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Stafford terriers are one of the most friendly and loyal breeds of dog. Unfortunately they have garnered an awful reputation due to there association with hoodies. We had one growing up (Rufus) and he was the opposite of the stereotype.
Sorry for the rant.
^ This. My gran had a staffy decades before they were the dog to have if you'd lost your belt.
They're lovely friendly dogs, great with kids and other dogs if brought up and trained properly. Very loyal and loving.
Their reputation today has come about not because of the breed but because of the utter morons that have them but neglect them because they're just another piece of stweet fashion. A sort of Blackberry with teeth or the gold sticker on the peak of a baseball cap. Dicks.
To the OP, if caught don't take it to the RSPCA as many centres have a deadline to home a dog and after that they put them down. Contact Battersea Dogs' Home or Dogs Trust instead.
I'd love to offer him/her a home but what with work it would just be totally impractical.
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take some food, put it down near the dog, and let the dog get to know you.
I have caught and rehomed strays before and this usually works, but you have to be patient and quiet to gain the dog's trust. Stick a lead on it and try and take it home and you will freak it out and it will be a disaster.
Just let the dog come to you, until it lets you stroke it, then get it to follow you a bit, putting food down all the time (get a box of dog biscuits). You want it to want to follow you.
Good luck staffies are awesomely lovely dogs (I currently have two Staffie crosses) -
I took in a stray kitty in june. Never had a pet before, but its turned out really well. It really LOVES living here and gets on really well with the chickens I have in my backyard. Its a bit of a tart, rolls around on the porch on its back looking cute then chomps you if you stroke its belly.
It keeps catching fleas when we leave it out overnight too many times. Just been shampooing it with garlic and eucalytpus oil, it does that really heartbreaking cat sob, "no no no no no" when it gets drenched.
Its pretty chill now though, even gave me a massage till it fell asleep. Its pretty awesome.
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it's just the right kind of dog to start your first stray round up with
aren't they the dogs that bite childrens faces off / people trying to put a lead on thems hands ?Rubbish - game dogs that bit people were culled traditionally - man-biters were no good if you used dogs for sport, which is the formation of the Stafford. There are plenty of true stories of people who kept German Shepherds back in the early eighties to protect the pits in their yards from being stolen - the pits were way too friendly and prone to being taken away by strangers.
Stafford terriers are one of the most friendly and loyal breeds of dog. Unfortunately they have garnered an awful reputation due to there association with hoodies. We had one growing up (Rufus) and he was the opposite of the stereotype.
Sorry for the rant.
No way! The dog in my avatar was called Rufus - softest dog in the world...
And good luck to the OP
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this thread makes me want a dog so bad, but a golden retreiver. Boooo to my landlord.
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they used to be called "granny dogs" during the war, when the husband was off getting shot, the wife was in the factories they used to look after the children.
true fact!Ha! Excellent didn't know this. I do remember George though my gran's staffy from when I was a little kid, he was always as good as gold with me and my little sister and by God we must have tested his patience! Soppy as you like but built like a little barrel.
Gran used to make him tea, he'd get really excited when she put the kettle on and she always gave him 2 sugars. The tea would be poured into his dog bowl!
My sister and I used to slip him bits of bacon under the table at breakfast time when no one was looking :)
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I'd recommend contacting a local animal/dog shelter to see if they'll take the dog. The problem is that a lot of places are inundated with stray dogs. My girlfriend has worked in a shelter in north London before and it's really depressing to hear about the amount of dogs that are abandoned, particularly staffies.
Try these guys - http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/contactus/default.aspx - they're local to you and should be able to help, if you catch the dog! Maybe give Battersea Dog and Cat home a call too, although I'm unsure how long they keep strays before they're destroyed.
Fair play anyway for caring, staffies are really gorgeous dogs - ours came from a shelter :)
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There are plenty of true stories of people who kept German Shepherds back in the early eighties to protect the pits in their yards from being stolen - the pits were way too friendly and prone to being taken away by strangers.
I (well mum) had a German Shepherd in the 80's too, was the dog that killed people in that Decade, but mine was lovely,
though friends staff was mad, used to run for the post as it came in and couldn't stop so headbutted the door at full pelt, EVERY TIME. i think eatch knock made him forget what he'd just done.
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hot on the heels of my 'i found a cat' thread i have now found a stray dog.
http://www.lfgss.com/thread46168.html
It is a young skinny staffordshire terrior and i first saw it on my way to work this morning, i've just came home and seen it again. I tried to catch it but it growled at me. I saw it last on kingsland road just up from geffre museum
Does anyone with a dog lead want to try and help me catch it? I called hackney council but they are lame..