Show some love for Staffordshire Bull Terriers

by Sapphire Mcinnes

Staffordshire Bull Terriers face a life time of a bad reputation to our disbelief. We are hoping that by highlighting how lovely these dogs can be that people may give them a chance and adopt a needy Staffie from a rescue centre such as ourselves who have many Staffies in kennels looking for homes.

Often when public visit our centre they will say “you have a lot of Staffies at the moment” which is very true. Unfortunately we have a large amount of Staffordshire Bull Terrier breeders in our area and the cute pups often become unwanted adult dogs in a rescue centre. The problem we face is the reputation about this breed. As the press sometimes highlights dog attacks especially about bull terrier breeds people are scared to have a Staffie in their homes. So our plea is for people to research the breed and realise that Staffie’s can be loving family pets. It’s usually only avid Staffie fans that comment on how great a Staffie can be in a home. When we mention Staffies many people reply with “oh no I couldn’t possibly have a Staffie I have children” to our disbelief many people still don’t realise the Staffies were once nickname the “nanny dog” because they were such good family pets. Admittedly Staffies can be aggressive with animals if not introduced from a young age but most Staffies are very loyal to children and are easy to train.

At the Jerry Green dog rescue centre in Blidworth we have many unwanted Staffies looking for loving homes. They are well behaved and loving pets looking for someone to love. Can we make a difference to peoples opinions? I truly hope so as Staffies are facing such crisis as being put to sleep around the country just because no one will take them in.