Rescuing a Staffie

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I have a problem with idiots that can't even read. I wasn't going to reply but you are not getting away with that. Yes you can have an opinion but anyone who disagrees can have one too. Tough get over it. Just because you have an opinion doesn't make you right. Do you think you are the Pope or something seeing as you felt obliged to bring god into it..

What I posted was relevant. I talked about being a trained dog handler, we are talking about dogs here. I said working breed not working dog so don't you dare misquote me you arrogant little person. Plenty of people can control a dog it's not rocket science, don't judge others by your own low standards. And there is no law that says they have to keep dogs on the lead so it's up to the handler.

lol your are funny.
What has being a dog handler ot to do with dogs being out without a lead? Are you such a great handler that NOTHING would ever happen whilst under your control as you are such a wonderful dog handler? If so you are funnier than I first thought.
I just expressed an opinion which I have the right to do but you are seriously opinionated and think you have the right to abuse people just because you think you know it all.
Please do ignore me as you are acting like a complete idiot.
They say dogs are a mans best freind, with your attitude your dogs are probably your only friend!!
Now off down the park with your dogs and show how great you are by making your dog fetch!! lol

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lol. Where did you find that?Do you have the link as it looks funny. Are you one of those saddos that checks peoples posts when they disagree with you so you can discredit them? Never worked really did it.
Now heal!

actaully dont heal just roll over and play dead! lol

ZootHornRollo wrote: »

i reckon we are going to go for it.

only we were intending to pick her up next week when i have 4 days off to allow her to settle in. heres hoping she doesn't get snapped up before then. thats what happened with the last one we decided on.

Hooray! :j

Won't the rescue reserve her for you for a couple of days?

Keep us updated!

Our younger dog is a rescue Staffie. She's around 2 years old now but tiny (smaller than an average 6-monther) as she didn't have the best start in life. I can honestly say that she's the most loving and friendly dog I've ever come across.

She loves all other dogs, and will give anything to say hello. I also trust her more with the cats than I do our foster dog, and if kids ever want to pet the dogs it's always the Staff I'd recommend.

That said, she is very easily led. If the foster dog is kicking off at another dog, the Staffie will always try to get involved vocally. I can also see how the breed can be trained for dog aggression - she's very, very bright and eager to please, so I can imagine that if she was praised for aggressive response that she would soon pick it up. She definitely needs a firm hand and responds very well to formal training, or else she'd be top dog, which could potentially be a starting point for any aggression.

As for agility - definitely. We're hoping that an agility course might start somewhere local soon because Bo would absolutely excel at it - she's quick, deft and agile, and she likes to be kept entertained. She's done flyball before, and picked it up within 15 minutes.

Incidentally, she is rarely let off the lead except in enclosed areas. She's incredibly easily distracted, and if she saw a dog across a park she'd have no qualms in running straight over to play despite all of her training. I'd worry that she'd go to far, run into a road, or we'd lose her some other way. Some of this, however, can be put down to her lack of any basic training as a pup (her original owners eventually got rid of her because she 'wouldn't toilet train herself', for example) and, when we got her, there was nowhere safe to let her run free...particularly as we lived in an area at the time where Staffies were often stolen to order for breeding/fighting anyway.