Fed up with people slagging off my new Staffy pup!

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Mid size-much smaller than your average GSD - quite lean but still about 20kg

Yeah, we originally came to the conclusion of Rottie X GSD but vet threw in staff/terrier ( she likes to dig) into the mix.

Anyways, only had her a few months, but she certainty now part of the family ( we waited a couple of years after our last dog died aged 14)

krlyr

You should see the holes my GSD has managed to dig! Can see Staffie in the headshape so could well be in there. Lovely looking dog anyway, whatever she is

elfen

Tis is my mother's Patterdale and is unbelievably stupid. She has the telly on as she doesn't like to be alone, and has teddies. And she sleeps IN the bed.



This is one soppy Sheba, mum's old dog

I thik the thing of little dogs snapping (milly only barks in her sleep and its hilarious) is due to their training

timbstoke

pulliptears wrote: »

Please meet my Westie, Bob:



This is usual position, has been for most of his 11 years.

I hate to break this to you, but your dog has been dead for the best part of 11 years.

pulliptears

timbstoke wrote: »

I hate to break this to you, but your dog has been dead for the best part of 11 years.

Hello fellow City Fan

He's not dead I promise, the snores confirm this, though when he farts it does smell uncannily like decomposition

Myrtle77

kizkiz wrote: »

As others have said, any dog can attack for any reason with no warning
I think the problem is that certain dogs can cause a lot more damage when they do go, and a staff is one of those.
Ever tried to remove a staff from someones appendage? I have, and there was no way it was letting go. They lock their jaws and stay put.
I have to attend dog attacks through work and the vast majority are staffs. A good half of these from lovely families with kids who have not trained it to fight and have never had any problems. The dog just went crazy for no obvious reason.
I personally would not want a potential ticking time bomb in my house

Staffie's do not lock their jaws, this is an urban myth. I do wish people would do some research before making inflammatory statements.

dippydooda

I have a staff, he is nearly 3 and seriously the softest dog in the world! In fact my OH is sometimes a bit ashamed of our 'big and tough' boy when he bounds over to another dog and promptly rolls onto his back to show his tummy! He loves nothing more than cuddles with me and is so gentle, but it is something we have taught him from day one- he understands the word 'gentle' and is very obediant, they are such intelligent dogs you really have to make the most of that and teach them as much as you can. I always put him on the lead when I see people approaching,I just have to click the lead fastener and he waits next to me to be hooked on! Also I trust him totally but still would never leave him with kids alone, or let him go near to a baby. Just cos you never know! BUT I'd be the same with my family's shih tzu...

redrufus

warehouse wrote: »

It's not a "Staffy" it's a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. They were bred to be fighting dogs. Giving them a fluffy name doesn't hide the fact that they can kill a child if the mood takes them.

Oh my god, get over yourself! What people forget is many dogs were bred to 'fight' or 'kill' and many dogs other than staffies (ooops sorry I mean Staffordshire Bull terriers) still will!! The only problem with these dogs are the owners and back street breeders. I know a number of people with staffies and they are well behaved loving dogs, any dog can turn, a friend has a Jack Russell I wouldn't mess with!
Only yesterday on 'It's me or the dog' a cocker spaniel had to be PTS for mauling a 4 year old child.
Working closely with rescue's and pounds means i could rant all morning so i'll stop now but all the small minded people should get a grip!
OP enjoy your dog! Call it 'Fluffy' or call it 'Bruno' either way if it's brought up with love and discipline i'm sure you'll have a fantastic dog. xx

krlyr

Funny how people always bring out the "Staffies were bred for fighting" argument, when this fact actually would improve their relationship with humans. Yes, many Bull breeds were bred to fight - with BULLS, hence the name. Other fighting dogs were bred to fight other dogs, but not in the way we see nowadays with chavvy people encouraging dogs to barbarically rip the other apart - it was a sport and the dogs were bred so that the fights would last and be interesting. Many of these dog fights were like human wrestling - rules as to how far the dog could go, for example, dogs would be disqualified if they growled, not allowed to bark, the loser being the one who submitted (by lying on the ground) first, etc. rather than a violent fight.
One of the important aspects with fighting dogs was the importance of the dog being friendly towards its owners, because they did not want to get injured in the process. This is why the fighting breeds tend to be strong-willed, protective breeds like the Staffie.

So the only part of their fighting dog history that is relevant is the fact that they are strong dogs with big jaws. But guess what, fluffy Marley the Golden Retriever has jaws capable of crushing bones. Beethoven the St Bernard could cause a lot of damage to an adult, let alone a child, if he wanted to. Each of the 101 Dalmatians grow up to big dogs with big jaws. I know of someone with a fear aggressive Rough Collie, so you're not even safe from lovable Lassie, who can grow to twice the weight of a Staffie. Many dogs have the "weapons" to kill a child if the mood takes them. Staffies get the short straw because of all the idiots who've adopted the breed as a status dog and encourage the aggressive behaviour towards humans, because of the sensationist tabloids, and the sheer volume of Staffies in the country.

delain

My mum has recently come to have a very large dog (some sort of ridgeback/mastiff cross) and my 9 year old declared on seeing her that what she needed was a black leather collar with spikes :rotfl: so the perceptions of certain dogs is quite ingrained, and in some cases definitely unfair.

Someone said to me that they wouldn't want a big mastiff near children at all, I told them you shouldn't leave any child unsupervised with any dog, but that I have no problem with my mum's as I've seen first hand that she is just a big (very big) softie. I found it annoying to be judged really because the person who said it hadn't even seen the flaming dog, and it must be even worse with a staff.

We still don't know what's happening with mums dog, she was meant to be rehomed but now mum's OH has got a shift job and I think they'll end up keeping her as he is really helping mum with her at the moment