Staffordshire Bull Terrier

I actually asked someone this same question the other day and he gave me an answer that i prety much already thought when they see the little dogs they do not really feel threatened as they would towards bigger dogs

 

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier
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One of only two breeds named as 'Good with Children' in their breed standard by the UK Kennel Club from over 190 breeds.
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The ONLYbreed that has 'Totally Reliable' in it's breed standard.
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The 5th most popular dog in the UK
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It's interesting that in the US the APBT and the Staff are considered the same breed. Whereas in other countries the Staff is a loved pet, while APBT's are considered 'killing machines'
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In the UK APBTs are banned and sometimes they get experts to testify in court whether a particular dog is an APBT or a staff.

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The red dog posted by titch is called Brandi her owner is on Bull Breeds Online under the username "Matty"

 

theres a lot of staffies where i live and i would consider their personality pretty identical to the apbt as already stated great with kids, extremely human friendly,can be d.a, very tenacious,high pain thresh-hold i pretty much consider a staffie just a small apbt and think they come from the same history, no other breeds were bred into the pit dogs brought to the u.s so how could it be a separate breed? id consider them different strain of same breed

 

they are cool dogs this is mine @4months/i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii306/westcoastboy/loulou/136.jpg[/IMG]

 

well imo they are from the same dogs at one time they just went diffrent ways and that is why they have a lil different look could a staff compete with a game bred apbt i dont think so but maybe some can as for the irsish staff comes from the ebtandsbt and apbt they could compete with a apbt cause they have been testing and working that stuff for awile so maybe i just know if some one brought a stafie to the bocks he better be sure about what that staff can do

 

Staffs are NOT ment to look like this



They ARE ment to look like this



Reminds you of a certain dog eh

 

I would love to own a staffie one day. The show bred stafford is still better than an overdone ambully. IMO

 

I agree 100%. A properly bred and built staffie is far better than an ambully. Yes a staff would be different to a game APBT, but it would be true to its breed and standard. I am a big fan of proper conformation, whether its a gamedog or not. "Why?", some might ask, because proper form is followed by proper function. An animal cannot fulfill the tasks it was meant to do if it isn't physically and mentally up to it.

 

Here is another pic of my staffy I know shes not everybodys cup a tea but I sure dig her

 

I love them I think they are the next best breed IMO

 

SECOND PICTURE DOWN THAT BITCH IS BRED DOWN FROM PROVEN WORKING STAFFS !!!
I KNOW THE LAD WHO BRED THAT AND HE ONLY BREEDS FROM PROVEN STOCK

 

here you go folks....my boy at 13 months ....hes mostly dublin red strain(which has no bull terrier or pitbull mixed into it).....havent began working on his fitness yet....but hes bred down from workers

 

I loved my staffie bull. She ended up getting a rare seizure disorder that affects staffie's and we lost her early this year. They are very nice dogs with great drive when they are bred correctly.

Rogue with my APBT Tasha
Rogue was 30lbs


Rogue being silly

 

Another Stafford from UK. 46lb in this picture and a complete nut case

 

best bloodline to look for would be psycho
there 3 kennels that come to mind
oxman, d-man or remo
that's it get it from there if u want something thats bred the way it is supposed to be bred

 

One point you maybe interested to learn is this. Not all show stock staffies have been poor. Dock's Grand Champion Duke (only non pit bull in the SDJ champions list) was off English Staffordshire Bull Terrier SHOW stock. He was not Irish or Old Tyme or anything whatsoever to do with Psycho. There has never been another Staffie that has matched his pit prowess yet. Duke was also an excelent producer and is found in the pedigrees of quite a few APBT and STB in the UK and Ireland (pit dogs only). He was not an Old Tyme or an Irish he was show stock! Good dogs are where you find them, not in a name. I call all this family bulldawgs and get sick of all the labels Beauty is what beauty does.

 

Yeah that is a good point!



You are saying he was not a great producer right ? In fact maybe I was wrong in saying he was a good producer.

Nice to have such an expert as yourself on the forum!

 

Yeah I agree. Anyways no one knows if Duke was deep game or not as he was never in a losing situation (that is what I heard anyway). Psycho on the other hand we know was "game" even if not up to the level of the other famous dogs in the pit itself.

 

I personally would claim that there are no other producer like Psycho, he produced good dogs all the way down to present day! Purebred Psycho dogs like Jack, Ricky, Beanie etc still has offspring and grand children that are proven good.

I dont think there are many breeding the blood pure anymore tough, the last few working kennels who had the blood pure started to cross his descendents to get back some vigour. But the pure Psyscho dogs they had where still up to a pretty high standard.

When it comes to Psycho as a worker I wouldent be able to say much, I was not there all I have is secondary sources from people who where there. The only thing I can say is that I doubt that the dog was in a very good shape, and I am personally convinced he was shown too heavy.