Are staffys stolen

Just read the article, How to spot a stolen dog, are staffys stolen ?

yes on a regular basis. They are stolen in this area where i live as a good breed can be mated and money is made. Or people take a liking to your dog and nab them. We never leave Miley outside a shop or anywhere else. Also we dont advertise the fact we have a staffy.

I'm constantly being told people want to steal my dog and people offer me all sorts of money for him when I'm walking with him.. Where I live chavs want them bad. I can't leave him outside a shop or anything.

Yes they are, bait dogs/breeding/money. I have been offered money for Moo, think its more about her colour. Sad but it does happen Xx

janey wrote:

Yes they are, bait dogs/breeding/money. I have been offered money for Moo, think its more about her colour. Sad but it does happen Xx

where in Surrey are you from? If you don't mind.

harlou wrote:Just read the article, How to spot a stolen dog, are staffys stolen ?

you have been very lucky if you havent been asked the dodgy questions when you have been going around shields like would you sell him or would you breed from him or getting people watching you when walking either that or your not suspicious enough of others lol.
you really need to be on your guard as there are some serious dog nappers in the area and its normal staffies, bull terriers, and sharpeis they go for

Someone came up to me when Lily was little and was tickling her tummy and looking at her teeth asking if she was part Pitbull. It scared me as I thought he was noting her name tag and was gonna note the address and come around and pinch her. I said she was neutered as I couldn't part with any pups and hoped that did the trick! I was petrified she was gonna be stolen. My bloke said I was over reacting but you never know?

A lot of people mistake mine for a pitbull which is silly if you know your staffs.. I carry a photo of his registration to shut people up now lol

yes they are. lexi was stolen from me but i very fortunately got her back, broke my heart it did.

Moved this to chat, didn't really need to be in behaviour.

Sadly yes, the Staffy is very high on the list of stolen dogs by the undesirables,

This is very worrying. I have read recently in my local paper of a dog being stolen from his garden, and then a ransom being demanded - they wanted £500 which the owners paid.

My garden is pretty secure now, dog-wise, but IF someone was determined they could get in, and my Kuch is so friendly he will go to anyone.

I would be utterly distraught if anyone stole him from me - he is micro-chipped but a dog-napper is not likely to take him to the vet is he.

Guess we cannot take our eyes off our dogs for one minute.

Hayley wrote:yes they are. lexi was stolen from me but i very fortunately got her back, broke my heart it did.

broke your heart you got her back hayley im so disapointed in you

I've had people ask if they can buy Bella, if I will give her to them (seriously?!?!) and if I will breed her. I stupidly left the dogs tied outside a corner shop for 2 mins and when I came out there was a girl fussing them saying to her friend, you take the big one I'll get the wee one. They were probably joking but it showed me how easily they could be taken.

Always being asked to breed my little girl ice from young idiot who just want to breed because she,s a blue I always say no she,s been spayed with a bit of attitude little .()£&s

janey wrote:

Yes they are, bait dogs/breeding/money. I have been offered money for Moo, think its more about her colour. Sad but it does happen Xx

Same, have been told i must breed my two and they would give a deposit... Too late i had his clangers off and now laska had her season shes being done in three months. I aint bringing no more dogs into this world plus id end up keeping the lot of em lol.
Id never leave either of them unattended, even then a female ftiend of mine was approached by two guys in middle of town last year and they tried to unclip lead while fussing the dog.

I used to leave my Collie outside the shop, never had a worry, he'd stand there and ignore everyone, and everyone ignored him, but there is not a chance in hell that I would leave him or Rolo now. The world has changed. I feel very uncomfortable at times when people show interest in Rolo, they ask about how strong he is? Where i walk him? I don't have any details on his disk other than phone numbers, he is chipped and council registered. A few times I've seen people drive past looking at him, then a few minutes later they come back round again... most times you think maybe they're lost, but then part of you says No..... We've had a few reports of people out with their dogs over the last few years, they get knocked to the ground, the dog is grabbed and thrown in a van... not seen again. Last few have been Spaniels. It's sad, but all dogs these days are at risk, whether its for ransom money or breeding or horrific intentions.

yes alot of dogs go 'missing' around here and there is rumoured to be a dog fighting ring, and i've been offered money for both boys to use them in fighting

OMG.

This is terrible.

So far thank God I have nothing but genuine afection for my boy - hopefully it's different here "down Sarf".

Ella, what on earth do you say to those people who want to use your boys for fighting? I would go mental.

I tell them not so politely to * off!

One person actually laughed saying that his pitbulls would kill my staff, so I literally just said yeah I'll kill you and your pitbulls. Really gets my back up when people look at them as fighting dogs

bigwazza wrote:

Hayley wrote:yes they are. lexi was stolen from me but i very fortunately got her back, broke my heart it did.

broke your heart you got her back hayley im so disapointed in you

All kinds of dogs get stolen for one reason or another, but I guess Staffs are generally stolen as part of the fighting side of things.

Well that's a comfort at least - one glance at my Kuch would show that he is NOT a fighter

The ones that DON'T fight are the worse off ones unfortunately! If I was going to have a dog stolen for fighting is much rather it do a good job. More likely to stay alive = more chance to be found. The alternative is very grim..

I think the non-fighting ones are used for the other dogs to attack to practice on, no? So that in itself is...horrible. It's all just horrible.

Sorry Hayley - I'm old and dense and can't quite understand what you are saying.

Is it that because my dog is a wonderfully friendly little person to all humans and dogs, he will STILL be an attraction to dog-fighting people who just want to see a dog destroyed? Surely a chihuahua or a toy poodle would serve their purposes better in that case.

Just read Tara's post - no dog is safe then from these horrible people.

What IS the world coming to.

