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hello i am thinking of getting a staffie and was wondering how small can you get them fully grown ? i would be after the smallest staffie i could find . but most of the research i have done doesn't really say how small they can be . i will not be showing it , it will be just a pet . any advice will be most appreciated . thanks .

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Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these heights being related to the weights.
Weight:
Dogs 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs)
bitches 11-15.4 kgs.

thanks for the info but have you seen any staffies that are under the breed specs or are they rare ?

Get yourself to a rescue shelter

the one that are under the standard will be really likey are the poor bred ones,

there only one staffy type

Hi & welcome to the forum.

I wouldn't want to have anything to do with someone who is deliberately breeding a mini stafford, which seems to be what you're after. Why do you particularly want a stafford? If you want a smaller dog, what about a French Bulldog or a Boston Terrier?

Welcome i have poppy if you look on my pics she is nearly a year old she is a pritty small staffie i was quiet concerned when i first got her but she is a great dog just like my other one mika . Poppy may not be her full size yet but i really can not see her getting much bigger having a look at both parents will also give you a good idea.

Caryll wrote:Hi & welcome to the forum.

I wouldn't want to have anything to do with someone who is deliberately breeding a mini stafford, which seems to be what you're after. Why do you particularly want a stafford? If you want a smaller dog, what about a French Bulldog or a Boston Terrier?

no i will not be breeding at all , my cousin has had a few staffies and i have grown to love them from him , it's just that i would like a staffie on the smaller side of the breed thats all honestly nothing more .

Hi and welcome from Rocky and me. Maybe an idea to look at another breed of dog if you want a smaller pet.

mika123 wrote:Welcome i have poppy if you look on my pics she is nearly a year old she is a pritty small staffie i was quiet concerned when i first got her but she is a great dog just like my other one mika . Poppy may not be her full size yet but i really can not see her getting much bigger having a look at both parents will also give you a good idea.

She really doesn't look that small! Just not huge!

Hi and welcome from us and Suki

merlin wrote:

Caryll wrote:Hi & welcome to the forum.

I wouldn't want to have anything to do with someone who is deliberately breeding a mini stafford, which seems to be what you're after. Why do you particularly want a stafford? If you want a smaller dog, what about a French Bulldog or a Boston Terrier?

no i will not be breeding at all , my cousin has had a few staffies and i have grown to love them from him , it's just that i would like a staffie on the smaller side of the breed thats all honestly nothing more .

No, I wasn't sugesting that you wanted to breed from her, but that whoever you bought her from would be breeding the wrong type for the standard. If you are breeding for smallness, then you will sacrifice part of the breed 'type' that makes a stafford a stafford!

I'm afraid that a decently bred staff will be on or near the standard height/weight. You'll get small differences, of course, but nothing spectacular. I just feel that if you want a smaller dog, then one of the smaller bull breeds might suit you better.

Caryll wrote:

merlin wrote:

Caryll wrote:Hi & welcome to the forum.

I wouldn't want to have anything to do with someone who is deliberately breeding a mini stafford, which seems to be what you're after. Why do you particularly want a stafford? If you want a smaller dog, what about a French Bulldog or a Boston Terrier?

no i will not be breeding at all , my cousin has had a few staffies and i have grown to love them from him , it's just that i would like a staffie on the smaller side of the breed thats all honestly nothing more .

No, I wasn't sugesting that you wanted to breed from her, but that whoever you bought her from would be breeding the wrong type for the standard. If you are breeding for smallness, then you will sacrifice part of the breed 'type' that makes a stafford a stafford!

I'm afraid that a decently bred staff will be on or near the standard height/weight. You'll get small differences, of course, but nothing spectacular. I just feel that if you want a smaller dog, then one of the smaller bull breeds might suit you better.

........ no i don't want a smaller dog , i want a staffie i was just wondering how small people had seen them i will be happy with a bitch at the smallest end of the breed specs , my cousin who has had at least 3 of them allways wanted the larger end of the breed spec . i was just hoping for some one to say you can get bitches around maybe 12inches to 13 thats all . thanks anyway for the help , i will try somewhere else for an answer.

Just look at the parents - a pup will normally turn out like its parents & if they are both on the smaller side then the pups probably will be as well - but there's no guarantee.

By all means look elsewhere for an answer, but if people are going to be honest with you then you'll get the same answers I'm afraid. Anybody saying otherwise is either breeding specifically for small dogs (with the possibility of health problems) or telling you big fat lies!