In reply to Post #28
I took my old Rottie once, all was going well until i catapulted some bait in and he went straight in after it and swam 30 yards out to the marker float and brought it back.



Stayed at home after that

My stafffy mastiff cross breed, although since the new legislation around XL's came into play it's been difficult to take him somewhere and be muzzled in public.

Working Labrador.

Will retrieve cracked of spombs!

In reply to Post #33
Me too, though she's no longer working.
Her best (most expensive) retrieve was a cracked off deeper! (not mine)

@33/34, love it

In reply to Post #35
Simply a must have!!!

In reply to Post #19
"Cant understand it myself he couldn't hurt a fly. "

This might help you to understand.

Family Dog

In reply to Post #37
IMO any of the 'fighting/baiting' breeds only need a trigger, whatever that may be, to go full tonto!!

It's in their genetics, the same way that retrieving is hard wired into my Labs genetics.

In reply to Post #37
Its a staffy not a bully. Big difference even though they share dna traits. If you want to prove me wrong perhaps link the correct breed.

My beagle is a lot more aggressive and dominant than the staff yet he gets the bad wrap which is funny as in places like South Africa and Australia they are the most popular breed of dog and get stolen a lot as they are so friendly. Yet in a country they bred they are seen as these monsters which if you have spent more than 5 minutes with any staff you would change your mind

In reply to Post #37
Edit.

In reply to Post #39
I'm not trying to prove anyone wrong. You stated "I do not understand" - OK, the breed may not be exact but absolutely everything else is.

I had 2 staffies when I lived in Southampton and been bought up with them all my life,our last one my mom had was a rescue dog and she passed away last year,I've never known another dog to be so loyal and friendly and it's a shame they get a bad press when some smaller dogs can be more vicious and also the owners don't help with the way they look after them and show off with them.
But all dogs are fantastic unfortunately humans aren't

In reply to Post #31

In reply to Post #41
There seems to be confusion about my statement.

I was specifically speaking about my dog and breed not dogs in general. As you said any animal is capable of an attack. Simple search would show Labs are involved in more dog attacks and human attacks for that matter than a staff.

My argument is people walk circles around me and my staff but they see your lab and think ahh cute.

So unless my original comment wasnt clear maybe the above would help you understand

In reply to Post #44
I'm sure I read somewhere (a while ago admittedly) that the top dog attacks included Labradors,jack russels & sausage dogs and maybe chihuahuas and that the staffy isn't in that number although I could be wrong.
Also when there's a dog attack they always say it's a bull breed of some type and put a picture of a staffy up showing its teeth yet apparently that same picture is a staffy actually sneezing,again I could be wrong but I'm sure I read it somewhere and a while ago.
My 2 Staffies where protective but very friendly to people unless they didn't know them always handy to take with you though as I had a few issues on the river at times with groups of lads until my one staffy got out of bag and stood in doorway of bivvy and because he didn't know them he showed them he wasn't happy they were there.
I also had a guy who had an issue with me when I was in Southampton he was fishing with his wife but pissed out of his head and tried to cause grief and he tried to kick my dog and my dog went for him to warn him to stay away,he staggered off and his missus come over afterwards and apologised and took him away to sober up