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Sighthounds (also
called gazehounds) are a type of
hound dog that
hunts primarily by
sight and speed,
unlike scent hounds,
which rely on
scent and endurance...
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lurcher is a
crossbred dog
resulting from
mating a
greyhound or
other sighthound with a dog of
another type such as a
herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher...
- The
English Greyhound, or
simply the Greyhound, is a
breed of dog, a
sighthound which has been bred for coursing,
greyhound racing and hunting.
Since the...
- The
Irish Wolfhound is a
breed of
large sighthound that has, by its
presence and
substantial size,
inspired literature,
poetry and mythology. One of the...
- The
Borzoi or
Russian Hunting Sighthound is a
Russian breed of
hunting dog of
sighthound type. It was
formerly used for wolf hunting,: 125 and
until 1936...
- The
Great Dane is a
German breed of
large mastiff-
sighthound,
which descends from
hunting dogs of the
Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer...
- The Old
Croatian Sighthound (Croatian: hrt, 'greyhound'), also
known as the Old
Bosnian Sighthound, is an
extinct breed of
sighthound from the countries...
- dog or
kangaroo hound is an
Australian type of
sighthound purposely crossbred from a
variety of
sighthound breeds to
produce a
hunting dog.
Kangaroo dogs...
- of
sighthound. Like most
sighthounds,
Silkens are
noted coursers.[citation needed]
Silken Windhounds are graceful, small- to medium-sized
sighthounds with...
- The
Whippet is a
British breed of medium-sized dog of the
sighthound type,
related to the
larger Greyhound and the
smaller Italian Greyhound.
Aside from...
