Staffie/boxer Pup Wanted

[BecciMac1987]

Hiya,
Im after a staffie or boxer pup (10 weeks max). Was just wanting opinions firstly, as they are both known as chav dogs round here, but my other half is adamant that they are ideal with kids (we have a baby and toddler). Im not sure....whatcha think?
And does anyone have any pups on the way so to speak?
Cheers x

 

[JenCliBee]

Hiya,
Im after a staffie or boxer pup (10 weeks max). Was just wanting opinions firstly, as they are both known as chav dogs round here, but my other half is adamant that they are ideal with kids (we have a baby and toddler). Im not sure....whatcha think?
And does anyone have any pups on the way so to speak?
Cheers x

boxer even tho extreamly good with kids would stay well away with younger kids/babies they tend 2 be very very bouncy and uncontolably excitable, staffs are ideal i have 1 and u couldnt ask for a better dog round a child (and no im not a chav lol) we choose simple becasue of temperament from past staffs the family has had and simply becasue they stay resonably small .... if you was 2 consider a larger dog u couldnt go wrong with a german shepherd my partners family has had them all there life and they wouldnt trust anythink other than them with kids of any age

hope that helps

jen

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Not had any experience with either, but again if you were looking for a bigger dog, a Golden Retriever would be ideal. We have a Golden and she is amazing with our kids. My hubby's cousin comes round with her two little one's, one's a toddler the other a baby and she is so gentle and careful around them. Yes, she is a puppy, almost 9 months old, but she's been that calm since we got her. We also have a Flat Coated Retriever and she is equally as good with kids and babies, just harder to come by.

Good luck with your search.

 

[JenCliBee]

have 2 agree with the above but retrievers tend 2 be 1 species that needs constant excersise and alot of it otherwise they tend 2 get very over weight and very quick and i know finding time walking a dog 3-4 times a day with young children can be a bit hard at times but very friendly ,loving dogs netherless


jen

 

[millie1]

labs are fab with kids (apparantly)

im a working breed person (collies/springer lol) but they are exercise mad....

boxers are really bouncy - im not a fan of staffies but apparantly they are good with kids...

have you considered a king charles spaniel? good with kids - not too much exerciseneeded etc... n realyl cute

 

[pica_nuttalli]

One thing to keep in mind is that "fad" breeds like golden retrievers are often bred by people who don't care about the temperament of their puppies. An oft cited fact around here is that golden retrievers are one of the breeds most likely to bite a person--not because its a generally grouchy breed but because there are so many unscrupulous breeders producing them.

Personally, I wouldn't have any dog around kids under 4, but then I'm not much of a dog person. It just seems like having babies and puppies in the same house is a lot of training for the both of them! I would think that it'd be easier to have a new puppy when the kids are old enough to obey rules with it. (Like "don't pull ears", "don't chew puppy's toys", "hold puppy carefully", "pet puppy gently", etc.)

All that being said, my parents had Shetland Sheepdogs when I was a baby and we made it ok. My reservation regarding Staffies is that I recall them as being a bit jumpy (boisterous) and would worry about it knocking a child over or clawing his face. I don't know how difficult it would be to train that out of a Staffie puppy.

 

[guppy fan]

You might want to consider getting an older dog. It seems like having a puppy and a baby would be hard. You may also want a mixed breed like a staffy/lab or something. Mixes tend to be helthier and not to mention, less expensive.

 

[modaz]

i have to agree that young children -4 is not a good idea with dogs tbh, even though some breeds are gentle, like my staffy, i think of daily what she is capable of if the tail or ears are pulled too hard, she play nibbles that can be very hard at times too and without any thought she could easily break the skin with her teeth. the problem is that too many people think that they will be ok, and they always are until it goes wrong and then sometimes there is no turning back the clock.

 

[shellz2008]

Id personally not trust a staff or boxer with my son i love my son too much to risk losing him, i know any dog can turn but theyd be the ones id watch (sorry to all the breed lovers out there but thats my opinion).

