Staffy Ever bite or Harm Q

Nope, if any of my dogs ever bit someone i would have them put down.

Staffies are very friendly towards people. My Shoei has never done anything against people (okay, I have to be honest here: he does hugs them to death and nibbles their ears ).

Depends wether it was in defence to protect you/family
Why ask such a question David?

Nope, but then Tonks is only four months old. If you use positive training methods and make sure your dog is really well socialised your dog should grow up well rounded.

I would start a puppy class as soon as possible and keep going! Lots of people do the first 12 weeks and then stop thinking they have no problems, but problems often begin later as the dog grows, i don't mean serious problems, but if you have kept going your relationship with your dog should be strong from the bond positive training builds and any difficulties can be dealt with and nipped in the bud.

Personally i would chose an APDT class (you can search for ones in you are on the net, that way you know the classes and training methods will be kind, fair and effective.

No Charlie is 12 ande only attacks cats shes never hurt a human and i doubt she would unless it be in defense for us, Mind you, shes even to old to probably do that bless her. Shes done well though been brought up beside 2 young terraways lol

bezial only licks to death , i was saying to some man today "watch he will pounce " he looked at me and i said he will wait till your not ready and jump at you to cuddle you and lick you lol , i do however think he would if pushed protect me and the the wife and girls.

if he can stop licking the threat that is lol

dogs, no matter what the breed, should never bite anything - people, dogs, other animals. if someones dogs has ever bitten anything then they have not raised it correctly.

That rubbish, my old Staffy saved my 8yr old from getting savaged by an Alsatian, if it wasnt for him hed be scarred for life, it was a snaling vicious massive thing, who reared up to bite my sons face, my old staffy flew from nowhere and grabbed it round the throat inches from my sons face, My staffy was 2 half at the time, didnt have an aggressive bone in his body neither before or after this event, but he nearly killed it all the same.
He never so much as growled at another dog even when they did to him when passing. He was one of the most gentle loving males ive ever had the pleasure to own and i will always be indebted to him for protecting my son. He passed just before his 15th birthday 3yrs ago.
To infer i was a bad owner, shows your ignorance, or he was a bad'un is absolute rubbish.

staffsrock wrote:That rubbish, my old Staffy saved my 8yr old from getting savaged by an Alsatian, if it wasnt for him hed be scarred for life, it was a snaling vicious massive thing, who reared up to bite my sons face, my old staffy flew from nowhere and grabbed it round the throat inches from my sons face, My staffy was 2 half at the time, didnt have an aggressive bone in his body neither before or after this event, but he nearly killed it all the same.
He never so much as growled at another dog even when they did to him when passing. He was one of the most gentle loving males ive ever had the pleasure to own and i will always be indebted to him for protecting my son. He passed just before his 15th birthday 3yrs ago.
To infer i was a bad owner, shows your ignorance, or he was a bad'un is absolute rubbish.

Well said! Dogs are dogs, whatever the breed and sometimes they bite! Hopefully very rarely and i have never had a dog that has bitten a person or another animal - but sometimes dogs do for a whole range of reasons. to say that dogs should never do it is igonoring the facts that they are animals, who will react to different circumstances. Obviously a well brought up dog should have learnt bite inhibition and apply this to people and dogs but as staffrock has highlighted, sometimes there are circumstances that push even the most well manered dog to its limits.

I agree Staffsrock and Catrinsparkles. Sometimes dogs bite and it doesn't always mean that they've not been raised correctly. Shoei has been attacked by a rottweiler who was off the lead. At first he didn't understand what happened to him, but within a few seconds he bit back. Some time ago I was walking with him and again a rottweiler (of course off the lead) wanted to attack. Too bad for the rottweiler, but Shoei was faster and bit first. Then the rottweiler came to me and again there was Shoei (luckily). I was lucky Shoei was defending me now I only got some bruises ( is this the right word?).

