Longdog
{{Short description|Dog of sighthound type, usually cross-bred}}
{{About|a dog called the Longdog|the short legged, long bodied breed|Dachshund}}
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A long dog (also long-dog or longdog) is any dog of sighthound type, whether pure-bred or not.{{r|oed|sheardown}} It is usually a cross-breed between two sighthounds of different breeds, one of which is usually a Greyhound{{r|bob|oed}}
Background
It is distinct from the lurcher, which is a cross between a sighthound and a working dog, usually a terrier or herding dog.{{cite book |last=Alderton |first=David |author-link=David Alderton |date=2000 |title=Hounds of the world |location=Shrewsbury |publisher=Swan Hill Press |pages=76–66 |isbn=1-85310-912-6}} And it is generally larger than a feist, which is an American cross."[https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109975?redirectedFrom=longdog#eid38792556 Long dog]", in: Oxford English Dictionary, online edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed May 2021. {{subscription required}}.{{cite book |last=Sheardown |first=Frank |date=1999 |title=The working longdog |location=Shrewsbury |publisher=Swan Hill Press |page=9 |isbn=1-84037-060-2 }}Jeffare, Bob (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20030826105527/http://www.k9magazinefree.com/k9_perspective/iss1p11.shtml Lurchers and Longdogs]. K9 Perspective Magazine 1: 11. Archived 26 August 2003.Blount, Deborah (February 2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080730143402/http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/hunting/inquiry/evidence/lurcherclubs1.htm#p2 The Lurcher Submission]. Association of Lurcher Clubs. Archived 30 July 2008.Harvey, Denis E. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SELYAAAAMAAJ The Gypsies: Waggon-time and After]. London: Batsford. {{isbn|9780713415483}}.{{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=2012 |title=Sighthounds: their form, their function and their future |location=Ramsbury, Marlborough |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |pages=97–106 |isbn=978-1-84797-392-4 }}
See also
Notes
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Further reading
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- E.G. Walsh (1977). Lurchers and Longdogs. Woodbridge: Boydell.
- {{long dash}} (1990). Longdogs by Day. Woodbridge: Boydell.
- D.B. Plummer (1993). Lurcher and Long Dog Training. London: Robinson Publishing.
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