October 2013 Newsletter

by **Steve** Sat Oct 19 2013, 09:10

Monthly Newsletters

October 2013

Hello staffy-bull-terrier members and welcome to October 2013.

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of our new members who have joined us over the last month. We hope you will enjoy the forum and find it a useful source of information. We are a friendly forum and hope you will get involved, please don’t be shy about posting! If you have not yet had chance, do come and introduce yourself here https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f7-new-member-introductions. We love to see photos of your fur babies, so feel free to share as many as you like in our gallery section https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f8-staffordshire-bull-terrier-galleries or maybe even post a video https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f30-staffordshire-bull-terrier-video-corner. For instructions on how to add photos and videos, follow this link https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t12017-how-to-post-a-photos-onto-the-forum.

On our website we try to provide as much information as possible, especially for common problems such as toilet training http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/toilet_training_your_staffie , chewing http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/chewing and stopping your dog eating poo http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/how_to_stop_your_staffie_eating_poo (yes it’s more common than you think!). If you can’t find the information you’re looking for, just create a new post and remember the only stupid question is the one you didn't ask!

Not only will you move up through the forum ranks the more you post, but your support total will start to grow. Support total is increased each time another member 'likes' one of your posts or 'thanks' you for helping them. To 'like' a post just click the blue cross at the top of the post or if you ask a question you can thank one person for their reply using the 'thank' button.

Many of you will be aware of the ongoing problem of irresponsible breeding by so called “back yard breeders” http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/how_to_recognize_a_back_yard_breeder , who breed solely for a quick buck with no consideration for the puppies or the parents health and well-being. This is a major contributing factor to the massive number of dogs in rescue centres, many of which are put to sleep. Some of these unfortunate puppies are affected by hereditary diseases because the breeder has failed to have the parents health tested http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/inherited_diseases . Also with the current popularity of blue staffy’s many people are breeding from a blue pair which leads to Colour Dilution http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/how_to_buy_a_dilution_colour_dog and as a result an increased risk of the pups developing Colour Dilution Alopecia. If you are planning to buy a pup please only buy from a reputable breeder and make sure all the appropriate health tests have been done, you should also be able to see the mother and where the puppy is being kept. For more information see our guide to buying http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/guideline_for_buying .

In the UK it is approaching that dreaded time of the year for many dog owners, Bonfire Night! If your dog is scared of fireworks have a look at our top tips on how to make this period easier for them https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t25212-fireworks .

And finally, if you enjoy the forum or have found it helpful, please consider making a donation https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t10485-donate-to-staffy-bull-terrier no matter how small as every penny counts. The forum is non-profit and run entirely by volunteers (the staff) but we still have some costs for site hosting etc, for which we rely on donations.

Thank you for reading and for your continuing support to the forum, our ongoing success is down to all of you.

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