Heyer question

[truepenny]

I'm rereading The Reluctant Widow and am wondering: does anyone have a good photo-reference for Bouncer? I know roughly what a Mastiff looks like, and by lurcher, I imagine Heyer most probably means a Greyhound-Collie cross, but I'm having a rather difficult time imagining how the three would go together. Aside from the part where Bouncer is clearly a Very Large Dog.

Since it seems unlikely that anyone out there actually has a Greyhound/Collie/Mastiff cross and has put pictures of same on the internet (although this is the internet and one never knows), speculation is also welcome!

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

At a guess, a wolfhound-greyhound lurcher would look a fair bit like a Scottish Deerhound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Deerhound). If you add mastiff to the mix, you'll get something with a broader chest and heavier bones and skull.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Please note that a Wolfhound/Greyhound cross would not be a "lurcher" but a "longdog".