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Well they're just too damn fluffy to be dangerous surely?
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Dog issue (Staffie)
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Well they're just too damn fluffy to be dangerous surely?
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Don't they have a reputation of being great with, if not overly protective of, kids?
Soldato
Got a 2 year old staffie myself and you have more chance of being licked to death than bitten to death.
She will get excitied when someone comes round but after 5 minutes or so she will be calm as anything (and typically on her back for a belly rub - the tart).
Your house, your rules.
Such a shame the breed has been given such a bad name by the press
She will get excitied when someone comes round but after 5 minutes or so she will be calm as anything (and typically on her back for a belly rub - the tart).
Your house, your rules.
Such a shame the breed has been given such a bad name by the press
Ok just got in from work, opened the front door to be greeted with a scene from Cujo, blood and body parts everywhere.
Only kidding, Wife put it in the garden during the visit, all is well, thanks for the input everybody and I stand by my decision of keeping the dog and the kids apart.
Only kidding, Wife put it in the garden during the visit, all is well, thanks for the input everybody and I stand by my decision of keeping the dog and the kids apart.
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ncie to hear it worked out ok, with any dog that hasn't been around young kids before i would keep them away.
Soldato
Our staffie is excellent with our 18month boy, she loves him to bits 
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because the 'hard men' are so tough they need a dog to protect them.
OP: as said its your house so your rules.
i think the thing with staffies is the damage they can do compared to other dogs. its all about potential. i think jack russells are much more likely to do something bad (by nature) but they are so small a swift kick and they will stop. a staffie has a thick skull and a hell of a bite so much more damage if they go bat****.
most of the time though its badly behaved kids that are the problem. if you tease a dog they can break. make sure your kids behave and dont get too unruly
you live in hull - you must see staffies all over. i saw them all the time when i lived there. usually being handled by some shirt off chav with trackie bottoms on a woolly hat (i never got the shirt off with warm hat thing!)
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because the 'hard men' are so tough they need a dog to protect them.
OP: as said its your house so your rules.
i think the thing with staffies is the damage they can do compared to other dogs. its all about potential. i think jack russells are much more likely to do something bad (by nature) but they are so small a swift kick and they will stop. a staffie has a thick skull and a hell of a bite so much more damage if they go bat****.
This is exactly what I think as well. It's not so much the frequency of bites from a particular breed, it's the fact that "bull" type dogs are incredibly powerful and can cause carnage when they go into attack mode. I'm extremely cautious when any dog approaches my child, but I simply will not allow any of the breeds in question to come near him. End of.
In the same way, I would be cautions if my child was near a busy road where traffic was going 20mph. But I wouldn't even let him near a road where traffic was doing 40mph - even if it was less busy. Not a perfect analogy, but you see what I'm getting at...
Soldato
I've never owned one but everything I've read about them suggests this absolutely spot on.
Even the ones I've seen in the animal shelter are some of the most placid friendly dogs I've seen. Really breaks your heart to see so many without a good home.
It doesn't matter what breed, how gentle it is, years of flawless behaviour, etc, etc.
You can NEVER, EVER 100% trust a dog not to fall back to it's primal instinct, nor any animal for that matter. Even if it's just for a few seconds - it could kill one of your kids in that time. You can trust a dog 99% sure, but that 1% is still there, you can't risk those odds when it concerns your kids
Always amuses me how people claim to have total understanding of how a dog will act, least of all dangerous breed like a staff.
Because whilst they may have been bred into submission over hundreds of years for the pleasure of 'animal lovers', each dog still carries that killer DNA deep in their core - yeah even poodles and other fey dogs.
Your house, your kids, your law.
The mutt should remain outdoors and well away from your kids.
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You can NEVER, EVER 100% trust a dog not to fall back to it's primal instinct, nor any animal for that matter. Even if it's just for a few seconds - it could kill one of your kids in that time. You can trust a dog 99% sure, but that 1% is still there, you can't risk those odds when it concerns your kids
Always amuses me how people claim to have total understanding of how a dog will act, least of all dangerous breed like a staff.
Because whilst they may have been bred into submission over hundreds of years for the pleasure of 'animal lovers', each dog still carries that killer DNA deep in their core - yeah even poodles and other fey dogs.
Your house, your kids, your law.
The mutt should remain outdoors and well away from your kids.
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Caporegime
OP, if you take your kids down the park when dog owners are letting their dogs run around you expose them to far more danger than you will by letting this woman with her mutt come into your residence.
The only issues I'd have is that dogs a) ****ing stink and b) drop hair everywhere. My living room is a pet free zone kthx, this is why I would tell my wife to tell her friend that the dog stays in the car or she doesn't come in. Nicely of course.
The only issues I'd have is that dogs a) ****ing stink and b) drop hair everywhere. My living room is a pet free zone kthx, this is why I would tell my wife to tell her friend that the dog stays in the car or she doesn't come in. Nicely of course.
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Yeah, but a Dachshund can't tear your arm off
Challenge accepted?
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My wife is a bitch and i always need to be in the room with her when my daughter is around!! lol
Why would you want any particular breed of dog?
Staffies are not classed as dangerous dogs anyway.
The only person tarnishing dog owners is you and your repugnant trolling.
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Not going to lie, the vast majority of staffie owners are moronic thugs and their dogs follow suit. I avoid them with my dog because I do not trust them or their owners.
What is odd is that I have noticed that black dogs are more likely to attack my white dog and now my dog is hesitant around them.
What is odd is that I have noticed that black dogs are more likely to attack my white dog and now my dog is hesitant around them.
This is about right.
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tbh op, don't take this the wrong way but i don't even know why you asked us all. I mean it's your kids safety we're talking about here and if you don't feel your kids are safe around the dog, then why the hell would our opinion make a bit of difference?
I think these threads appear when people are thinking they are acting reasonably, but their partner acts as if they are being ridiculous.