New here and to Staffies

Hi, my name is Diane and I'm an Australian living in Jakarta, Indonesia and although home is in Spain, we will be based in Andorra. We plan on moving back to europe at the end of 2014/early 2015. My husband and I have owned rottweilers and Dogo Argentinos for more than 20 years. The Dogo has been a part of our family for just over 10 years and just a few days ago, our young male passed away. Our 9 year old daughter has always grown up with dogos and was first devastated when our old boy who was with her from birth passed away last year and it's been a double blow for her (and us) to lose another just over a year later.

We've decided to wait until our move back to get another dog and we've decided to go for a staffy. As much as we love the dogo, we've all decided that choosing a smaller breed would be best for the family - Our dogos did everything with us, but the dogos size made it difficult to travel with them. Also with BSL, travelling/driving through some european countries could be a problem and one that we would like to avoid. With the staffy, we believe we'll still get the same devotion and love that we had with our dogos but just in a smaller compact package  
I look forward to learning more about the stuffy here, getting to know you guys (if you're anything like Dogo owners I know you are absolutely and fiercely passionate about this breed) and hopefully get some help when it's time to start looking for our new family member.

Hi and welcome from darcy and me so sorry for your losses

hi from me and the boys, have you got any photos of your dogos? i LOVE them and would have one if they weren't banned here

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ella wrote:hi from me and the boys, have you got any photos of your dogos? i LOVE them and would have one if they weren't banned here

I've got plenty of photos but I'll upload for a couple for you.  They really are an amazing breed that is totally devoted to family, especially the kids.

This was our baby boy Marco.


Angel saying goodbye to Marco before he went to the clinic for treatment.  Unfortunately, he wasn't able to be saved from the tick blood parasites.


Angel when she was younger with Zoe and Kostya



Angel and Kostya.  There was a real strong bond between these two and he was her shadow from birth.





Angel over the years with her dogos.


And my first dogo Casper and last rottweiler Nasser together back in Thailand before my daughter was born.  Nasser passed away of bone cancer aged 8 years old and a few months later, Casper passed away at 2 and half from secondary complications of ehrlichia transmitted by a tick.

hia from me and sasha  ,so sorry for your loss,your pictures are gorgeous,thank you for sharing them with us.

Hiya from me and Vinnie, sorry for your losses.
Fab pics of all of your gorgeous babies  

Hi and Welcome from me and Daisy, I'm so sorry to hear of you losses, all gorgeous dogs xx

Great news that you are planning on a staffy next, I hope you will find the forum helpful and yes we are very passionate about our breed! 

Wonderful photos

Welcome to the forum from Rocky and I

Your dogs were absolutely beautiful, just goes to show the amazing temperament these dogs have, just like our staffies. So sorry for your losses

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

You have certainly chosen a very affectionate breed of dog with the Staffy (also known here as the Nanny Dog because they are so very good with chilldren). I'm sure you will find the forum extremely helpful and all members both staff and otherwise are always very willing to help with any issues.

So sorry to read of the loss of you previous dogs they are lovely pics.

Hi & welcome.

What beautiful dogs you've had.  Thanks for the fantastic pics of them all.

Did Spain go ahead with Breed Specific Legislation? I believe it was to include the Stafford?

Hi and welcome from Choc, Sheebs and I

You've had some beautiful dogs - the pictures are just gorgeous x

Caryll wrote:Hi & welcome.

What beautiful dogs you've had.  Thanks for the fantastic pics of them all.

Did Spain go ahead with Breed Specific Legislation? I believe it was to include the Stafford?

The dogs affected are:
Pit Bull and all Bull breeds (Amstaff, staffs, etc)
All Mastiffs
Rottweiler
Dogo Argentino
Fila Brasileiro
Tosa Inu
Akita Inu
Canary Island Prey Dog
Caucasian Shepherd
Dogue De Bordeaux
Brazilian Fila
Doberman
Corsican Can
German Shepherds
All dogs over 25 Kilos in weight (yeh go figure!)

Now saying that, we've never had a problem with owing dogos in Spain or taking them out in public.  Police have actually approached us but always to compliment us on our dogs.  The law requires a special license but we or any other dogo owner (or owner of any the listed breeds) there that we knew had licenses either.  

As far as I know, there is no Dangerous Dog Lists in Andorra which will be our main residence.

