Hi newbie from Kent

Hi, my name is Andy and my staffy is called Woody, we live together in our family home in Kent with my 10month son and my pregnant wife.

We recently lost our Irish Wolf x Staffy, due to ill health, she had lumps coming up all over her body, was fitting a few times a month and had dementia, so with a baby here and another on the way, we and our vet decided it was best for Sox to go to sleep.

But on a lighter note, We was on the look for another dog to fill the space in the family, so set about doing our research into what dog bread is best with kids. Time and time again we got the same answer, Staffy.
so friday i got on the phone to the local rescue centre's looking for a staff, after speaking to a few we decided to go and see some with our son.

The Kennels we when to in Dover, Frandham Boarding Kennels, where great with us, they spoke to us about the situation, the past dog, the kids, the home, other dogs in our area, ect......
The lady there said "one moment i have just the dog your looking for" she brought out this beautiful light brindle Red staffy male, she went on to say "he is a loving dog, great with kids, cats, dogs, all animals and people really an he has had the snip so no litters with next doors Staff Bitch" we all instantly fell in love with him and asked if we could take him for a walk.

Well an hour later we find ourself's filling in the adoption papers and the kennels booked the Vet for his microchip and jabs. We went back up on Saturday to take him out for another walk and so we could all bound with him more, we wanted to go up every day but the kennels where shut for the queens weekend, so we had to wait till yesterday.
We sat in all day waiting for the phone to ring, saying he was on his way home, the vet had been, finally at 4pm this happened and we were all so excited to see the 4x4 pull up outside. The guy from the kennels came in and had a look round and checked to surrounding area, he was happy with the home check and that Woody loved us and we loved him. Finally Woody was here to stay :-)

He came in a settled down really quick, once he had a good look around and met this small fluffy animal called the cat, he just came and sat down with the wife and I for a cuddle. He's had a good night sleep and had a morning walk and now he is crashed out on the sofa with our baby.

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Hi and welcome from me and Mia!!
Yay someone else from Kent!!

Thanks for the welcome

heres a pic of my Woody

Thanks for the great introduction , it's always nice to know a bit of background . Sorry for your loss with the last one , it must have been a really tough decision to make. Congrats on the rescue , please keep us updated with Woody's progress and we are always here to help if you have any questions, if you want to show off Woody or if you want to have a chat about anything else. and lastly

Welcome to the forum from me and the kids

And he's a great looking dog , off to see my new red today (we pick him up next week)

Hi & welcome.

What a great intro! Sounds like your son & your son/daughter-in-waiting will have a great companion.

Any chance of some pics?

P.S. Really sorry to hear about Sox's loss. They leave a huge gap in our lives when they go. RIP Sox, run free.
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Thanks for the welcome, i was really really hard having to put Sox to sleep, but we all felt it was for the best and knew i was the right thing to do, it was Hardest for my wife tho as she had had her from a puppy and they left home and grow up together, but the wounds are slowly healing now we have filled the gap in the family, he was never replace her or our memories of her but he has filled the very large gap she left behind.
The main thing is, Woody is going to grow up with our kids, my son and him already love eachother and follow eachother around the house, He's only been home 17hours !! lol

Thanks Caryll, he is already a great little friend with my son and my wife has said our daughter-in-waiting already knows Woody's poofy bark ! lol

Here are some pics of Woody

Woody happy to see his new mummy;-)

Found some nice grass out here, outside the kennels

side view

Playing with Caleb, after only meeting him 10 min before

Looking at a cat in the bush but just walked past

Woody with my son and I



And a couple of Sox our late Irish Wolf x Staff

Hi Andy
Welcome to the forum
Sorry to hear about Sox....R.I.P
Do you live in Dover? I lived there for about 6-7 years

Hi and welcome from us and Suki.

Thanks again for the warm welcome :-)

Hope everything goes well for you today and in the future Dave

Yes Mike we live in Dover and rescued Woody from the Kennels in the River area of Dover.

