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i have two staffordshire bull terriers.
1 girl black and white who is5 months old and a boy brindle whos now 2 years, we dont breed them ,she is now spaded.
we just love the breeds as we find they are perfect ,devoted family pets,excellent around children.and have had dogs in the past.
but in the news you get an incident where a dog has bitten a person,and notice that they always mention the dogs breed in the cases where a staffy is involved.(often the dog is tormented in some way,or a poorly trained dog)
but any other dog the breed is not mentioned hardly if an incident happened.
i feel that its themedia scaremongering,profiling with the added poor upbringing of these dogs and of course those whom fight them for cruelsport/moneythat gives these dogs a bad name.
yes they are a very strong dog,full of tight muscles but with a lovable nature,thats why they can be bred for fightihg as the owners can get them dominated young to have the dog fear them then force them to fight.
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like any dog,bring them up wrong and train them to be nasty,then they will act like that.
as i walk my dogs .people cross over(not all but enough to make youknow their thoughts)and others come up and stroke them as they wag their tails lovingly.,and people who have dogs see mine then cross over to the other side.
my dogs are attractive,and the boy is from show dog family.
i think that my experience with this breed is the fact that they are lovable,great with kids,very friendly,and a protector over the family as a natural dog instinct.[sm=busch.gif]
just wanted to have amoan as to the media profiling of these dogs[sm=jump2.gif]what do others think of this breed [sm=scratchchin.gif]
sacrel
RE: what do you think of staffordshire bull terriers ?
Hi,
Could't agree more, my 2 boys have passed on now but we had 1 staffies cross and 1 american pit bull cross, we never dared tell anybody that blue was american pit bull cross because of the fear that he would be taken off us, they have both died during the last 12 months and both we aged over 16.
We had 1 from a baby and our other dog from when he was about 6.
They were the most lovely dogs you could ever know, very boisterous and needed a lot of strong handling but the most danger they ever were to anybody was knocking you over.
They were always around children and loved to be rocked like babies.
People would cross roads, even tut at them, if we took them to a local park where dogs run free and let them off so many people commented that they should be on a lead, even though their own dogs were free.
We miss them so much.
I'm not an advocate of the breeding of dangerous dog breeds, but its all down to owner responsibility.
Enjoy them, they are great
Love Saffron
RE: what do you think of staffordshire bull terriers ?
Yep, that's about right. I have three staffies crossed with border collies, they are built like staffies and look like them in the face. I have had pure breed staffies before too. They have all been lovely dogs when it came to humans although some have been very aggressive toward other dogs.
Staffies do tend to be sought after dogs by people who want them for different purposes, for street cred and protection. For instance there are many drug dealers where I live and staffies seem to be the dog of choice for protection, so they have obviously been trained to be aggressive.
My Partners Mother had the misfortune last week of seeing her cat mauled and killed by a staffie, as you can imagine, it was horriffic and she was very traumatised by this. The dog was allowed to be walked by two very small children who had no control over it and were unable to keep hold of the lead.
Donna.
RE: what do you think of staffordshire bull terriers ?
Hi all,
Just wanted to say that some years ago I spent 9 months working in a vets surgery in London. It was around the time that the dangerous dog act was coming in and all pit bulls were having to be spayed and chipped etc. We had a guy that used to come who rescued fighting pit bulls ~ these poor lovely dogs were covered in scars, their ears were ripped to bits, they had eyes missing and were generally in a terrible state ~ but what lovely good natured dogs they were ~ after all they had been through all they wanted to do was wag their tails and lick you to bits !!!
Staffies and the like are not aggresive dogs its just that if they do go ~ normally because of the awful way they are treated ~ their jaws lock and because of this they cando far more damage !!
I wasonly ever bittenby small "toy" dogs and cats,when I worked in the vets and never by the larger more powerful dogs !!
If a dog behaves badly, or is aggresive, it's because of the human owner who has taught or allowed them to behave like this !!
Meridianmoon
RE: what do you think of staffordshire bull terriers ?
My son Collin has 2 American Pit Bulls -- Sin and Mercy. They are the loveliest, sweetest natured ladies you'd ever want to meet. Well, they sometimes go at eachother roughly, but not at people! They are big coddledbabies.
Here too people are afraid. All you can do is show by example and therefore educate I think. Best of luck, J
PS
Put up some pictures please!