Bandit

Here's a picture taken at the Leicester Championship Show a few years ago..................



And one about a year earlier.............

hes was good looking boy similar colour to my sam

Yes, he was 1 in a million!

It's strange how different our Bull Terrier is compared to Bandit - totally different character, much more dominant & stubborn!

he was a good looking boy i bet you were proud.
and your english bull is smart.

Lovely pics x

We were VERY proud of him! He was never bought as a show dog, but he did quite well all the same, with placings at Championship Shows. He was immensely fit & strong & if cancer hadn't got him at 13 years old I'm sure he'd have lived to 15 or more!!

Aww what a lovely boy stunning

Beautiful dog. Bet he's a champ!

patton wrote:Beautiful dog. Bet he's a champ!

No such luck! His mum & dad were though! They were Ch. Yankeestaff Bolivar and Ch. Ainsair Fancy Lass.

We stopped showing him when he was about 18 months old. He didn't like it & neither did we much!

Here's another pic of Bandit when he was about 10 years old.......

He was stunning.....I love the fist pic he looks so solid and proud.
Not many staffs look more balance than him

Yes, he was a well built boy - very strong but not over done if you see what I mean.
He was a terrier-type, though, at a time when judges were looking more for a bully-type, so although he did a bit of winning he never really got what he deserved. His movement was really good for a staff, too.

Love the older picture and the lightening of hair round his snout!

Funny enough he went grey round his muzzle when he was about 2 years old! But then so did his dad, so I suppose it's a genetic thing.

Thats a shame about the shows, He looks like a champion to me. Wonderful stance he has got. Funny seeing the pic of him now with his we grey hairs round his face. Well he certainly looks like one well looked after staff. I love him. He's a cool dude!

Here's a picture of Bandit's mum, dad & sister (his sister's the one with Bolivar in the centre - she became a champion after this pic was taken, but was retired & went to a pet home) plus his pedigree:
(Had to do the pedigree in 2 halves cause my scanner ain't big enough!)

caryll iv heard of ch hurricane of judael suppost be be one of the best examples of a stafford in the show circuit in his time

Yes, he was a beauty. Plus Rapparee Rothersyke Vow was a fantastic dog.

Shontelle wrote:Bandit is one of the best looking staffs I have seen, absolutely stunnig. Such a shame you lost him to cancer. Bet he was a fantastic friend to you while you had him.

i agree fine looking dog

He was a tremendous friend & companion. He was so missed when he died that we didn't get another dog for quite a while, and even then, none of us could face getting another stafford. My OH especially couldn't look at a staff without comparing to Bandit.

Shontelle wrote:Bandit is one of the best looking staffs I have seen, absolutely stunnig. Such a shame you lost him to cancer. Bet he was a fantastic friend to you while you had him.

Thank you! Yes, he was a nice looking boy - but don't let his looks fool you...........he could scent another dog a mile away, and know whether or not he would like it (more often than not he wouldn't), and he could sniff out the nearest piece of rotting salmon or sheep (we lived in the foothills of the black mountains) and roll in it (or try to eat it) before you even knew he'd found it!

ha ha he sounded a cracker jack

bigwazza wrote:ha ha he sounded a cracker jack

Hmmm, one way of putting it.............. >

A few more I've unearthed!

Bandit at 3 months.


then at 2 years.


At 4 years.


And at 11 years.

ha ha why do staffys think they can carry a tree

bigwazza wrote:ha ha why do staffys think they can carry a tree

It's a staffy thing!

Really cute dog. Looks strong hehe.

Yes, he was. Stronger than me by far, but I don't think he ever realised it!

Aww Bandit was a lovely boy, you have lovely memories x

Aww, Niddit! I didn't know these pics were up here! Love the ones on the second page as well!

Aww bandit was a very stunning boy Eleanor, I've not seen these before

I love looking at his pictures These were put up before I joined the forum, so I hadn't realised they were here!

He was one in a million! 

He really was a very handsome boy! Lovely pics

How gorgeous  

Oh you have got one very stunning boy there    

Bandit was sooooo handsome, looking good too Mrs C  

ahh Bandit was a gorgeous boy,love the picture of him when he was older,beautiful  

some fantastic pics and great memories here Caryll thanks for sharing them with us   

O wow he was gorgeous and so so special I can see why you muss him very much. I see he was a tree monster like Oz were you able to get them off him? That something I struggle with x

He was beautiful. Thats exactly how I like a Staffy to look. I prefer the look of terrier personally. It adds to their nutty terrier characters lol!

Sara n Ozzy wrote: I see he was a tree monster like Oz were you able to get them off him? That something I struggle with x

No, I just used to run the other way & he'd either drop it or bring it home with him!

Mmmmm I've got lots in the garden prized possessions

lovely nice to put a name to a face!

I hadn't seen those before either, was a very handsome lad he was (he has similar markings to Rocky   )