One thing let to another......................

Hello everyone, first off, i gotta say what a wonderful collection of photos on this forum. I spent most of yesterday looking through nearly every posting in complete awe and astonishment, never have i seen such an amazing collection of stunning looking SBT. Some were making us laugh, loads and loads were making us go aww and some made us cry. Thank you all for taking the time to share your photos, memories etc with us
Eventually i ended up here and well i was touched by many of the posts, others just saddened and sickened me - i am ashamed sometimes of us as a race, the cruelty and suffering that people inflict on animals is beyond belief..............it really is. Anyway one thing let to another and i ended up looking at some of the websites for the rescue centres - the mental anguish those animals most be suffering for no reason other than the fact that people take pleasure out of making animals lives miserable. As i was saying, one thing let to another and i ended up on Youtube, where i came across [ i have not copied the links, just the titles] :
"Helping Shylo get over her fears. (By Eldad Hagar)"  "staffordshire bull terriers, the staffie don't shame the breed"
"Staffordshire Bull Terrier - The 'Real' Story" and finally "Why save a staffy?"
If you havent seen them, please do because they show true kindness and understanding, and ultimately fight back at the lies decent staffy owners endure and press home a few home truths. Its time that something like these is aired on tv, because people need to be educated. Sorry for waffling

No...no you waffle away to your hearts content mate.. we (the breed) needs all the help and understanding we can get.. BTW Welcome aboard.

Pleased you are enjoying the pics, we love them! And yes waffle away, I have seen all those clips on youtube, makes me cry usually!

No worries, waffle away we always love to hear from members we wouldn't have a forum otherwise.

I have also spent many hours looking through the gallery and enjoy seeing pictures of all those lovely dogs out there.

Nice to hear your passion and looked on the titles you have given, heart breaking.
Glad you have enjoyed browsing through the galleries they are fab to look at.

Oh yes feel free to waffle away, glad you enjoyed the pics

Love the Eldad Hagar stuff

Eldad is fab !!!
Seen the Shylo vid - very sad that a dog has no trust in humans, but isn't it just lovely when she lets him near x

Carry on waffling moved your post to SBT chat ok , you will get more views . News can be avoided by some as mostly its only ever bad

Thanks for posting this, will definitely take a look at those videos you suggested

The vidoes and pictures you talk of where they show staffies looking gorgeous and funny and friendly do need to be seen by the wider public. Im sick of seeing a picture in the paper or on the news, where someone has been attacked and they post the most horrific picture of a staffy bearing its teeth, and yes, looking rather scary...when all they would need to get that pic is to show it a stick and its getting ready to get the stick, if yuo know what i mean.

Its the unfortunate age old story of humanity at its worst. I fear no matter what we do some muppets will have the same view. Just like I will always get funny looks for tattoos/ facial piercings and many other things. All we can do as the decent people is try and spread the right message so as many people as possible know it. It happened to dobermans and german shephards, and however much the media limelight is off them...some still would recoil walking past them. I think the police kind of saved em, and i know some staffies and pitbulls are used abroad for policing, so i think if the police did go yeah lets give it a shot it would be one of the most effective ways of opening up the blinded eyes. However, we wont change everyone. Sometimes ignorance is branded upon them and wont be shaken.

I love looking at the pictures too and Charlie our little recue pup has certainly changed our lives!

OH MY LORD !!!!!!! how polite has everyone been, One thing led to another...............doh, i cant even blame the keyboard for that terrible error

No, not waffling,it's true, i once found 1 video that really upset me. I tried without sucess to download it as i wanted to send it to the goverment. It's a sickening world.
On a lighter note, welcome from Kenny and Me x