Hi!

I'm new to this site but also to owning a Staffie.
Alfie is 2yrs old, and his owners were moving to small flat with no garden and no time for him. They admitted they only walk him once a week!! It shows too, poor thing. We only got him yesterday and by their standards he has already had his 2 week walking quota
I will be looking for lots of help and advice no doubt. Thanks in advance x

Hi & welcome.

What an angel you are! Any chance of some photos?

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Hi and welcome from Darcy and me

Hiya from me and Moo

Hiya from me and Vinnie  

Thank you everyone for the lovely welcome!
I managed to change my avatar, but will try and add some pics from laptop later.

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t12017-how-to-post-a-photos-onto-the-forum
This link may help you to post pics  

hi from me and the boys

Hello and welcome from me and the monsters! Congratulations on the adoption, looking forward to seeing some pictures

Hello again, welcome from me and Daisy, looking forward to some pics  

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

Well done for the rescue

https://2img.net/h/i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p738/petalxx1/20131124_162253_zps22b1549e.jpg

If you copy and paste the IMG code the pic will show in your post, I have fixed it for you  He's gorgeous  

Thank you Sazzle! What did I do wrong, was just trying to figure it out lol

Can I put a few on one message?

When you are in photo bucket there is a box of codes down on the right hand side of the pic, copy the one that says IMG, think its the bottom one. If were you I'd post some pics now in the galleries as more people will see them   Here

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f8-staffordshire-bull-terrier-galleries

Aw wow Alfie is a cutie

Thanks
Yes we think so Sara n Ozzy

We were told he is a full staff but 2 different people have said they don't think so as his nose is too long? I know its hard to tell from a pic but what do you all think?
I must add it makes no difference to us either way, just curious  

He looks a bit of a cross to me but I'm no expert one of th others will be better placed I guess?

Yeah he looks like a cross to me, gorgeous though, Daisy is a cross too  

Welcome to the forum Flowerbud and Alfie, (what a gorgeous boy you are Alfie!)

You should be able to post several photos onto one message using the help at https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t12017-how-to-post-a-photos-onto-the-forum , but if you're still having difficulties do let us know as we'd love to hear more from you and Alfie.

Alfie is adorable does look a cross but what a beauty  

He really is a little stunner gorgeous face and looks a snuggle bum

Yes the photos worked!
Lol thanks everyone, will take it he is a cross then  

He really is Sara, when he is not bouncing around  

Awww a real cutie  

Love everyone's avatars, so many beautiful dogs!  

Welcome to the forum from Rocky and I! Alfie is a real cutie!

Thank you!

Hello and welcome to the forum from me and the kids

Thanks Dave

Alfie update.
Took him for an hours walk this morning and he was still much better with the harness. In all the that time he didn't do any business, but did a wee as soon as we entered the garden.

Last night he cried for a short time at bedtime and paced, but then settled. He woke us at 4:15 (husband went as it was only 30 mins until his alarm anyway  ) He let him out and he did a no. 2, but he had already wee'd inside. He didn't do anything when oh left for work until I got up at 6.25 apart from bit of whining.

Had to leave him alone for the first time today whilst collecting youngest from nursery. Not knowing if he would be noisy etc, I videoed him! I gave him a raw hide bone before I left and all you can hear is chewing! He was great, not sure if he'd had time to finish it if it would be different but very good start. Going to walk him now before eldest school pick up.

Hi and welcome to the forum from me and the zoo xx

Hi and welcome from me and my two

Alfie is lovely x

Welcome from Choc, Sheebs and I

Well no accidents today, yay.
However when I Was out this morning the video showed he cried and howled
Because he was wetting etc on carpet, we closed off the front/living room so he has open plan dining room and kitchen, which Is laminate flooring. But it turns out he spends a lot of time on top of my dining table when I'm out! :0
Tomorrow I'll leave him with a bone to hopefully keep him occupied, his chewy one today obviously didn't work this time.

What sort of bone?

Please don't say it's a cooked one from the pet shop, or a rawhide one. 

I have a packaged raw ham bone but also the raw hides. Our old love the hide one's, not used the others.

Oops old "dog"

Brilliant to hear how he's getting on   , I wouldn't leave him with any rawhide or cooked bones though - they're somewhat of a choking hazard! You might be interested in writing a diary on him, everyone can view his progress and its great for you to log pictures and his progress and behaviour! No-one replies to your diary but many people read them would be nice to get to know him, and you more - pop over and have a look, here's the link :

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f73-your-staffordshire-bull-terrier-s-diary

Keep up the good work with your gorgeous lad

Oh dear. Thanks for that. Always wondered how raw food dogs dont choke, especially those that eat whole chickens.
Hmm what else can I distract him with? Radio made him worse. Got a kong but want to try with us here first in case he rips up the kong.

Thanks will look up the diary link later x

Hi and welcome from the girlies and me He is a little belter.

No problemo, we're all here to help! you could try buying him an intelligence puzzle to put his favorite treats in to keep his brain occupied a bit, you should also look at getting him a stag bar or deer antler as they don't splinter so they can't cause any harm to your dog! Feeding raw bones is different to giving cooked/roasted supermarket bones, when the bones get cooked the bone structure inside changes meaning the bones will splinter, if you give uncooked bones they won't and they're safe to feed! you should still always supervise them while eating any bones of course if he goes well with the kong you can fill it with all kinds of things, you can even freeze them so they last a bit longer! Good luck at finding something that works for him I'm sure as he settles in, he'll also be more comfortable being left alone good luck Alfie! Looking forward to hearing about your progress!

You can also start a new topic here and ask what other people leave their dogs with or to ask any other questions as most people won't see it on this post! :

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f1-staffordshire-bull-terrier-chat

Many thanks again Cody for the great advice and help  x

How did you find each other? He looks like a cross between a staffy and a deer. A real woodland creature. Well done for rescuing.

Haha not thought of him as deer like before!
It was a strange one I suppose. I saw him on a rescue site, enquired about him, was told he still in his home but needed new one as family moving to flat with no garden. They had no time for him either, walked once a week and they had recently rehomed their gsd too.
Apparently the rescue site saw him advertised as free, and was worried where he would end up, so they put him on their site, homechecked us and took a fee.
Love him to bits already