The Modern Lurcher Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you a Lurcher is gentle, lazy and happy on the sofa. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

What's inside

• Where the Lurcher came from, and why every one is a different mix

• Is a Lurcher right for you? The honest version

• Health, thin skin and sighthound vet questions, and what the research actually says

• Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

• Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

• The chaser, the escape artist and the worrier: Lurcher training challenges

• Enrichment, family life, children and other animals

• Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

• Lurcher myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

There's a Lurcher checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about a Lurcher, bringing home a puppy or a rescue, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.