Shoei wrote:I agree Staffsrock and Catrinsparkles. Sometimes dogs bite and it doesn't always mean that they've not been raised correctly. Shoei has been attacked by a rottweiler who was off the lead. At first he didn't understand what happened to him, but within a few seconds he bit back. Some time ago I was walking with him and again a rottweiler (of course off the lead) wanted to attack. Too bad for the rottweiler, but Shoei was faster and bit first. Then the rottweiler came to me and again there was Shoei (luckily). I was lucky Shoei was defending me now I only got some bruises ( is this the right word?).

Yes that's the right word. . I'm hoping Tonks won't every have to exerience this from another dog.... i would rather it was me than her:

I was really mad at the owners. They let them walk off the lead without the dogs properly listening when they're called. So in this case you could say that they aren't raised properly . It was such a pitty, because he liked males as well as females, but due to this he changed a lot towards male dogs .

Shoei wrote:I was really mad at the owners. They let them walk off the lead without the dogs properly listening when they're called. So in this case you could say that they aren't raised properly . It was such a pitty, because he liked males as well as females, but due to this he changed a lot towards male dogs .

It is such a shame isn't it - and a dislike of dogs is sort of catching isn't it, a few bad experiences from a dog who doesn't like other dogs can move your today towards being a dog you doesn't like other dogs.

Unfortunately not all dog owners are responsible and seem to think it is ok to pretty much leave their dogs to do whatever they want to.

staffsrock wrote:That rubbish, my old Staffy saved my 8yr old from getting savaged by an Alsatian, if it wasnt for him hed be scarred for life, it was a snaling vicious massive thing, who reared up to bite my sons face, my old staffy flew from nowhere and grabbed it round the throat inches from my sons face, My staffy was 2 half at the time, didnt have an aggressive bone in his body neither before or after this event, but he nearly killed it all the same.
He never so much as growled at another dog even when they did to him when passing. He was one of the most gentle loving males ive ever had the pleasure to own and i will always be indebted to him for protecting my son. He passed just before his 15th birthday 3yrs ago.
To infer i was a bad owner, shows your ignorance, or he was a bad'un is absolute rubbish.

Theres an Alsatian that lives near me that growls and barks at every kid that walks past it and the owner doesnt even have a muzzle on it and hes about 6 foot 6 inches tall and like a twig, probably about 9 stone max and has absoloutely no control over the dog what so ever.

Also my nans brother about 30 years ago had a staffy and he was out walking it when 2 alsatians off lead came from nowhere and jumped on my nans brother. The staffy had never even harmed another dog before and 1 of them alsatians ended up having to have a leg amputated coz the staffy just flipped out into a rage of determination to save his owner (who was 60 years old at the time and had cancer).


Say if you get attacked by someone and your dog protects you and does damage to the person does your dog have to be put down or do they just class it as protection?

staffsrock wrote:Depends wether it was in defence to protect you/family
Why ask such a question David?

I asked because Turbo will be around Alot of Kids.....from pup to dog......prob most of his life.

kids should always be supervised around dogs.

no matter how well the dog has socialised.


alsation?......now there is blast from the past.....

no such thing people.

smooth wrote:kids should always be supervised around dogs.

no matter how well the dog has socialised.


alsation?......now there is blast from the past.....

no such thing people.

in the uk a german shepherd is an alsatian

Jay wrote:

smooth wrote:kids should always be supervised around dogs.

no matter how well the dog has socialised.


alsation?......now there is blast from the past.....

no such thing people.

in the uk a german shepherd is an alsatian

that's a hangover from ww11 when nothing ''german'' was kosher....time to join the 21st century me thinks.

there is no such breed as an ''alsation''

that is a totally different situation staffrock - if biting to protect from serious harm it is nothing like biting/attacking for no apparent reason. as for being ignorant, had you actually stated the reason for the bite then you would have realised that i agreed with you on that front. try to ask before you jump down someones throat