Brindle the Lurcher

We have achieved puppy.

A "rescue" dog - yes we had to crash through a burning building swim a raging river and just in the nick of time we "rescued" Brindle.

More like we went to he pound and laid down some cash and eventually walked away with this puppy. Why does the everyday have to be so dramatic? Rescue indeed still we love our puppy and that is the point.

A rather interesting mutt the pound people said it was a mix of greyhound and lab. My Welsh friend Gareth informs me that such mutts are more than popular in the UK and are known as Lurchers.

A quick google turns up a plethora of hits including this charming description which I can only imagine originated from one of those stout busy bodies who make it their lifes work to support whatever powers that be at the moment and to make our lives as miserable as possible.


The Lurcher Dog
( Originally Published 1894 )

"The rough, large-boned, ill-looking Lurcher," says Mrs. Bowdich, "is said to have descended from the rough greyhound and the shepherd's dog. It is now rare; but there are some of its sinister-looking managerial progeny still to be seen. They always bear the reputation of being poachers' dogs, and are deeply attached to their owners. They have a fine scent; and a man confessed to Mr. Bewick, that he could, with a pair of lurchers, procure as many rabbits as he pleased. They never give tongue, but set about their work silently and cautiously, and hunt hares and partridges, driving the latter into the nets of the unlawful sportsmen." He is a dog to whom a bad name has been given, and who has found a bad name but one step from hanging.

Of course we knew nothing off all this when we found her - just an affectionate and quite dog amidst the cacophony of pound puppies far more interested in each other than in mere people.

Perfect dog for libertarians I'd guess.

cpyrght John Sebastian 2004