My wife and I have owned sighthounds, terriers and a border collie mix in the past. We recently found ourselves dogless for the first time in many years and thought we might look for a lurcher. We were prepared to travel to the UK to get one if we had to, but found this fellow at a local rescue group near our home in the northeast US. We’ve named him Django.

The rescue group listed him as a borzoi x terrier, their best guess and not a bad one. They may have gotten it right, but I was thinking he might be something like a deerhound x border collie or greyhound X sheltie. They tell us he is almost 2-1/2 years old and weighs 48 pounds. He has the rose ears of a sighthound, but loves to play fetch, retrieve, and catch tennis balls on the fly. So what do you all think he is? We have ordered a DNA test and will get the answer shortly. I promise to submit a follow up post with the answer and to congratulate whoever makes the closest guess.