What sort of creature is a lurcher?
Lurcher between a greyhound and a lurcher was more legal than biological. Greyhounds were used to hunt legally by the upper class, while illegal hunting by the lower orders was reflected in the dog's name: "lurcher" or "poacher's dog". Brian Plummer identifies the Norfolk Lurcher as the predecessor of the modern lurcher. Temperament is also variable, again dependent on parental influence. As could be expected, lurchers with dominant sighthound attributes have similar temperaments—often fairly lazy with a good eye—however, accordingly, others are influenced by their other, often more tractable, biddable, and slower parent. As with all dogs, temperament will be modified
Lurcher by socialising the puppy. The word 'lurcher' is from Middle English, lurch, to remain in a place furtively. While it has been suggested the word 'lurcher' is from Romani word for thief, the word for thief in Romani is "Chor". However, the archaic meaning of the word lurcher in English is a prowler, swindler, or petty thief. It is fabled that in the 14th, 15th and early 16th century the English and Scottish governments banned commoners from owning sight-hounds, such as Irish wolfhounds, Scottish deerhounds, and greyhounds, though no documentation from the time can be found to verify this. It