How do I stop him

Hiya all I need some advice, we have a little lad Mason who is 7 months old we have had him nearly 3 weeks now and so far has been a complete joy to have the only problem I have is a couple of days ago I was playing with my daughter who is 21 months old and Mason came running up to us and tried grabbing her hair while I was picking her up, there fine together nomally it's just when my daughter is laughing he seems to get boisterous, any help would be greatly appreciated cos if it happens again I'm really gonna have to look into re homing him this is the only problem iv had

Sorry I didn't explain very well, me and my daughter was playing and Mason kept jumping up while I had her in my arms trying to grab her hair there fine normally it's just when were playing that he gets boisterous towards her

Hiya and welcome, all play with any dog/breed with a child should always be supervised, the dog will only know the boundries once you have set them. Staffs are renouned for being very friendly, but with training, and also being nearly 8 months old, you will have to be very strong, positive and concistent.

Stop the bad behaviour, you've only had him 3 weeks and he will learn, staffs are very eager to please and amazing family pets, but do need training which you can do. Xx

Thanks for your reply we have been told that he needs to be disciplined which is what we have started to do but now he has settled in with us we will be cracking down on him harder, he has been with his mum and dad most of his life and I'm guessing now that the people we got him off of has never had the time to do this, he is great with my daughter (he is like her shadow and vice versa) I never leave them alone together I'm always out in the garden when they are he has just got to learn that when me and my daughter are playing neither of us are getting hurt

And with training, being consistant, he will learn. Give him 'time out' when he plays up. Show him behaviour that is acceptable and what is not.

I guess when you and your daughter play, he also thinks its play time too, you only need to curtail this. Maybe have a special toy that he has when you and your daughter are together?

They really will learn what you teach them

Cheers thank you you've been a great help