Essays on preservation breeding, natural rearing, and life with Staffords.
Our application is very lengthy. Our interviews are quite in depth. We do home checks. We talk on the phone with people interested in buying a dog from us. We meet potential buyers in person and ask they visit us or we meet them at their home or a show or event. We have a
Continue readingNature Of The Beast The following is meant to introduce the uninitiated to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Because this link is more about the…
Continue readingIf you live with dogs for long enough eventually you will encounter that ‘C’ word at some point. Even when you feed the very best diet, care for the dogs in the very best possible way, exercising their minds and bodies and really engaging the dog into their veteran years – cancer will sometimes enter
Continue readingFor years I have used the above hashtag much to the annoyance of some. I have had people ‘unfriend’ me on social media (that’s okay with me btw everyone doesn’t need to follow me). I have had 100’s of discussions on this topic. My viewpoint can be more easily described in the following blog post
Continue readingThe following article is from Dogs Naturally Magazine. We did not write this but we feel the information is very important. What’s the one thing you can do to make your dog live longer or be healthier? Would you feed a different food? Would you give your dog more exercised attention? What would you change?
Continue readingWhen we first began this journey with Staffords our intentions were to have some fun, meet new people, travel a bit and study the breed. Somewhere along the way we also broke some breed records and enjoyed some firsts. Bragging isn’t really our ‘thing’ but at some point it does become important to document successes.
Continue readingAN OPEN LETTER TO ALL BREEDERSBy Lynsey Smith -If you don’t have goals: DONT BREED.( Producing “great” pets, or big and impressive ISN’T a goal). Far too many breeds have been RUINED because people breed simply for pets with no REAL goals for the breed. -If you don’t TEST your dogs in some way (health
Continue readingI used to think it did not matter if our hard work was recognized by our peers or not. I have since decided that it does make a difference. It does matter. Over the last 15 years we have actively supported both financially and voluntarily, donated time and work for, served on, created and led
Continue readingWe receive a LOT of interest in our Staffords. We might receive half dozen plus emails, PM’s, calls and yes even texts from strangers asking to purchase a puppy weekly. Here’s some advice. Don’t send a text asking for a puppy. Further, how about an introduction? We ALWAYS ask everyone to please read this huge
Continue readingIf you regularly follow this blog and if you have read the website then you already know how important I feel it is to remain with your pets during feeding times. Watch them carefully not only to make sure they do not steal each others food, have a snarky moment with another or in the
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