Charlottechicken Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 He is completely gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 And staffies are lovely with children. The ones who hit the headlines are those with BAD owners - it's not the breed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 And staffies are lovely with children. The ones who hit the headlines are those with BAD owners - it's not the breed! Absolutely! Congratulations, he's gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 What a handsome chap! Sadly a much misunderstood breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkitty Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 That face what a cutie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I heard staffies were the nanny breed and brilliant with children He is lovely! Loving that tongue Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 What a handsome chap! Sadly a much misunderstood breed They are, unfortunately. It's funny, people still cross the road with their dogs when I'm walking him and a lady at the beach even said to her kids "no, keep away, it probably bites" I was speechless. He is so loving and has just fit right in perfectly! He's the softest most loving little dog I have ever met, so soft! He even knows his 'white paw' and his 'black paw' He sounds lovely, and what a shame people avoid him I hope he does have some dog friends to play with and not everyone keeps their dogs away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 He looks absolutely gorgeous, congratulations . I love that tongue too . Riley is supposed to be part Staffie and you couldn't get a soppier dog . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I am not too keen on staffys usually but he is gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I do love well trained, cared for staffies My neighbour has one and is as soft as cotton wool. we often meet a lovely rescue staffy girl in the park and she is also soft and gentle. I am sure your boy will be evn more lovely. well done you for adopting him. I'm sure he will reward you many times over, Ax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 He's a sweetie. My two often play with a wee staffie called Badger, he loves lurcher rough-housing and just loves to be coursed such a genial chap and was a super-cute puppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 What a gorgeous little chap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hens@HalfMoonLane Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 He's gorgeous. I love our rescue staffy x, best dog we've ever had although out little Romanian street dog we've had for a few months is a close second. If you're on Facebook for the love of a Stafford is a lovely group of staffy owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 A friend of mine has a staffy and his son has a 5 year old and a toddler..... The dog loves the children and the children love him I agree, it's how you raise, train and treat the dog that is important, not the breed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBean2605 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Absolutely! My mum had Staffys when she was growing up and they were fabulous family pets, very protective as well as excellent entertainment (apparently the dog had a fetish for my Nan's elasticated underwear with hilarious results). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 There was an interesting article in the Times, I think last weekend, about Staffies. It was written by a journalist who went to a rescue centre and asked for 'anything but a Staffie'. She came away with a Staffie and is now absolutely smitten with the breed. She writes about how people cross the road to avoid her when she has the dog, and how people have preconceived ideas about how Staffies are all mad child killers, yet this couldn't be further from the truth. As with ANY breed of dog, bad owners make bad dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Gorgeous chap, he looks a real sweetie. As for what people say I have no idea how we haven't been savaged in our sleep by our evil rottie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 As for what people say I have no idea how we haven't been savaged in our sleep by our evil rottie! That really made me laugh My now departed little terrier Henry was completely in love with a huge rottie ironically called Tiny she was a gorgeous girl, so affectionate. Although there was a risk she could have licked us or Henry to death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 My sons staffie girl Roxy saved their cat Molly's life on christmas day Molly had been hit by a car but managed to make her way home and was hiding under sons motorbike cover Roxy kept barking and wouldn't come in when called My Dil finally went to check and found mollie with a broken jaw and head trauma thankfully she is now home from the vets and on the mend but the vets told Dil she wouldn't have survived much longer. Roxy is a big softie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Oh that is a wonderful story! I hope she continues to heal well and that Roxy got a good treat for her persistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbug Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 What a good dog Roxy is arr she new something was wrong and would leave her friend Molly what a lovely girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My sons staffie girl Roxy saved their cat Molly's life on christmas day How lovely, hope she's making a good recovery. Our rottie has saved numerous piglets lives by alerting us that something is wrong. All ours are outdoors and pretty much left to get on with things, he's saved two that got stuck in a ditch, a sow that got stuck in the pond, saved a few escapees, one night he woke us up going beserk, one of the sows had had a litter but decided to deposit them in various different arcs and randomly around the field, after tramping round in PJ's wellies and head torches at 4am we had 10 new born piglets and no sign of who'd they were, left them in a box in the utility room where the rottie sleeps, by morning he had licked them all clean and was sat next to the box like a proud father. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
