@Veterinari Yes, I am aware of the history. A Lurcher is a cross between a sighthound and a working breed and they were originally created in an attempt to circumvent the laws banning anyone other than nobility owning sighthounds in England and Ireland. Ironically my Whippet/Sheltie was actually a Lurcher, but I had never even heard of Lurchers then.
It is an interesting legal and cultural quirk, but essentially, historically, when the first ‘Lurchers’ were bred, their breeders were making up a name for crossbreeds, albeit for different reasons.
I actually had and argument with a pet insurance company who wanted to charge me a higher rate for having a ‘listed breed’. I had to speak to the underwriters and pointed out that, regardless of the ‘Lurcher’ title, my dog was actually a mongrel with four separate breeds in his mix and should be registered as such. They wouldn’t agree to mongrel, but did agree to insure him as crossbreed, which significantly reduced the premium.
Of course a one off cross does not make a breed - no-one is suggesting it does. No-one would have reacted if the OP had asked, ‘can anyone guess what breeds are in her mix’ rather than ‘what breed she is’ and I think the judgement based on semantics is unnecessary. I was just pointing out that owning a crossbreed or mongrel and making up a fun name for them shouldn’t make you a constant target for judgement and criticism. This board is getting really nasty for it. It is possible to not approve of the unregulated breeding and sale of designer crossbreeds, without being rude and judgemental to people who just want to start lighthearted threads about their beloved dogs. (Not saying you were by the way, but there is a lot of it about in The Doghouse recently and it puts people coming here for advice and support, which given the rapid increase in dog ownership and first time dog owners in particular is not great.)