I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

She's amazing looking - we have 2 Luna puppies in the park at the moment, so the name is currently en vogue. Would love to be in a position to take on another dog - talking about it after we move next year.

What a cutie!

I'm lucky that I've got the space, garden and close to loads of parks. There's a chance it might not work, but Reggie's been good with her so far. I took the view that there's a good chance some of the pups might not find homes, so there's little to lose.

litter of 14

Bloody hell!
Also, Luna is very very sweet!

Yeah we have 3 Luna's and 3 Ernie's and two Ollie's in our group surprised we all go home with the correct dogs. Carnage at leaving time

Would love a staffy, wife not keen not because of the breed, but her cousin has one and its a brute super soft and just follows you a round but he needs constant attention and just becomes over powering. I love the wee fella as does our Ollie.

I was hit by a 45kg labradoodle called Otis, 10 weeks ago which folded my knee in the wrong direction and broke a bit off the top of my tibia. 11 days in hospital, and 2 screws fitted. Weight bearing now, but a lot of recovery still to do.

The dog belonged to a friend and was having a game of chase with my dog running in circles round us, but decided to cut through the middle whilst looking over its shoulder so didnt see me. Knew it was broken as went down and the 500 meter walk home wasnt fun. Owner was horrified and now will only let the dog off the lead in the park if in a quiet corner and everyone is stood against a fence.

I have seen it happen a few times and legs broken a couple of other times in the 20 years I have been using that park. I suspect most owners of large dogs have no idea they can do that damage. I dont blame Otis tho' and gave him a hug the next time I saw him.

Stupidly I always suggest people watch big dogs running carefully and keep knees bent. Neither of which I did.

My Staffy, Daisy, is 8 months now, and recall is getting better in high distraction situations but is terrible for jumping up on everyone she meets. I really do need to do more training, but I dont seem to be winning at the moment.

Luna looks lovely. Quite big though? What was the other parent?

fuck me that sounds rough and i'm pretty sure i felt my nuts tighten in a sympathy twinge when i read that. heal up boss, i hope you come out the other side still being able to kneel before Zod.

update on lab lady - turns out she's a pretty recent addition to the area and it's suspected the only reason she's coming to this park is because she got heat at wherever she used to
taker her dog. i dunno - ours is a small local nimbyish park with all the requisite OG'er than thou scene pettiness that i'd rather not get involved in to be honest.

The earlier suggestion around complimenting the dog when it's got 4 on the floor is some pretty solid advice and i'll get on with that. It's lovely dog and i'd absolutely rather help it out than be a cunt to it or it's owner.

I have seen it happen a few times and legs broken a couple of other times in the 20 years I have been using that park.

Sounds awful!

In a similar vein, we saw a similar incident with a Great Dane puppy a few years ago. Ended up with a lady with a broken humerus. To make matters worse, she got a post op infection and nearly lost her arm.

The injured person was a friend of the owner and they are still friends. The pup has grown into a lovely dog too.

Edit; Lady made a full recovery after a whole lot of physio.

Goes in waves- it will suddenly click, and you'll feel great.
And then the next day- all gone. The 6-18month stage is basically a crap-shoot.

I dont feel bad towards Otis or his owner at all. Known the owner for years. My last Staffy used to play with their last Labradoodle. Have spent a lot of time supporting the owner since, as she was devastated. Shit happens.

Yep, things went backwards whilst I was laid up with the leg for 6 weeks. The recall is now back to where it was (still much to do). Just need to start putting the time in on other stuff.

well that could have gone better.

Labrazilla and his owner were in the park again this morning. As per, it barrelled up to me at 20 miles and hour and i had to dodge out the way after which it kept on trying to jump up and bite the ball out of my hand. it then chased our dog and body slammed her over causing her to yelp like a stuck pig. I know he just wants to play and say hello but she (the owner) is a fucking liability. Anyway so i lost my shit with the owner and told her to get a trainer. She then accused me of being the instigator because my dog (a 6 month old sausage dog) was off the leash and running about (?).

Much name calling, effing and jeffing, scenes etc (her calling me a "fucking arsehole" - fair) mostly due to me referring to her as "Lady", she then stormed off in a proper strop.

i feel a bit shit about it now but fuck sakes, enough is enough.

Labrazilla

Amazing and I'm stealing this to refer to my colleague's untrained lab.

There are a few dogs like that in my park and a couple of them I just turn round and walk away as there is nothing else to do.

One of them, Luna, a 12 month old Weimaraner, goes running mad crazy with no recall. I take a crutch out with me to protect my leg and twice this morning it barreled into my crutch, which the owner didnt notice the first time and thought hilarious the second. I just walked away and kept Daisy on the lead.

Ms Labrazilla sounds like a fucking nightmare.

yeah i hear you but i really resent being made to feel like i need to swerve the main doggy bit on account of one person's inability to acknowledge that their dog is a danger to others. but as you say, there is nothing else to do. it ain't my park.

thing is, our dog can be a right little shit at times as well. barks at strangers, does jump up especially if snacks are on offer etc. difference being she's got three inch legs and can run at a top click of an angry toddler.

There's a local to me, a young guy maybe about 16 and I think he gets roped in to taking the dog out when he's off school. He's got a staffy about a year old that's nice enough but has absolutely zero recall and the kid couldn't care less. He'll be on his phone while it goes running off jumping on other people and dogs and follow them out the park. I saw a woman getting quite distressed how much it was jumping up at her and her frenchie and I've never seen anyone take such a leisurely stroll over to get their dog back.

Oh it really fucks me off as there was a good gathering of Daisy's bestie puppy mates she has a nice game with and I couldn't go near them this morning.

Would love a staffy, wife not keen not because of the breed, but her cousin has one and its a brute super soft and just follows you a round but he needs constant attention and just becomes over powering. I love the wee fella as does our Ollie.

I've fostered five or six staffies over the last few years and they're amazingly variable according to their age. The younger ones just want to be ON YOU AT ALL TIMES AND THEY LOVE YOU SO MUCH and the older ones just want to be cotching on the sofa or the bed with you and are the most chilled hounds I've ever known (with the exception of them being prone to separation anxiety).

For us we found that fostering (then foster failing) older staffies was our ideal. They're already house trained, and they just want to snooze and snuggle. Fully recommend it.

You say that...
My mates have a 8-10year old staffy (also weighs about 8-10 stones...) and he is convinced he is a small puppy.
Loves jumping on you for a cuddle.

Softest lump you will ever meet.

(they adopted him maybe 4 years ago)

edit: older rescue staffy would be my choice for 2nd dog in our house, need something to chill our Border Terror out (nearly 6months old, actually a delight, but very excitable in the park and loves to ignore us)

Ideal hound. I think that manic tendency is more pronounced when they're a) male and b) have a bit of terrier in them. All our fosters have been older ladies crossed with other bull breeds (or boxers) which I suspect has an impact.

Today marks one year with this beast. Not sure she's made ideal hound status yet but it's been an adventure and we love her to bits

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Ah she's lovely! Good luck settling her in with Reggie.