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some people really dont deserve pets. a woman i work with waas telling me yesterday about her 5 year old daughter's birthday present. they've got her a puppy. Its a staffie bitch so they can breed from it later. apparently its been left with its mother a bit long - its only 8 weeks old!!! they are leaving it at home alone all day cos they both work. Oh, and apparently the best way to house train it is to rub its nose in it.

These people have already given away a couple of dogs in the past when they've got bored/the dog's got too much for them.

I really do despair!!!
 
By the time it's a few months old it will be knocking child over, be less cute and will be consigned to the great outdoors and thence to the nearest dog disposal sanctuary where it can keep company with all the other staffies.
 
my neighbours are like this, their recent purchase has been a wee shih tzu type pup. they were all over it when it was a pup, now it spends the majority of its time living out their back garden. its a real shame but it has shelter (in the form of a wendy house) and it gets fed so the warden will do nothing about it, even though it barks incessantly!
 
I dont think our dog warden would be able to do anything either sadly. I dont have this woman's address as she is only a work colleague and lives in a village about 25 miles away from me. I also dont have any evidence - its only what she's been saying at work.
 
meandmyself said:
Offer her some money for the poor thing.
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I'll have to wait until they've got bored with it first as at the moment its the latest toy. Unfortunately by then it will probably have become a complete tearaway and I'm not sure I'm in a position to take on an untrained staffie. And every dog pound in the country is completely full of staffies so its got no hope of finding another home. I've told the woman that its not on to leave a pup all day and that as far as I'm concerned rubbing its nose in its own mess is akin to doing that to her kid for wetting the bed but its all falling on deaf ears ..... It just makes me so mad.
 
Well, pass on that its simply not worth breeding from the staffie bitch as there are so many on the market. Tell her that a lot of staffies end up having caesarians effectively taking any possible profit away and that a lot of rescues also end up having a huge number of staffie cross pups. If the stafford is not KC registered then she could be looking at as little as £80 for a puppy. Take out the vets fees and the cost of having x puppies and there is no money in it. Last year, the welfare I sometimes help were given an entire litter of stafford puppies. The son had bred the bitch when his mother was away, so he could make a quick penny. Mother came home, and then was utterly appalled at the sort of people who were interested and could not sell them. Bitch was spayed after the puppies went and son was duly rocketed.

PM if the bitch does come up/need help. If she IS a stafford ( and I suspect she is a x, then I can at least put out feelers with welfare). Welfare will not help with an obvious cross because they simply do not have the resources but some of the rescues not affiliated may do. Goes without saying that the better behaved the bitch is the better chance she has of a decent home. Also goes without saying that from the tone of your post, you don't think that will be the case.
 
well for one a staffi is NOT a dog for a child one of the worst breeds to get, for a first time familay as well. -_- these people really dont do there research do they. it make me so angry have they read any puppy books where it tells them to rub there nose in it? NO because its absolutely rubbish it doesn not teach them any thing. i bet give it a couple more months and they will get fed up with the poor dog all because they havnt a clue, what they are doing so they blame the dog and end up getting rid of it. in the end its the animals they ALWAYS suffer.:mad:
 
CazD said:
I dont think our dog warden would be able to do anything either sadly. I dont have this woman's address as she is only a work colleague and lives in a village about 25 miles away from me. I also dont have any evidence - its only what she's been saying at work.
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i just had a thought you could always by them a how to train a puppy book, and pretend ur doing it as christmas presant. that way they dont get insulted and hopefully they learn something.
 
hannah01787 said:
well for one a staffi is NOT a dog for a child one of the worst breeds to get, for a first time familay as well. -_- these people really dont do there research do they. it make me so angry have they read any puppy books where it tells them to rub there nose in it? NO because its absolutely rubbish it doesn not teach them any thing. i bet give it a couple more months and they will get fed up with the poor dog all because they havnt a clue, what they are doing so they blame the dog and end up getting rid of it. in the end its the animals they ALWAYS suffer.:mad:
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hannah, staffies are generally brilliant with children, they are known as nanny dogs! I do agree though that this poor pup doesn't have much of a chance.
OP do you think they would take any notice if you gave them one of Cayla's puppy guides?
 
MurphysMinder said:
hannah, staffies are generally brilliant with children, they are known as nanny dogs! I do agree though that this poor pup doesn't have much of a chance.
OP do you think they would take any notice if you gave them one of Cayla's puppy guides?
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i was going by from what i come across while im working in the kennels and groomers, and yes staffie are good with children when they are treated correctly. the children have to be shown how to deal with them and handle them. by the sounds of the owners since they dont have a clue. then they are not going to teach there daughter the correct manners. staffies are very good companions but are very stubborn and tend to need owners with experience. personally id still get them a book maybe a short puppy book so it seems less effort to them. they might be more inclined to reading it. :P

good luck
 
What you have said is the same for any breed. A well educated stafford is known to be very tolerant of small children, hence the tag name "nanny dog". My oldest bitch is superb with very small children and the youngest bounciest one reins it in with children as well. I do agree they certainly need training as well as exercise and stimulation.

A bored stafford will create its own amusement..!
 
Hannah - also disagree.

Staffies are FANTASTIC with children, they just dont realise that they are like little missiles!

Can not STAND people who breed poorly bread Staffies. This is why there are so many bog standard leggy types on the market who look like Whippet crosses.
 
FreddiesGal said:
Hannah - also disagree.

Staffies are FANTASTIC with children, they just dont realise that they are like little missiles!

Can not STAND people who breed poorly bread Staffies. This is why there are so many bog standard leggy types on the market who look like Whippet crosses.
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Which is why Stafford welfare and Battersea had to differentiate and call these dogs Stafford x as they are very far removed from breed standard. In fact I had someone who assumed my boy was a cross as he was " far too small to be a Staffie" actually, he is almost breed standard and stands at 15" at the shoulder and is correct. My youngest is supposedly a Staffie but is the leggy type. I love her regardless but she looks very different from my other 2.
 
Glad I'm not the only one that nearly choked in the "staffys are bad with kids" comment! Lol!

At work a young, female, "proper" staffy (or close to it) would actually be pretty easy to rehome, providing they haven't completely ruined it before they get bored. We seem to be lucky in that regard, though the local dogs home would happily just give her the needle.

Wonder how many times it will have to mess in the house before she gets sick of it like all the rest?
 
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