Mongrel question.

[samboy]

High gang.

                  If you mate a mongrel with a mongrel you get a mongrel. But if you mate a Whippet with a Bedlington terrier you get a

                 1st cross or what we call a Lurcher but is it still classed as a mongrel ?.

                                                                                                                             Thanks all.

[holloway]

15 minutes ago, samboy said:

High gang.

                  If you mate a mongrel with a mongrel you get a mongrel. But if you mate a Whippet with a Bedlington terrier you get a

                 1st cross or what we call a Lurcher but is it still classed as a mongrel ?.

                                                                                                                             Thanks all.

Cross breed ?

 

[ditchman]

16 minutes ago, samboy said:

High gang.

                  If you mate a mongrel with a mongrel you get a mongrel. But if you mate a Whippet with a Bedlington terrier you get a

                 1st cross or what we call a Lurcher but is it still classed as a mongrel ?.

                                                                                                                             Thanks all.

thought a lurcher was a greyhound cross ?

[Yellow Bear]

26 minutes ago, samboy said:

is it still classed as a mongrel

That all depends if you are a dog snob or not.

[Lloyd90]

39 minutes ago, samboy said:

High gang.

                  If you mate a mongrel with a mongrel you get a mongrel. But if you mate a Whippet with a Bedlington terrier you get a

                 1st cross or what we call a Lurcher but is it still classed as a mongrel ?.

                                                                                                                             Thanks all.

It’s classed as a lurcher … a working type dog crossed with a sight hound. 

22 minutes ago, ditchman said:

thought a lurcher was a greyhound cross ?

A lurcher is (I believe) any working type dog (herding dog, terrier type, etc) crossed with a running dog / sight hound. 

 

I believe a long dog is 2 running dogs / sight hounds crossed together … eg whippet x greyhounds. 

 

Isn’t a mongrel a dog that’s such a mix and combination it has no definable type? 

Edited December 28, 2022 by Lloyd90

[Dougy]

Some bloke i the local had a new dog that he called something or other, labrapoocock or whatever, i said "Oh its a mongrel then" he got a bit of a mardy on and got a bit stroppy saying it was a breed. "No its a mongrel, we used to call them street accidents, but if your happy with it then fine, but its still a Mongrel" 

You call it what you like, WippingBed has a ring to it. 

[derbyduck]

first cross .

[rubyred]

Dougy you are dead right across is across still a mongrel

[Krico woodcock]

 

1 hour ago, Dougy said:

Some bloke i the local had a new dog that he called something or other, labrapoocock or whatever, i said "Oh its a mongrel then" he got a bit of a mardy on and got a bit stroppy saying it was a breed. "No its a mongrel, we used to call them street accidents, but if your happy with it then fine, but its still a Mongrel" 

You call it what you like, WippingBed has a ring to it. 

Every breed started out as a"cross breed" "mongrel", or what ever you want to call them before they became a "breed".. 

[Dougy]

2 minutes ago, Krico woodcock said:

 

Every breed started out as a"cross breed" "mongrel", or what ever you want to call them before they became a "breed".. 

Yes very true, you could go back 10,000 years and still have what we now call mongrels, but now we call them made up names that come with a fashion label attached. 

[Stonepark]

14 minutes ago, Dougy said:

Yes very true, you could go back 10,000 years and still have what we now call mongrels..

But you also had breeds, though most were geographically based, rather than the many different breeds we have today in each country.

[steve_b_wales]

My Vet agreed that my Cockapoo was indeed a mongrel, but he said they prefer the name ' crossbreed'. This was also what she named as on her insurance form.

[jeffgg]

So if you cross a Jack Russell with a Boxer you get a Jack in the Box 

[Walker570]

11 hours ago, Dougy said:

Some bloke i the local had a new dog that he called something or other, labrapoocock or whatever, i said "Oh its a mongrel then" he got a bit of a mardy on and got a bit stroppy saying it was a breed. "No its a mongrel, we used to call them street accidents, but if your happy with it then fine, but its still a Mongrel" 

You call it what you like, WippingBed has a ring to it. 

Nail on head again.

 

47 minutes ago, jeffgg said:

So if you cross a Jack Russell with a Boxer you get a Jack in the Box 

No, only during the mating process.

[loriusgarrulus]

1 hour ago, Walker570 said:

Nail on head again.

 

No, only during the mating process.

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[London Best]

A Boxer once crossed my Jack Russel and got a torn ear!