Thank you all so much for your advice and for sharing your experiences. A gold mine of information.
Fingers crossed for answers on Monday. Lots to consider and research in the mean time. Thank you so much.
My lovely boy has been having lameness issues for the first time in the 11yrs I have had him. We have been working through them with my vet and on Monday he is having his front feet nerve blocked and xrayed.
My gut feeling is that he has foot balance issues. His feet have been looking v poor...
arundawndogrescue.co.uk also have loads of Staffies and EBT's, I am sure Elaine could find your mum the perfect match. Have a look at the website if she is still looking.
Have you had a look at arundawndogrescue.co.uk the lady that runs the rescue center has all sorts of dogs with all kinds of needs given to her very regularly (sadly). She is fab and finds so many dogs a good home. May be worth a call to her, she has many connections and although she is not in...
Really interesting thread. When we were looking for a dog we wanted a 'mutt', heinz 57 etc etc. It appears that you have to be in the inner circle to find a 'mutt'/ heinz 57 these days. Or I guess they are just all given crazy names now to make people want them more? We ended up with a Staffie...