I wish id never asked ,i allways thought people were just being nice when they asked about Olly. He would not even defend himself he just runs back to us if a dog has a go at him ,the thought of some ********** putting him up to fight is too horibble to think of.

ive had a few chavs stroke spike and say. "hes a big lad, any pit in him?" think if anyone was to try any steal him it would have to be while im out walking him as hes sooo friendly to people when we are out, but he shows very bad human aggression while in the front yard, no idea why, but you could loose your hand if you try and get in does mean we get less "junk mail" tho lol

new Staffy owner wrote:Sorry Hayley - I'm old and dense and can't quite understand what you are saying.

Is it that because my dog is a wonderfully friendly little person to all humans and dogs, he will STILL be an attraction to dog-fighting people who just want to see a dog destroyed? Surely a chihuahua or a toy poodle would serve their purposes better in that case.

saddly not as they would be no sport at all for a fighting dog but a friendly staffie still got a chance of putting up a little bit fight

new Staffy owner wrote:Sorry Hayley - I'm old and dense and can't quite understand what you are saying.

Is it that because my dog is a wonderfully friendly little person to all humans and dogs, he will STILL be an attraction to dog-fighting people who just want to see a dog destroyed? Surely a chihuahua or a toy poodle would serve their purposes better in that case.

Where would be the fun in a staff ripping apart a chihuahua? They need to practice on their own kind so they know what their job is. If that dog doesn't fight back then the good fighting dog won't get injured practicing its deadly skills.

A good bait dog would be one that's also a bit aggressive and not too docile. To avoid risk to the 'fighter', the bait dog would be muzzled not to fight back. Sincerely, this world would be a better place without humans (although wolves would never have become dogs w/out humans).

I dont understand what pleasure anyone could get out of watching any annimals tear each other apart ,I wonder what their children are like ,thats if they are capable of reproducing.

Unfortunately they reproduce all too often! And the kids don't turn out much better than the parents!

Too true Hayley

very true!

Read this post last night and scarily i had an experience this evening walking the pup which relates.

Was out with Poppy for her evening walk, just around a few streets near mine....a car pulls out of a junction further up the road from me and suddenly drew in behind another car facing the same direction i was walkin....it sat there with ignition on until i passed, as i did so the two men in the car were having a good look at the pup. I kept walking and as i came to the little side road i should of went doon they drew back into main road and slowly drove past all the while staring at pup again.....i pretended i was going to keep walking along the main street as side street i shoulda went down is quite a wee secluded street.....next thing i knew i seen them turning into a side street further up which i know fine well is a dead end....just had a funny feeling they were gonna turn back so i quickly got pup and ran all the way back home. maybe seems a bit OTT but gut instinct told me summit was up.

Sorry for the essay lol! Just got a fright if i'm honest!

unfortunately there are some people who do 'patrol' round looking at the dogs about

LynneAJ wrote:Read this post last night and scarily i had an experience this evening walking the pup which relates.

Was out with Poppy for her evening walk, just around a few streets near mine....a car pulls out of a junction further up the road from me and suddenly drew in behind another car facing the same direction i was walkin....it sat there with ignition on until i passed, as i did so the two men in the car were having a good look at the pup. I kept walking and as i came to the little side road i should of went doon they drew back into main road and slowly drove past all the while staring at pup again.....i pretended i was going to keep walking along the main street as side street i shoulda went down is quite a wee secluded street.....next thing i knew i seen them turning into a side street further up which i know fine well is a dead end....just had a funny feeling they were gonna turn back so i quickly got pup and ran all the way back home. maybe seems a bit OTT but gut instinct told me summit was up.

Sorry for the essay lol! Just got a fright if i'm honest!

Dosen't sound OTT to me at all I would have done the same thing You must have been terrified

We have a lot of Staffs stolen in Aus to be bait dogs in the pit It's disgusting these poor excuses for humans need to be strung up

ella wrote:unfortunately there are some people who do 'patrol' round looking at the dogs about

Yeah I always try to pay attention to any cars that around on my walks and I always walk different routes, and lots of different places, if you walk the same place everyday it's easier for these sickos to plan their abduction.. And always keep look out when arriving home that you haven't been followed or being watched..

LynneAJ wrote:Read this post last night and scarily i had an experience this evening walking the pup which relates.

Was out with Poppy for her evening walk, just around a few streets near mine....a car pulls out of a junction further up the road from me and suddenly drew in behind another car facing the same direction i was walkin....it sat there with ignition on until i passed, as i did so the two men in the car were having a good look at the pup. I kept walking and as i came to the little side road i should of went doon they drew back into main road and slowly drove past all the while staring at pup again.....i pretended i was going to keep walking along the main street as side street i shoulda went down is quite a wee secluded street.....next thing i knew i seen them turning into a side street further up which i know fine well is a dead end....just had a funny feeling they were gonna turn back so i quickly got pup and ran all the way back home. maybe seems a bit OTT but gut instinct told me summit was up.

Sorry for the essay lol! Just got a fright if i'm honest!

That would've scared me, stay careful . Never had anything like this happen to me and hope I never do. People like that you just can't understand.

I have never seen a blue staffy in my area. I now have one and a strong looking one at that. I have had cars come to a stop, genuine admirers though... Untill today. A guy stopped me in my complex and asked all the wrong questions.
I have found genuine admirers will mostly comment maybe ask 1 or 2 general questions, susso's will only ask questions, and if they do comment its purely about size and toughness.
the only ever leave him alone inside. We never leave him out.
Lucky for Silva he has alot of not so friendly people that love him and i would feel sorry for anyone who tried to steal him.. It still worries me though enough to consider cameras.

https://youtu.be/g2vtmAwcCn8


if you havent seen this video, check it out.. Very graphic, but just shows the brutality of this kind of so called 'sport'..
DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR HUMAN BEINGS!!!