new staffy owner

Hi. I am jane and i am owned currently by a 5yr old gsd a 3yr old alaskan mal and a 19mth old czech wolfdog plus 2 cats. I work for barnsley animal rescue charity (barc) i am going to pick up a 12mth old male blue staffy later today from a man who can no longer keep him. We couldnt take him in at kennels as we are full and already have too many staffies who have been with us over 12mths that we cant rehome. I have been looking for a smaller dog for a while and he sounded perfect. I have been told he is good with other dogs but isnt neutered yet but he hasnt lived with cats before. Obviously its really important to me that my cats are safe so any tips for introductions would be great. I have always had large dogs and have only ever been round staffies since i started at work so it will all be a learning curve for me. I also have 2 grown up kids aged 19 and 16. Hopefully all will go well and the temporary foster will turn into him living with me permanently.

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hia from me and sasha ,well done on rescuing him

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

Welcome from Iza and me Mine was a pup when i introduced her to my cats and the cats bossed her about lol not sure about an adult dog, would keep them separated at first with supervised meetings and be patient.

Hiya from me and Vinnie, well done on the job you do

Thanks guys. Am picking him up at 2ish so al let u know how it goes. Obviously my cats are dog savvy but yes i will be keeping them very seperate to start!!

Hope all goes well, pics please

Welcome to the forum. Its really friendly and full of info. Hope all goes well from me and Bruce

Welcome from Madge and me and good luck with integrating your new boy into your family. You are doing a wonderful job and will know how to take things slowly with them all. Cats will normally rule the roost but he may need to be supervised at first.

Hi & Welcome from Flo and me

I have no experience of cats with Staff's but I'm sure the cats are wise and wary enough. As mentioned above, if monitored closely all should be fine.

Thank you for rescuing

Welcome from me and miamoo

hi everyone. Had a slight problem today. The man decided he wasnt ready to let go of D'Jango today....he wanted to wait till his son got home to say goodbye to him so I think I am picking him up in the morning now instead. I did see him tho and he is gorgeous....and huge!! Much bigger than i expected compared to the staffys we have in at work! I did take some pictures but i dont have a photobucket account so i cant post them on here just yet....but i will get round to creating one soon x

Hi and welcome from us and Suki

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me

Sorry I am a dog person and never had cats so no help really.

Hi everyone. Well I didnt get DJango after all, his owner decided to try and keep him. I have taken on a staffy that came into our rescue. He is nearly 6mth old and was a stray. I have called him Dude. I am going to post on a main thread because I am having a couple of problems with him and as a lifelong GSD owner I want to pick some staffy savvy brains

Cool... Well done on the rescue

6 month is a bit late but better than a year to introduce to cats. Well done and welcome from me and peppa.

i dont have a photobucket account but there are pictures on here if u want to have a look....
https://www.facebook.com/staffydude?fref=ts

He looks great Jane.. Impressed that he has his own Facebook page too

If you want to post pics from Facebook to here, this link tells you how:-
https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t58893-how-to-post-a-photo-from-facebook

ha ha.....hes really very clever he will be after his own ipad soon!!!!

Cant believe you've just got him; he looks totally happy and relaxed in his new pack, brilliant outcome

Hello and welcome from us and harley  Just had a look at dudes pics he is a handsome boy

Hi and welcome from Oz and me