Hull dog centre's plea for Staffie homes

“Dogs are all dogs, decendents of the grey wolf. No breed is inherently aggressive. It is people miscommunicating to the dog that the dog is the pack leader, and therefore must defend their pack in a world they do not understand which causes aggresssion in some nervous dogs. Aggression is simple to resolve and you can do it without kindly and without force or gadgets, and without needing to risk being bitten. Just change the dogs mind about who is pack leader by learning to communcate this in a way a canine naturally understands. All non medical behavioral problems are rooted in the dog thinking it is leader in a world it does not understand. Removing this responsibility from the dog allows it to be stress free and happy, and no more aggression, separation anxiety, excessive barking, tail chasing, reactivity etc. See http://tinyurl.com/btl6rjk or read the dog listener.”

“jo-jo

"Why don't we fetch back the licence and make chipping mandatory so that owners can be traced and held accountable for there dogs"

Well for a start the responsible dog owners would comply with the law and the 'underage thug' wouldn't and without having enforcement officers knocking on every door with search warrants looking for dogs (don't forget, not all dogs get walked) how would these rules be enforced?

work4aliving

So you are going to blame EVERY Staffie in the world for the actions of one - probably drunk - chavvy man?”

“I agree with Jo-Jo, if it wasn't so easy to buy a dog from any old breeder, if it was mandatory to chip and licence a dog, if you had to prove you could be a responsible owner before buying a dog, perhaps the stray dog problem wouldn't be as bad as this.”

“It really annoys me to see Staffies being treated as 'accessories' by people wanting to look hard, because they can be the most softest, gentlest, loyal pets anybody could have. My family bought our first staffie when I was six, since then we have rescued another 5 over the years, they are a lovely dog if raised properly. I would be round there like a shot for another if I wasn't working shifts, it would be unfair of me to take in another when the house is empty for 10 hours at a time, but I would love another. Incidently, the only time I ever suffered a serious dog bite was from my neighbours Jack Russell, so now thats the breed I don't like or trust.”

“my son owns a staffie and i have her 4 days a week she is the most loving dog, people who call staffies dont know what they are talking about to many scumbags own staffies”

“I had a Staffie but I sold it for a bag of smack and bought an Akita so I could look hard.

Now where did I put my baseball cap?”

“well after what happened to me and my dog the other week chavy man with can of larger in one had with his 2 STAFFIES (off there leads) went for another dog but looked liked they were coming for me and mine. so no i wont be helping them”

“I have a staffie cross and she is the daftest, softest dog you could ever meet, she loves everybody and everything. She was a rescue dog as well, badly treated and beaten. Where i walk her in the morning there is lots of other dogs and the ones we have to watch are the small ones which are nasty and go for all other dogs, my staff doesn't.”

“A great British dog breed that unfortunately has become the accessory of choice for the baseball cap, street drinking dead beats.”

“Any badly treated, poorly trained dog can be dangerous and to lump all staffies (or any other breed for that matter) in the same category is ridiculous. There's a staffie next door to us and though he barks he's not aggresive because he's been trained and treated properly.”