Merrymoles
Well-Known Member
An extremely large lurcher has popped up on our local charity rehoming site and I am pondering...
We have always had rescue dogs (although two of our six don't really count as they were my mums) and we currently have a four-year-old Newfoundland x German Shepherd. It is the first time in 23 years that we have only had one dog and I worry that she doesn't get much chance to socialise because we are quite remote so don't really see other dogs when we are out. She got on well with our old collie who we lost last spring and shared a kennel with a beagle at the rescue centre.
Apparently he is a bull lurcher and close to the size of a Great Dane. He was extremely thin when rescued and appears to be covered in scars - I suspect from badger baiting which is something of a problem around here. He is five and described as "dopey" which goes against all the lurchers I have ever known who have been on the sharp and/or nutcase side.
We have a couple of fenced acres but not high fences and, obviously, would need to ensure he got on with current dog.
Help me ponder! Would you? Would I need a second mortgage to feed him? Do you know anything about bull lurchers?
All advice gratefully received.
We have always had rescue dogs (although two of our six don't really count as they were my mums) and we currently have a four-year-old Newfoundland x German Shepherd. It is the first time in 23 years that we have only had one dog and I worry that she doesn't get much chance to socialise because we are quite remote so don't really see other dogs when we are out. She got on well with our old collie who we lost last spring and shared a kennel with a beagle at the rescue centre.
Apparently he is a bull lurcher and close to the size of a Great Dane. He was extremely thin when rescued and appears to be covered in scars - I suspect from badger baiting which is something of a problem around here. He is five and described as "dopey" which goes against all the lurchers I have ever known who have been on the sharp and/or nutcase side.
We have a couple of fenced acres but not high fences and, obviously, would need to ensure he got on with current dog.
Help me ponder! Would you? Would I need a second mortgage to feed him? Do you know anything about bull lurchers?
All advice gratefully received.