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Staffies
Please could people stop confusing this breed of dog with pit bulls that are bred for fighting and kept to make their owners look hard. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier, while it's not too keen on other dogs, is a perfectly decent, placid breed of dog whose fierce appearance belies its true nature. I was looking after a Staffy yesterday and the dog was fine, being neutered tends to reduce a lot of aggression as well.
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Pit bulls can be lovely too. Sadly the DDA stopped responsible people from breeding good quality Pitties so all that was left was the irresponsible breeding or importing from Ireland dogs that aren't pure Pit. And, as with the Staffies, the irresponsible breeding and idiot owners have produced dogs that it is amazing still have relatively good natures, as shown by the relatively small number of attacks.
Don't try telling me they are all fantastic or cuddly some are horrible dogs.
Time something was done about them as they seem the most prolific breeders round here we rarely see any other breeds these days.
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This is true for all breeds of dogs. They are alive and have individual personalities and so not every dog is going to be friendly.
For instance I have met some anti-social Yorkies like the breed of dog you own.
In regards your situation call someone like the RSPCA or the police if you have that big an issue you have to run out the back door.
neutering a dog has nothing to do with whether they are harmless or not, i would say your posts are ignorant but i am assuming you are naive and not really that knowledgable about dogs
Our yorkie is very anti social difference is I make sure he cannot bite anyone and no one is expected to make allowances for us.
We have informed every one who needs to know the dog is on his last chance and will be PTS if he bites again - none of us want to be the one he gets and we don't want our dogs killed by it just to get it dealt with.
Oooo... Yorkies can be very badly behaved but I love them, If he bit me I'd keep it a secret and give him loads of cuddles as a punishment
Lol he's a little bogger but came as a rescue with baggage so we do make allowances but still manage to keep people safe - it's not rocket science so why staffie owners with violent dogs cannot get it I do not know.
If you believe that I hope you aren't a dog owner.
Neutering can in rare circumstance make an aggression problem worse.
It can reduce testosterone based behaviours when coupled with the right training but aggression that is caused by fear or possessiveness will remain.
Indeed, the Cocker Spaniel I had as a child got worse after neutering and ended up ripping my sister's hand to pieces.
Duncan wasn't so bad before he was neutered his fear aggresion got ott after
neutering is there to control the population of animals and prevent some sex-specific diseases and that is really it. (i'll drop in here, rather pointlessly, that the RSPCA's "advice" on neutering make guinea pigs so they won't fight is complete rubbish as well as it doesn't curb any behaviour patterns in them at all.)
while it is true that there are far more staffs around than there really should be, the breed itself isn't the problem, it's the owners & backyard breeders. a lot are bred with little or no consideration to their temperament, then sold on to whoever comes for them so the dams owner can line their pockets.
it is actually amazing that there are as few reported attacks as there are, considering the size of the population of the breed.
Just like any animal, it's the owner and the lifestyle that largely dictates the dogs nature. Yes some dogs are little sh*ts no matter what, but generally those that are overlay aggressive (to the point of unprovoked attack) are trained to do so. Staffies are becoming the 'hard man' dog of choice, and therefore get the breed a bad name.
I had a dobe who people used to cross the street to avoid, just because she was a dobermann. Rotties got a bad rep a few years ago too. Sadly it's 99% the owners. Why anyone wants an attack dog is beyond me.
But a staffie would be one of the worst choices for an attack dog anyhow as they are not people agressive and are predominantly bred (if bred by reputable people) to be people friendly and handler friendly - i would never fear for myself where a staffy is concerned maybe fear for the dog i was with but never myself - so lousy choice for an attack dog unless you are talking about dog fighting then it is a whole different thing to people aggression
Just to clarify in case people mention it it may take away some urges to breed, but humping can very much be a behaviour that has nothing to do with breeding / urges but dominance and a learned behaviour and neutering wont generally solve it
Possibly, I have no direct experience with the breed, but any dog breed can be made aggressive with the right training, and sadly staffies are becoming the choice because of how they look.
Must admit Yorkies scare the pants off me. I have worked with dogs and the only ones to go for me were things like poodles. Small dogs can be vile. I wouldn't go near a Yorkie, just feel like you're gonna get your hand bit off.
In terms of dog on dog aggression, my very friendly with other dogs staff was attacked regularly by two breeds.... Black labs and Jack Russells. Go figure.
The lowlife scum have adopted them as their aggressive-looking pet of choice, so all the good Staffies get tarred with the same brush.
The dog rescue centres are full of them.
I can't bear the thought of these dogs being bred to fight. It makes me furious. As has been said, rescue centres are full of unwanted ones. My boyfriend had a Staffie for years and said that he was a great, friendly dog and all he ever wanted to do was play ball. Having said that, his family have always had dogs and knew what they were doing. However, he says that next door to him there was another Staff (unrelated) who had an arm's length kill rate of other peoples' pets. It was years ago when people weren't so fussy about dogs being on leads. That is definitely not a dog I would like to have next door.
In both cases I have mentioned, the attitude of the owners seems to have had a big influence upon the dog's behaviour and I agree with those who've said that this goes a long way towards how they turn out. By their very design (jaws, etc.), Staffs are capable of inflicting quite significant damage which is probably why they get flagged up more than, say, smaller dogs when stories hit the news.
It may help explain that when you look at how many dogs have been attacked by staffies - Mollie is a really laid back gentle happy girl but she goes into fight or flight mode when she sees GSDs as she was attacked by two in very short succession when she was younger it formed in her a great fear of them and nothing we have done will shake that. If unfriendly staffies have got to the dogs you mention first they may well have labeled staffies as dangerous themselves or of course they might just be DA or Fear Aggressive generally. Hard to tell from posts on a forum and sometimes hard to tell at the time too.
Small dogs can be scary I admit but personally I don't give my hand to any dog I have not been assured is ok. And if a yorkie attacks I think I have more chance of getting away than from the huge staffie we are having problems with.
In fact It was my observation the black labs and jrts had ineffectual owners, who let them off the lead but had no recall, and misread their dogs' aggression as "He's only being friendly" which is maddening, having worked with dogs I know what friendly looks like.
That's an interesting point. My neighbour has a sheepdog and my bull terrier is absolutely madly in love with her. But it is unrequited. The sheepdog seems to misread all my dogs clumsy attempts at friendliness, and seems to find her a bit scary.