bit annoyed

hi all, i was just wondering if any body else gets nasty comments when out walking there staffy, today one of my neighbours said to me you do know what a dog like that is capable of dont you, i told them that roo is the most loving dog and adores our son, and about 2 weeks ago i was out walking her with our son and i over heard someone say look at her with a dog like that around her kid, it hurts to say the least roo does not have a nasty bone in her body,so i was just thinking does any body else get this at all

Yep,ive had it before.It does come with owning a staffy sadly I just laugh at them and tell them that they are sad,deluded,and not worthy of any staffy.

all the time its a realy bad and underserved rep thay have but we all know what there really like its just a shame some people are so narrow minded

I've not had that yet......but I can see how frustrating it must be.They are the best breed in the world.
Blue is more likely to kill me by making me laugh to death at him

Yeah I get it all the time. I even got abused by a little old lady once in my vets surgery because I was sitting in the chair next to where she wanted to sit and my dog is 'vicious' and she couldn't possibly sit next to 'it'. The ironic thing was that she had a JRT that spent the whole time snarling and barking at Dizzy while she was sitting under my chair shaking because she hates the vets so much!

Yes. All the time.

We already had Bandit when I became pregnant with my first. Everybody advised me to get rid of Bandit. Told me I'd never forgive myself if anything happened. But he never harmed a hair on my kids' heads. They became great friends & was so missed when he died that it took a long time to decide to get another dog.

We now have a Bull Terrier. Sometimes I walk my boss's daughter's GSD which gives the gossips so much more to talk about - walking TWO of those nasty dangerous breeds!

Ignore them. They are ignorant. They don't understand the love these breeds have for children.

thanks every one, i just thought it was me and roo that were getting the bad looks and nasty comments , it seems it happens to most staffy owners, i couldnt agree more they are a very good loving dogs, and they do love children, i will be ignoring any nasty comments from now on

and roo has us in fits of laughter too

Where about in lancs are you? I can give them a slap for you next time

Maybe you could come down to Northampton & slap a few here, too!

Caryll wrote:Maybe you could come down to Northampton & slap a few here, too!

Lol there are many people who could do with a slap. My mum should do it as a full time job.....she has a wicked slap on her....still got the mangled face to prove it lol
We should all get together and walk them together.....that would be a sight for them to comment on

I get this too i just laff though as long as u know ur dogs ok doesnt matter what people think. I got it when kaiser was a pup two girls came up to stroke him and there mum turned to them and said dont stroke that that is one of child killer dogs i gave her a mouth full put it that way but i still get it now but i just ignore it there perfetic. But also there is alot of people out there that aint like that just some people believe everything they read in the paper and are followers

BlueStaffBlue wrote:Where about in lancs are you? I can give them a slap for you next time

lol thanks we are not far from burnley, we are in colne

Not far at all. I worked in Colne. I built the extension on Colne High School.
Is it still standing?

yes with the help of acros ha ha

BlueStaffBlue wrote:Not far at all. I worked in Colne. I built the extension on Colne High School.
Is it still standing?

LOL nice to see how much faith u have in ur work

I hope it matches the cross I put on the roof to keep the tiles on.

Think the school was called Park High but may be wrong

its really upsetting, the said bloke has a terrier jack russel cross thats a nasty little thing when it wants to be, we have had no doubts about roo what so ever, shes a good girl does as she is told etc etc, she nearly knocks our little boy over when he comes home from school shes that pleased to see him

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I hope it matches the cross I put on the roof to keep the tiles on.

Think the school was called Park High but may be wrong

park high thats the one lol i will have a look

Yeah just ignore them aint worth it them jack russels can be nasty little things one was stood outside our door at work on tuesday it had lost its owner so bent down and it proper shown its teeth at me and growled when its owner came back he said oh u dont go to stroke it he will have u i was like well thats why it should be on a lead

Make sure you go and check it at night....my work looks amazing at night
Don't want you coming on here giving me a bad name.
It might be closed down now...think I heard it was because the government didn't want to fund it anymore.....the kids were that dishearted about the news of their great school, they trashed the extension in frustration and anger


don't worry about them. Wouldn't listen to anyone who obviosuly knows feck all, unless it me who obviously knows feck all

my first dog was a jack russel and he was a total headcase was fine with most people unless they had black coats(he used to proper kick off)he was great with dogs his size or a little bit bigger but bigger dogs ie gsd dobermans rotties he would have to be kept on his lead as he would take any of them on
i deff think they can have more issues than a staffy

think your right wazza, plus there are allot of owners who have them treat them like babies due to their size which makes them even worse

Yeah they do i mean i grew up from a baby till i was 9 with a jack russell and she was lovely baring in mind we rescued her and she was neglected and used as a breeding machine but she was so placid but alot of jack russels u come across are head cases

don't get any comments like that over here in Ireland anytime im out walking my Katie people just come up to me and say what a lovely dog, kids included, i think in England some staffys have a bad name due to their owners.

your spot on there shane its bad owners not bad dogs

BlueStaffBlue wrote:Make sure you go and check it at night....my work looks amazing at night
Don't want you coming on here giving me a bad name.
It might be closed down now...think I heard it was because the government didn't want to fund it anymore.....the kids were that dishearted about the news of their great school, they trashed the extension in frustration and anger


don't worry about them. Wouldn't listen to anyone who obviosuly knows feck all, unless it me who obviously knows feck all

lol, ill go have a look at night then hahaha yep i think park High was closed down, but will have a look at the extension if its still in one peace lol my brother went to primmet High school in colne so not real sure if park High is next door but then there is fisher moor near by too, so not too sure just were abouts park High was lol but will find out

we had jack russels when i lived at home, i always remember one been daft as a brush, and the other was as nasty as any thing he would chase you right up the farm track ,until he managed to take a chunk out of your ankle, sadly he met a bad end he run out in front of a car but i agree some jack russels are worse than any other dog

yeah some jack Russells can be nasty pieces of work

plus i forgot we got him castrated and that done didly for the aggresion

shane wrote:don't get any comments like that over here in Ireland anytime im out walking my Katie people just come up to me and say what a lovely dog, kids included, i think in England some staffys have a bad name due to their owners.

