Staffordshire Bull Terrier Training and Behaviour

Hi, We are in the process of adopting and American Stanford/Stafford ( live in Spain and race says "American Blue" but everyone tells me he is an American Stanford). He is 7 mths. He seems to hav...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68857-train-american-staff-pup-to-ignore-cats

So i live in the middle of hunting country, ducks, pheasant etc..., i have a year and a half old female staffy and she has a very calm and assertive personality and loves tagging along with her m...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t10441-hunting-gun-dog

Hi! As a first time dog owner (I know, Staffy probably is not a popular choice in that category) I have a couple questions about how fellow Staffy owners would go about some stuff. As for intro: ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68862-couple-of-questions-from-first-time-dog-owner-not-just-race

Our staff hardly ever barks. In fact, the only time that he ever barks is during rough play (something I don’t exactly want to encourage with there being children here a lot). I’ve tried to t...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t67085-training-a-staffy-to-bark-on-command

So Sarge is about to turn 5 in a few weeks. Male staffy, and he still has his 'bits and bobs' hanging there on the loose. We have had him since he was 8 weeks old and up until recently (maybe the...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68848-adult-dog-weeing-inside-suddenly

Hi. My name is Paul. I'm new here. I have a 10 year female AM stafford terrier. She is grey/blue nose. Had her since she was 7 weeks old. She was abondened in the park . A litter of 4 puppies. Sh...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68844-people-men-only-aggressive

This might sound silly but can dogs suffer from nightmares or terrors? Leroy seems to randomly wake up barking sometimes, it can b very aggressive and seems for no real reason! I know dogs can se...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t39126-night-terrors

Hi everyone I've just joined. I have a 2 year old Staffie called Max. Last night both my young daughters were arguing and fighting and my staffie lunged at my 9 year old arm and bit her! He had t...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68838-my-staffie-bit-my-daughter

Hi im a first time owner of a staffy hes 2 yrs 9 months old ive had him for 17 months of his life he was seriously abused by first owners hes very well behaved after a lot of care and work but ke...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68835-nik-williams

I was given a 4.5 year old farm dog/pigdog staff. He has no interest in fetching a tennis ball .s What else can I use apart from walks to exercise him

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68828-retraining-a-farm-to-town-dog

Hi all! I hope that you are keeping well. I would really love some help and advice. For ref. We are based in Northern Ireland. We have a 7 month old female, non spayed Staff puppy. Her both paren...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68693-my-7-month-old-female-staffy-attacked-another-dog

Our little staffy Zion is now 8 months old, but he started humping when he was 8 weeks old! His breeder, vet & anyone with dogs, that I spoke to about this, said that it probably was just “exci...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68806-do-male-dogs-listen-to-men-more-when-their-testosterone-is-raging

My 3 yr old female staffy is refusing to go out for a walk. She has always been wary of anything that bangs like shotguns and fireworks but since this years bonfire night she has got so bad I can...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68641-very-anxious-dog

We've had our new family member - Magnus - for 5 days now and he's a truly wonderful dog. I've had a lot of dogs in my life but never a Staffy, and he's far and away the most affectionate of any ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68789-anxious-clingy-behaviour-any-advice-please

First, I apologize if there's a discussion here that I haven't been able to find. I just found out about this group while doing an online search for car anxiety, and I did come across a long conv...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68781-car-barking

Hi all! I've been reading a lot on this nice forum. Now is the time to start posting Hoping for some guidance. Our female staffy just turned 1 and in general things are going well, however during...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68776-jumping-and-biting-1-y-o-female-staffy

Hi everyone! First time Staffy owner here. My boyfriend and I recently got a beautiful blue am-staff x bull arab from a shelter. She is 10 months old and her name is Dior. We’ve had her for 3 d...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68482-crying-and-then-jumping-and-attacking-me

Hi all looking for some advice on how to stop my Staffy Taika from alert barking constantly. He doesn’t make a peep when we’re out on walks or at cafes or in other peoples homes he only does ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68723-how-can-i-stop-alert-barking-when-at-home

My best boy Nero has started snapping at young children,it’s happened three times now,getting worried as I don’t want to muzzle him all the time but obviously would hate it if he bit one of o...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68717-snapping

Hi everyone, Limón is about to turn 10 months (he actually lifted the leg yesterday for the first time ) and has started to show some symptoms of what could be dominance or just teenage-rism but...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68706-is-this-a-teenage-phase-then-it-will-stop-kind-of-thing-or-should-we-be-concerned

Hi, i've just joined up as i'm having some problems with my young male staffy and would appreciate anyone's experience/opinions/advice. Eddie will be 1 in a few weeks, he's always been friendly w...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68690-1-year-old-male-dominance-castration

Hi, I have a 15 month old staffy who has been highly socialised and has been fine with other dogs - only growling if another dog has done so first. Very recently he's shown aggression first to ot...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68147-aggression-time-to-neuter

Hello New here, hope this is in the right place! We have had our girl for a year, she's 14 months and doing brilliantly (apart from pulling like a train but that's another post!) She's walked dai...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68681-experienced-advice

Hey I would love some help on whether this is "normal" or not. We rescued a 6yr old staffy eight months ago. There wasn't much info on previous owners other than the owners that had her for a sho...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68648-sanity-check-8-months-into-6yr-old-resuce-staffy

