So what's so good about Staffies?

Source: dogstrustblog.co.uk

"I’ve always loved this particular breed for their fun loving and eager- to- please characters, and like many dog lovers I’m always upset to hear the latest piece of anti Staffy news or gossip. It seems that the media in general really has it in for this breed. It makes me mad that journalists are all too keen to slate the Staffy while failing to look at the dimwitted owner who didn’t have their dog under control.

Here are my top reasons to love a Stafford:

1. Wide smile – so entertaining
2. Fat butt / whippy tail combination
3. Always delighted to see you
4. Very energetic – except when asleep
5. Great with kids
6. Can shimmy from to of head to tip of tail when happy
7. Dark beady eyes
8. They look especially fetching when grey around the muzzle
9. Extremely affectionate
10. They have SUCH a big character

I’d love to hear your reasons too..."

"janet green said...

the best thing has got to be the fabulous Staffie smile and Staffie kisses, Im getting loads of them at the moment!! Staffies are so affectionate and they really dont deserve any of the bad press that they get, more often than not its irresponsible dog owners that are in the wrong and not the Staffies" 

"My reasons for loving staffies, all of the above..

1. They are permanently happy
2. They're soft as butter
3. When you're having a down day they seem to know it and come to cheer you up
4. They're daft as a brush
5. They take up all the bed and snore...oops maybe not such a plus point!"

"Hurrah for people standing up for Staffies. My staffie cross, Lacey is the best thing that ever happened to me. She hasnt got an aggressive bone in her body (unless you are threatening me), is as mad as a hatter, affectionate, smiley, happy, SO loyal, itelligent, easy to train, a whiz around the agility course, good with my horse, loves kids and snores like some kind of walruss! I just love her to bits and it breaks my heart when people move to avoid her or wont let their dogs play with her. She doesnt understand why not! Come to think of it, neither do I. Time to stick up for Staffs!"

"We have a 9 year old staffie boy called Rolo, he has been epileptic since a year old, even after some horrible fits (which we try to control with tablets) he can still manage a kiss for me and you can see how poorly he feels. everybody he meets fall in love him his smile and waggy tail, but you still get the odd person! a man around the corner from us who in 20 years of living here has never spoken to us said to my husband "isnt it about time you got rid of that dog" my husband kept his temper and explained that he was a much loved family member and Rolo just wagged his tail at him and they walked away. If more of world had the Staffie temprement it wouldnt be in the mess it is!!!"