I called the shelter in Massachusetts and she said that Carina is in a great home that spoils her unmercifully. She gave us the address to another site that people on here might enjoy

www.irishanimals.com

Mike has found a couple on there that he's fallen in love with. She also told me to check back, because they do get them in there.

The story of the lurcher is. When it was illegal in Ireland for commoners to own Greyhounds, they would take the Greyhound and breed it with a darker colored breed and usually longer hair, to get the lurcher. It got its name from the fact that the people would walk the dog along the boundary of the noble families looking for game and the dog would "lurch" into the surrounding woods to get prey for the new master.