 

[seanie112]

we have a 2yr old male staffie hes great with our to kids that are 2yrs old and 1 yr old
hes great with the kids
its how you bring up the dog at the end of the dog

 

[shellz2008]

we have a 2yr old male staffie hes great with our to kids that are 2yrs old and 1 yr old
hes great with the kids
its how you bring up the dog at the end of the dog

If you read up on the history of the dogs and what they were bread for i.e fighting. id not trust them no matter what anyone says, they used to hang them from trees by there jaws to toughen up there mouth muscles, now if they grab your child..... i always read up on animals before i get them. If someone told me that a lion was ok friendly good with kids as was born captive and raised as so, id not trust them either as its in there blood to kill.
same as lurchers were used to catch rabbits, its in there genes. i studdied all this stuff at college too, you may be right your particular dog may never turn, but personally id not take the risk with my own son

 

[modaz]

my diva (staffy) was ill the other day so not her usual self but still very calm but just a sore gut and due to this i wouldnt let any children go near her as just in case, i wouldnt like to loose her due to her biting someone and god forbid i couldnt live with myself if she seriously hurt someone esp a child, on any other day I only let calm children go near her, she adores children like most staffies but i'm fully aware of what could happen. No matter how gentle or well trained a dog of this nature is, they can still turn, its very ignorant for people to say that their dog wouldnt harm a fly, you dont know this for sure and like i said you cant turn back the clock. Owners of breeds that can be unpredictable should understand that they are unpredictable at times and take precautions.
I'm a very placid guy but if push came to shove and i felt seriously threatened then i would protect myself in any means appropiate. It's easy to misunderstand what is actually going on when your scared.
The reason i say this is b/c yes animals have their place in your life but they are still animals and they have a far different instinct than us.

 

[Netty]

I've been brought up around dogs all my life. My English grandparents had a farm and bred Shelties, my German grandfather was a forester and trained and bred german pointers. We currently have 6 dogs and have competed at agility for the last 8 years, so have been in contact with many different breeds.

My son has also been brought up around dogs and as a child was always very gentle with them and knew how to approach a dog properly and to always ask people if it was ok to stroke their dogs......unlike alot of his friends who'd never been around animals!!!!

Every breed of dog has the potential to bite......the only difference being the amount of damage that could be done. Imagine you're walking through town and some big bloke comes running towards you with his arms out..........what would you do/how would you feel? Your instinct would probably be to run or defend yourself.

At the end of the day it's down to responsible ownership of any breed and supervision of any contact with that animal. One of our terriers suffers from bad ears and if someone were to try to pat his head (which is wrong anyway) or touch his ears he wouldn't be very happy about it....he's never biten but I couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't so I don't put him in a position where that could happen.

 

[bolty]

we have a 2yr old male staffie hes great with our to kids that are 2yrs old and 1 yr old
hes great with the kids
its how you bring up the dog at the end of the dog

If you read up on the history of the dogs and what they were bread for i.e fighting. id not trust them no matter what anyone says, they used to hang them from trees by there jaws to toughen up there mouth muscles, now if they grab your child..... i always read up on animals before i get them. If someone told me that a lion was ok friendly good with kids as was born captive and raised as so, id not trust them either as its in there blood to kill.
same as lurchers were used to catch rabbits, its in there genes. i studdied all this stuff at college too, you may be right your particular dog may never turn, but personally id not take the risk with my own son

Staffys was bred to fight other dogs and tend to be dog aggressive, as you say read up on them they are great with people, I had a staff that was great with my nipper, my mums staffXold tyme bull dog great, my granddads jack and collie on the other hand would not be able to be around her.

 

[Karl1987]

My dog is a labrador/staffy and my uncle did have 3 at one point and they were the biggest softies you could ever meet, its all in how you bring up the dog at the end of the day. The problem nowadays is you get all these young teenagers buying them hanging around street corners with those stupid collers on lol and giving them a bad image.

There was a program about dogs on tv a few months ago and staffys were ranked 2nd with kids. They just love being around people, they tend to just be more agressive to other dogs if not sozilized with them at an early age but most dogs are like that.

Like said above by pica there are a few golden retrievers around were I live aswell and they are the most nasty dogs I have come across, 1 even attacked my sisters dog last year when walking her on the lead.

Theres dog attacks happening all over the country yet the media will only pick up on the bull terrier types and rottweilers because of what has happened recently but any dog can kill a young child, you only have to look that that young baby killed in america a couple of months ago by a labrador puppy only a few months old.