at its job, it was put to another dog that was also good at the same job. eventually, especially if there was sight hound blood in the make up they would start to look "typey". its amazing what breeds, when crossed with sighthounds, throw pups that look like "norfolks".i once saw a dog that looked like a perfect example but when i asked the owner how it was bred i was told it was an accidental mating between a labradoodle and a smooth coated lurcher.