Dog Cross Breed

[divot34]

What is the name for a dog cross between a greyhound and a whippet?

[shaneystar2]

Lurcher

[B00]

Or a grippet?



sorry..................

[divegirl]

lol @ Boo....now go stand in the corner!!!!!

[lankeela]

It is not a proper lurcher, the original lurcher is a cross between a greyhound and a collie, although any sighthound cross tends to be called a lurcher these days.

[shaneystar2]

Of course we must bow to lankeelas superior knowledge ...but there is also something called a "Longdog" . A greyhound crossed with a whippet
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Longdog

[lankeela]

Thanks shaney! I need all the friends I can get. As explained below, both lurchers and longdogs are 'types' rather than breeds:

http://www.thebeastlybeasts.co.uk/beasts/lurch er.html

[leelapops]

That was my thinking, too, BOO, sadly I got here a bit late! lol. I didn't realise a lurcher was that type of cross. You learn something new...etc. :) Lisax

[nanscamp]

A greyhound cross whippet is classed as a longdog.

A longdog is a cross between two sighthounds.

Therefore a cross between a greyhound and a whippet is called a grew