Does Buster look Xbred??

quite a few people have commented on my staffy Busters looks and have said he isnt full staff.We rescued him when he was 2 and were told that he had papers at one point.We'v had him nearly 3 years and love him too pieces so his breed really does not matter,we would just like to know what people think because personally i dont seen any other breed in him.thanx chel & troy x

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From your avatar, he looks like a staff to me!

Hi there and Welcome from Me and Roxy.

Buster looks lovely in your avatar and certainly does'nt look like a cross to me. Do you have any other photos you can share?
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welcome from me and my two girls Kita & Izzy.
Buster is very handsome, would love to see some more pics of him.

I would say looks full staff to me aswell.

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looks full staffy to me too! =) .. alot of people who dont know the breed to well usually will say "oh it looks mixed breed" .. Gorgeous looking dog

thanks everyone and hello to all.im not sure how to put more pictures on or do anything tbh lol x

that picture is when we first got Buster,he wasnt very well treated and his hair and nails were overgrown but he still looks cute lol.this is with his friend from up the road,Cassie.

Here he is protecting his house lol.He spends most of his time stood up there. crying at the 12 week old female puppy staff on her walk and letting us know when someones coming down the path haha xx

^ Typical Buster wakes me up at 5am then sneaks into my bed!!buggerluggs x

He's a well built fella!He looks like a staffy to me.

Im not sure if hes overweight,hes on dry food but he has sausages and bacon everyday.At first i just ignored what people were saying because im not bothered by his breed but alot of people have said it now and tend to asume hes xbred.I just cant see it and wondered if anyone else thought he was x.

Hes just popped over to see what im doing and seen the birds outside lol x

Doesnt look like he's crossed with anything to me hun x

He looks like a Staff to me. How big is he?

Hi from me and Harvey

He's lovely and doesn't look like a cross to me, he's a well built lad but looks full staff

If u got him from rescue then u obviously dont have papers so he will not be a pedigree staff. Almost certainly at some point in his ancestry thier will be a cross wether thats great grandparents or parent, u just dont no and never will. He looks mainly staff 2 me but 2 be honest i wouldnt worry about it anyway way. Both mine are rescues as well so we will never know either x

Busters mummy x wrote:Im not sure if hes overweight,hes on dry food but he has sausages and bacon everyday.At first i just ignored what people were saying because im not bothered by his breed but alot of people have said it now and tend to asume hes xbred.I just cant see it and wondered if anyone else thought he was x.

He looks fine dont look overweight at all to me, though I would watch the amount of fat intake if he is on suasage and bacon everyday as high levels of fat can cause alsorts of trouble, especially cooked fats. If the fats trimmed off the bacon and they are low fat sausages thats not so bad but otherwise he would be getting rather high levels of fat I am guessing.

"Fat trimmings from leftovers - High fat content can cause Pancreatitis - especially COOKED fats"
https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t454-dangerous-foods

I wouldn't give sausages or bacon at all! Sausages are mainly full of additives/fillers & bacon is full of salt!

Thanks for all the information all his sausages come from my dadS butchers and are 100% pork which he has 1-2 a day and bacon just a slice and rarely given because of high salt.I'm not sure how big he is as I need to measure and weigh him.last time he was weighed he was 29 but he seems to have got bigger recently x

Wow, that's heavy! My EBT is only 31 kilos! He's a big boy!

Think I must be going wrong somewhere lol what is a healthy weight? X

I don't know what weight they should be, but he certainly looks a happy and healthy boy !!

Hard to say whats a healthy weight really depends on other dimensions and varies from dog to dog.

You should be able to feel his ribs but not see them is what they say, but looking at the pic of him he looks fine to me.

According to breed standards

"Size
Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these heights being related to the weights. Weight: dogs: 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs); bitches 11-15.4 kgs."

Source - http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/87

But to be honest thats only so much use as there are so many staffys way off breed standard, healthy weight for an 18" staff is obviously going to be alot more.

Caryll wrote:I wouldn't give sausages or bacon at all! Sausages are mainly full of additives/fillers & bacon is full of salt!

Of course never gave the salt a thought but yeah its way high in salt content and not good, sausages depends though my other half gets 100% pork suasages thats low fat as she is on slimming world so should imagine they would be ok.

But personally yeah I avoid giving my dogs any human food anymore, we used to feed Jake my mums dog alsorts when I lived there but since found out half the stuff we used to feed him could have killed him or is the cause of him being overweight.

Complete dry kibble dog food with some salmon oil or salmon mouse and dog treats from fish 4 dogs is pretty much all my dogs gets oh and some tripe now and then.

Desirable height at withers 36-41 cms (14 to 16 ins), these heights being related to the weights.
Weight: dogs: 13-17 kgs (28-38 lbs); bitches 11-15.4 kgs.

this is breed standard obviously will be +- a bit all not the same
my 2 are Ellie at 15.5kg and my leo is 18kg

but i think pork is a little iffy for dogs not 100% sure on that.

Saxon is 38cm and 18 kilos, he's a couple of pounds over weight.

He looks full staff to me hes gawjus

he looks fine, lucky find and dont worry about people what they say about your dog unless you wont to show or breed pappers dont matter only adds to price tag of pups or stud fees if he is just a pet your lucky again great find

Busters mummy x wrote:Think I must be going wrong somewhere lol what is a healthy weight? X

Whatever they're meant to be! If he's happy & lively & you can feel his ribs when you run your hand lightly down his sides then he's perfect!

I think he looks nice and balanced maybe a little too tall and heavy for a true stafford but I wouldnt worry what others say most wouldnt know what a stafford should look like so who are they to judge. I get asked all the time what mine is crossed with I just ignore them I dont give a monkeys what anyone says they know nothing and you cant teach them so who cares.
If the rehoming centre were you got him from says he has papers then he may do they will never rehome a dog with papers they get kept back to protect the dog so maybe he is registered but hes lovely so it doesnt really matter