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Hi I have been using the Facebook page for a while now but have just registered on the website now. I have 2 dogs a male & female. Coal is a staffy/ patterdale cross that I adopted from the Dogs Trust last year. He was blind when he was found so the Dogs Trust paid for him to have 2 cataract op's and he now has full sight. Tess is a brindle staffy & was a foster dog that came to me in September, but they love each other so much I adopted her last weekend! I foster staffy's through Staffordshire Rescue Scotland and train them up until they are ready to be adopted into their forever homes and give them lots of love, just as they deserve

Hi and welcome from Me n Steffi well done on the rescues and fostering..

Great story welcome from us and miley

Hi & welcome.

You do a fantastic job, then!

Any pics of your two?

yeah just trying to work out how to post photos of them. Fostering is brilliant, it allows you to help so many of these beautiful animals and brings so much joy to both you and the dogs

Have a look here.......
https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t12017-how-to-post-a-photos-onto-the-forum

Thanks Caryll

Tess

Coal

Awww, they're both beautiful!

Thanks for your help xx

Does anyone else have a staffy with very little hair on their chests, bellies and behind the ears? This is why Tess wears a t shirt so she doesn't get scratched whilst they are playing. It might be stress from her last owner, but the vet has checked her over and found no medical reason for it and says it should grow in but that some staffy's just don't have much hair, but every staffy I have known has more hair than Tess

Please do tell Staffordshire Rescue Scotland about the forum - we have a rescue section that they can put dogs needing homes on!

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f71-staffordshire-bull-terrier-rescues-adoption

victess wrote:Does anyone else have a staffy with very little hair on their chests, bellies and behind the ears? This is why Tess wears a t shirt so she doesn't get scratched whilst they are playing. It might be stress from her last owner, but the vet has checked her over and found no medical reason for it and says it should grow in but that some staffy's just don't have much hair, but every staffy I have known has more hair than Tess

I know they do tend to have very short hair, and many do have thin spots! What do you feed her?

I will defo tell staffy rescue about you, they have a facebook page as well. I have been feeding her James Wellbeloved ocean white fish & rice but she has just started on adult food a fortnight ago. When I got her she was a nervous wreck and very thin. She had never been walked and had been fed dry food for working & sporting adult dogs throughout her puppyhood! So I fed her scrambled eggs and puppy food to build her up a bit. She was very nervous when she came to me as had been locked in a crate all day and terrorised by a toddler shoving brushes through the bars. She has improved a lot and is like a different dog and full of confidence now!

Anxiety will often lead to hair loss.

You could try adding some omega oils to her food (the capsules you get from Holland & Barrett etc are ok), or Yumega.
http://www.lintbells.com/online-store/13/yumega-dog-500ml?gclid=CLyf6_ud9LMCFUFb3godyhwABA

Thanks I will try that. Her hair has grown in a bit since I got her and I don't mind aesthetically, it's just that even padded halters leave rub marks on her chest so at the moment I am using a kids snood with 2 leg holes cut in it so that the harness goes over the snood when it is too mild for her to wear a coat

I have told Staffordshire Rescue Scotland about the forum now

Hi from me and a big sloppy staffy welcome from Kia
well done on rescuing and the work you do fostering staffys, your two look adorable great photos.

Thanks farmgirl yours has a lovely smile

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Hello and welcome from me and the kids

Hi your 2 look beautiful

victess wrote:Hi your 2 look beautiful

Thankyou you're not doing so bad yourself with yours and congrats on the rescue by the way

Thanks it's a pleasure to help these dogs

Hi from Lily, Lola and me. Scottish SBT Rescue do a cracking job, Ive got them on my fb. Lola has thin hair and big bald bits on her chest, tummy and back end. In fact her chest is bald at the mo, just pink skin. It can be a Staffy thing cos Lily can be a bit baldy in those areas too. I give them sardines or mackerel twice a week

welcome

hi from me and the boys

Thanks Chiara, Tess doesn't like makrel but I will try her with some tuna or tinned salmon

Thanks everyone for such a lovely welcome, hopefully we will get to know each other through this forum, looking forward to it

Hi welcome from us and Miley

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me

hia from me and sasha
well done you for all the brilliant work you do

Hi and welcome from us and Suki

Hi & welcome to the forum

Welcome brilliant of you to rescue them and also on fostering dogs until they're ready for a new home.