1) Lurchers are, in fact, very versatile animals.

2) Mine were always the breed of Norfolk lurcher, a cross between a Smithfield and a greyhound.

3) On that evidence alone Mr Gummer has always been a rightward lurcher.

4) And in 2005 a baby deer named Mi-Lu befriended lurcher Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park in Merseyside after she was rejected by her mother.

5) They were amazed when the park's dogs Geoffrey and Kipper , a lurcher and a Golden Retriever, took a shine to the new resident.

6) A cross between a greyhound and a collie gives rise to a lurcher.