Hi all. We have a little staffy, coming up to 8 months now and in the last couple of months we have had a problem that is slowly getting worse. When she is of the lead she is brilliant. Doesn't r...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68670-recall-kind-of

Okay, so my Staffy Casper has reached 6-months-old and I'm debating whether or not I should send him away for a week to a nearby residential training kennel in Airdrie, ADK9, to get some one-to-o...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68667-dog-training-separation-help

My 3 yr old female staffy is refusing to go out for a walk. She has always been wary of anything that bangs like shotguns and fireworks but since this years bonfire night she has got so bad I can...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68640-very-anxious-dog

My 3 yr old female staffy is refusing to go out for a walk. She has always been wary of anything that bangs like shotguns and fireworks but since this years bonfire night she has got so bad I can...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68639-very-anxious-dog

Hi Guys  have had in the past Wiemeranas  staffy cross patterdale a true staffy we lost to cancer at 22 months and have in july rescued from a family member a staffy cross AB but some people sa...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68634-what-is-he-please

Hi all, I'm having 'an issue' with my dog, which I would like to hear some opinions about. Is it really an issue, or is it not? Why? Because it's my first dog and I am still learning every day, j...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68532-staffy-in-the-yard-frustrations

Hi, I have a 5 month old staffy that I need some help with, he keeps jumping up at my 2 year old grandson and trying to bite him, I know he wants to play but I want to stop it. He is generally go...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68621-behaviour-assistance-required

After having (rescued for a way better life) just got Lola from people who didn't do things right by a long stretch we wanted to ask what is the correct way to socialise her with other dogs .... ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t66550-correct-way-to-socialise

Hi, After two weeks of successful walking,Nero has suddenly decided he does not like having a harness on, do I persevere or do I go back to a collar.

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68353-harness

Hello, I'm new here. A year ago we adopted a 8 week old 'mastiff X' puppy. Background was that she and her litter mates were seized from a property that had a 'bit of a puppy farm' going on. She ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68584-excited-dog

I have a Staffi named Peewee, we rescued him from a abusive home last year in July. Well about 3 months ago he started peeing in the house and marking on everything in my house.. I have tried eve...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68578-staffi-peeing-everywhere

Good evening all, I hope someone can help? Our 17 week old boy Chaos, walks really well off the lead. He will come straight away if we are on our own, BUT as soon as he see's another dog BIG or S...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68554-poor-recall-when-other-dogs-are-around

Hi everyone, We have a Staffy pup just turned 1 and are having problems with her behaviour. I have had dogs before, but this is the first one from puppy, so any advice would be appreciated! She w...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68555-behaviour-change-after-phantom-pregnancy

Hi everyone, Hoping someone may have experienced this issue before or may be able to help. My Staffy is 4.5 years old, she has always been quite afraid of children (not sure when this started hap...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68539-my-4-5-year-old-staffy-barks-at-kids

A couple of weeks ago I was walking my two dogs, one a full Staffy male & a Staff cross female & as I walked past a neighbor’s front gate one of his dogs ran down the drive & shoved its head th...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68533-advice-on-muzzling-my-staffy

Hi I’m new to the forum I have a 8 and half month old American staff and recently he has started humping pretty much every other dog we see when we walk him. He had good recall before this but ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68512-bit-of-an-embarrassing-one

Looking for a local group of Staffy owners to give advice on how to train a dog to walk to heel, ideally could meet with dogs once COVID is sorted. Trying to help son with his 13 month bitch but ...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68498-walking-to-heel

Another query, dog has been diagnosed with Aptopic Dermatitis, vet monthly injection VERY expensive anybody any suggestions, maybe alternative meds.

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68499-aptopic-dermatitis

Hi everyone! First time Staffy owner here. My boyfriend and I recently got a beautiful blue am-staff x bull arab from a shelter. She is 10 months old and her name is Dior. We’ve had her for 3 d...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68481-crying-and-then-jumping-and-attacking-me

My daughter is bringing her 2yr old Pomski to my house at Xmas.Unfortunately,my best boy Nero will not leave him alone, the moment he steps thru the door.Even when there outside,Nero just doesn�...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68470-help

Hi everyone. My husband and I, decided to get a puppy. Deebo is not a big fun of other staffies and he can't be picking with bigger dogs, so when my bosses female had litter, we decided to have o...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68448-introducing-my-staffy-to-new-puppy-addition

So, I’ve got your attention now ... I do insist on the fact that we promote positive training here. But I’m initiating this very thorny subject in order to discuss with an open mind. The elec...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68434-when-its-ok-to-use-an-electric-collar

Best boy Nero is now 6mths old,I have been walking him on a 10 mtr leash, when wld be a good time to try him off leash ?I have heard from other owners if I leave it to long it may affect his conf...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68421-leash

Hi, My best boy Nero (15 weeks) has suddenly started to commando crawl everywhere, is this normal Staffy behaviour ?

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68367-crawling

My 7 year old staffy has always been quite timid. I live in a lower flat and he has started to get scared of everything! Washing machine, the sound of oven trays when being moved around, if a toy...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68368-overly-anxious-staffy-noises

Hi guys Over the past three years my Staffy has become more and more "stubborn" when it comes to walking on lead. I say stubborn in inverted commas because now it's got to the stage where he will...

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t68362-refusing-to-walk-along-the-street-unless-going-somewhere-he-knows-like-the-park