Thanks for the welcome. The dogo argentino really is an amazing breed and I'm so glad to hear that the staffy's are just as loving and devoted as the dogo

djstratton wrote:

Caryll wrote:Hi & welcome.

What beautiful dogs you've had.  Thanks for the fantastic pics of them all.

Did Spain go ahead with Breed Specific Legislation? I believe it was to include the Stafford?

The dogs affected are:
Pit Bull and all Bull breeds (Amstaff, staffs, etc)
All Mastiffs
Rottweiler
Dogo Argentino
Fila Brasileiro
Tosa Inu
Akita Inu
Canary Island Prey Dog
Caucasian Shepherd
Dogue De Bordeaux
Brazilian Fila
Doberman
Corsican Can
German Shepherds
All dogs over 25 Kilos in weight (yeh go figure!)

Now saying that, we've never had a problem with owing dogos in Spain or taking them out in public.  Police have actually approached us but always to compliment us on our dogs.  The law requires a special license but we or any other dogo owner (or owner of any the listed breeds) there that we knew had licenses either.  

As far as I know, there is no Dangerous Dog Lists in Andorra which will be our main residence.

That's interesting to kNow - thanks! 

Hi and welcome to the forum from me and the zoo xx

Amazing. Pics, hi from me and nico, so sorry for your loss

Hi from Ozzy and me, thansk for sharing some amazing photos

Hi and welcome from me and my two love the pics those dogs are stunning

Thanks for the photos they are gorgeous

You guys have no idea how happy I am to have joined this forum and to get so much out of it already. I've learned so much in such a small time and I can't wait to learn more.

This is the last video I made of our boy a few weeks ago. He was already sick here as you might see from his body as he was much thinner than he usually was but his energy was still up and he absolutely loved our sunday morning walks in the centre of Jakarta with our friends here. Not sure when we can face our family sunday morning walks again, but I haven't been able to continue on with my weekday morning walks without him when it was just the two of us.

Hello and welcome to the forum from me and the kids

A couple more pics of our beautiful boy.

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks so much for posting those pics! They've brought a smile to my face! Such gorgeous dogs!

djstratton wrote:
Angel when she was younger with Zoe and Kostya

Loving these pics , pretty much got a soft spot for Dogos after reading Oogy and these pictures are just incredible. You obviously have some fantastic memories that you should hold on to and wish you all the best in your search  

Oh my gosh they're gorgeous! thanks for sharing the pictures and videos of him! Dogos are my second favorite breed in the world! I'd love one I'm sure you'll be very pleased with down sizing to the staffie though as they are brilliant family dogs any idea how you'll be getting one? Rescue or from a breeder?

CodlingKid wrote:Oh my gosh they're gorgeous! :xthanks for sharing the pictures and videos of him! Dogos are my second favorite breed in the world! I'd love one :xI'm sure you'll be very pleased with down sizing to the staffie though as they are brilliant family dogs :Dany idea how you'll be getting one? Rescue or from a breeder?

The dogo is pretty damn awesome but I think can be said of anyones chosen breed, especially when brought up in the right setting and family full of love.

I think the transition from large dog to one half its size is going to be much easier for us - one thing about the dogo is that they seemed to forget that they were so large and love absolutely nothing better than being as close as possible to you. Whether its a paw or their butt, they would always try to be right there. It will be a definitely change not having a 45-50kg dog always stepping on your feet  

We were considering rescue but since we plan on travelling through europe for holidays and need to go through France from Spain and Andorra, we were advised that it would be best to get one with papers from a breeder to prove that he is a staffy 100% and make going through the borders easier as they are listed on that horrible dog list.

Dave wrote:

djstratton wrote:
Angel when she was younger with Zoe and Kostya

Loving these pics , pretty much got a soft spot for Dogos after reading Oogy  and these pictures are just incredible. You obviously have some fantastic memories that you should hold on to and wish you all the best in your search  

Yes plenty of amazing memories that our family will never forget and always cherish  

That story about OOgy is pretty awesome.  Did you ever hear the one about Morocho?  Check out the video below in case you haven't.  

Just on my way to the bath now as off to a show early this morning but will have a look at this one later , I don't mind admitting I read OOgy on a plane trip and was forced to wipe away the occasional tear , a great story indeed