that is 1000% right its the owners not the dogs at all, but some people fail to see that and just blame the dogs and give them a bad name which is so so sad

i get it all the time ppl cross my road instead of walking pasted my house coz i have staffy,
next summber im taking my big staffy down town and going to have a teashirt printed with

'i dont judge u on the colour of your skin dont judge me coz i'm a staffy'
what do u all think

i have also found that on site like facebook that have pages for staffy unless they like u they still judge u even if they suppose to all be staffy lovers being on here ive found a true staffy site

some people are just so ignorant when it comes to staffys.i say if you want to know me come live with me

if you want a good site your deff in the right place

A get this daily from the inlaws , my gf is havin our first new born in feb and daily a get have you found a new home for kuma yet.... not a f***in chance is she going !! a would leace before ma pup leaves why has everyone got it infor staffys kuma actly lays bside any of my friends kids or babys just a playfull we thing well no so wee but folk who bad mouth them actly don't no f** k all part from what is read on the tele thats all they say have you seen the news bla bla rant over

[quote="babybluetezza"]i get it all the time ppl cross my road instead of walking pasted my house coz i have staffy,
next summber im taking my big staffy down town and going to have a teashirt printed with

'i dont judge u on the colour of your skin dont judge me coz i'm a staffy'
what do u all think


Great idea, I think you should get loads made up and we can all have one. I'd love to see peoples responses

Order me one please!

make that one for me as well in xxl thanks lol

Yep i got it with Nitro and i get it with Harley(Mia is the one people need to be afraid of she's a protective bitch), Nitro even used to let a friend of ours little girl ride to the park on his back(Charli was about 18 months at the time). I don't listen to what others say, I know my dogs, they don't, just because of a few people treating their dogs badly all of us are treated badly.

Don't worry about them is what i say. They are not worth the time, energy or effort or the breath.

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babybluetezza wrote:i get it all the time ppl cross my road instead of walking pasted my house coz i have staffy,
next summber im taking my big staffy down town and going to have a teashirt printed with

'i dont judge u on the colour of your skin dont judge me coz i'm a staffy'
what do u all think


Great idea, I think you should get loads made up and we can all have one. I'd love to see peoples responses

Love the idea,if i was over there u could count me in for one.

shane wrote:some people are just so ignorant when it comes to staffys.i say if you want to know me come live with me

brill idea i like that a lot

woops lol wrong post lol sorry

babybluetezza wrote:i get it all the time ppl cross my road instead of walking pasted my house coz i have staffy,
next summber im taking my big staffy down town and going to have a teashirt printed with

'i dont judge u on the colour of your skin dont judge me coz i'm a staffy'
what do u all think

i have also found that on site like facebook that have pages for staffy unless they like u they still judge u even if they suppose to all be staffy lovers being on here ive found a true staffy site

i like that idea a lot

Hi.

I get that regularly too. I have had people cross the street with their dogs to get away from us. Unfortunately its not helped by the fact Buster is VERY giddy and as soon as he sees a person or another dog he wants to get to them for fussing but I understand people can mis read that. I find myself saying 'he's very friendly, he just wants to say hello' and I get 'he doesnt look friendly!' or 'oh yes they all say that' but I know my dog. He has been attacked twice by Jack Russells off leads when he has been on his lead and he didnt know what to do!!!

Kuma seems to be slghtly scared of jack russells put my m8's pitbull or doberman shes got them by the throat play fighting ?? , folk just read to much into the new's and what folk have told them and saw staffys bene used as bate or for fighting they need a slap and to wake up !!

i was talking to a bloke and his wife that live in the next street to us and they have a staffy, i asked them if they get any probs too and they both said they did, its a real shame, we still get strange looks now and awful things said since i made this thread but just ignore it all now

When we had the home check for Lottie, the lady warned us of the treatment we'd get from the public. I didn't really believe it and I was used to getting funny looks because JD looks like a big black GSD. Since having him and Lottie, people haven't made comments (perhaps they are too scared!) but they regularly cross the road, turn back on themselves and walk away, ignore me if I make a friendly comment or greeting. There's one woman at the park I visit that will absolutely not goes past me with her dog and will make comments to other people whilst pointing directly at me. You'd think I was walking a couple of bombs! Luckily I've met loads of people who understand the bad rap staffies get and are sympathetic with me. Oh wait, I have remember a couple of people have shrieked in fear and even picked up their dog. It's a self-fufilling prophecy really, that kind of behaviour is what may cause a dog to act out.

Hahaha I've recently been walking my boss's daughter's GSD with my bull terrier, and the looks and comments I get are unbelievable! Last week I was told that I was totally irresponsible for having "two of them dangerous breeds" and I "should be put inprison" for it. Both dogs are really well behaved & weren't doing anything wrong at the time!

People are so ignorant.

Caryll wrote:Hahaha I've recently been walking my boss's daughter's GSD with my bull terrier, and the looks and comments I get are unbelievable! Last week I was told that I was totally irresponsible for having "two of them dangerous breeds" and I "should be put inprison" for it. Both dogs are really well behaved & weren't doing anything wrong at the time!

People are so ignorant.

its not the dogs they need to watch is it caryll haha

its not the dogs they need to watch is it caryll haha[/quote]