So last week's dog killer breed was.....

[CombatBarbie]

Cant find the thread from last week where a dog mauled its owner and everyone jumped on the speculation it had to have been an xl bully.... it was actually a Lurcher, normally a very docile breed.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/13/dog-fatally-bit-teenager-jamie-lea-biscoe-neck-pictured-27959805/

Find it strange noone is up in arms now the breed has been identified.

Yes, true. Although they could mean a dog that has a lurcher as one of its parents, and another breed as the other parent, rather than a true lurcher, with one parent a greyhound and the other a terrier/collie etc, if you see what I mean.

I'm also waiting to see if more details emerge. Lurchers are my all time favourite type of dog, and as PP have said, usually one of the gentlest of dogs.

I admit I was quite shocked to hear the dog was a lurcher in this instance, which really does show how ubiquitous attacks from bull breed dogs have become that in the vanishing rare occasion another breed has caused a fatality everyone is gobsmacked.

Will be interesting to hear further facts as they emerge.

No doubt some numbskulls will try use this as a 'see!? Any dog can be dangerous!' which is true, but disingenuous with the subtext. Just because you can drown in an inch of water doesn't make leaping into a choppy sea away from the shore safer or sensible.