Woody's a handsome boy, & Sox looked like a real character!

Hello and welcome from me the wife and marley

Yeah googled it didn't even know they had kennels down there.
Great find Woody is a cracker.
I'll be down Dover at xmas this year. I have a daughter who still lives there and parents who live in Shepherdswell.

ag.cridland wrote:Woody is going to grow up with our kids, my son and him already love eachother and follow eachother around the house, He's only been home 17hours !! lol

Nanny dog!

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

Woody is gorgeous you have some lovely shots there already, please keep up the good work.

So sorry to hear of the loss of your other dog, please take a look in our pet Memorial, Rainbow Bridge:

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f38-pet-memorial-forum

Thanks Steve

Mike, the kennels have been there for bout 6 years now, I didn't know much about them, go did some research on the net and found all good reviews, so we went along for a look round and they came up with our little gem, Woody :-) their website is only a basic few dogs, they got loads there mainly Staffies that they take in as stays and "chav dogs" then retrain them to the family dog they are ment to be. Great family run kennels

you got it in one Caryll, heard that bout Staffies over and over again

thanks for the welcome Kathy

Arrr thats why I never knew they were there. I've been back up north for about 9-10 years now. Great find and look forward to more pics and happy stories in the future

Hi and welcome to the forum from Tyson & me. Woody looks like a darling. so sorry for your loss.

Ah what a lovely intro... we are the other end of Kent in Biggin Hill. Looking forward to hearing more about Woody!

welcome

Thanks everyone for the welcomes

We've had a lovely first day together, we been to see mine and the wifes families with Woody, been and seen the midwifes.

Then we ended the day with a play in the park, we left the little one with his Nanny, so it was just woody, my wife and I, we had a walk around together then we split apart and called him between us, then we got brave and took the lead off and played Fetch with Tennis ball.
Woody was great with us both, running to get the ball and coming back to us, dropping the ball and sitting, waiting for us to throw it again

Once we finished in the park and was on the way back to the car we even crossed paths with Jack russel, off its lead, the JR barked at Woody and he just looked at it and walked by, no barking back or going for it.

He's now curled up on the sofa next to me snoring

We are all just so happy with him and how well he has become attached to us already.

Made up for you and your family
Sounds like you have a right cracker

hia from me and sasha

hi & welcome to the forum

Hi and welcome from me, Millie and Bella. Lovely pics of Woody. It looks like he's settled in really well

Thank you everyone for the very warm welcome.

Woody is all settled in and we are all very happy together

ag.cridland wrote:Thank you everyone for the very warm welcome.

Woody is all settled in and we are all very happy together

What a lovely story! One month on, how is he doing?

Hello & welcome from Jack, Juno & I! Sorry to hear about your Sox, must have been really hard for you
Woody looks like a good boy and like he is settling in well, so that's a very good thing

hi there and woody is so cute

hi from me , neka and echo

Thanks again for more warm welcomes.

Woody is doing great, its like hes always been here !!

He is just soooooo loving, we had a few days when he stayed with my mum while my wife and I took our baby boy away for his 1st birthday, when we got back he was all over us and when my son walked over to him, Woody sat down in front of Caleb and licked him to deaf, my boys love eachother so much, we are all just soooo happy with Woody. dont think we will ever get any other breed then a staffy !!

we are looking at maybe going back to the kennels we got Woody from to see if there are any more staffs we can take on. but that wont be for at least another 6months, as my wife is due with our 2nd child at the end of next month !! :-)

ag.cridland wrote:my wife is due with our 2nd child at the end of next month !! :-)

Congratulations! Hope everything goes well. ><

So pleased to hear that everything is going so well for you Andy. Congrats to you and Mrs Andy, how exciting.

Pleased he's settling well for you Andy , best wishes for your next addition

thank you for the good wishes :-)

also an update on Woody, took him to the vet for jabs and now they are saying they think he is 2 and half not 18months like the kennels thought !!

Ah, well, I suppose it isn't always easy to age a dog.