i have been on the KC website and have stumbled across this (http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/928) : Staffordshire Bull Terrier Owner Advice The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is not listed as part of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and therefore you should face no threat of having your dog seized by the police. If you believe you have an Irish Staffordshire Bull Terrier then it is possible you have a pit bull type dog and will face the same threat of seizure and prosecution as pit bull dog owners. what will the go after next?!
I think it's DEFRA who have stated that Irish Staffs are pitbulls and so potentially a target for being seized. Becky
Unfortunately it's those people who bred pitbulls and called them Irish Staffs you have to blame. It's because these people who sold them under different names such as Irish Staff, American Bulldog and so on that these breeds are now being closely looked at. Becky
Well basically any dog that is of pitbull type is at risk but then they have been for 16 odd years. Becky
thats right! madness!! you could have a litter of kc staffs and if one grows to tall, as can happen, it could fall into "pit bull type" and would be at risk of being taken from you under the DDA!!!! so the kennel club are a little off the mark there! but as ATD says the irish staff or irish bull terrier are just BFG's they have the same temp' as the kc staff because true Irish staffs/ Irish bull terriers come from KC lines?
but that's been the case since the DDA was introduced. Nothings changed other than DEFRA's advice and it's because of the idiots selling their pit's as Irish Staffs or American Bulldogs that are responsible for this. Becky
thats quite true Becky! idiots who sell there fighting dogs under the name have caused all sorts of problems for those of us who just like athletic stafford types! it's a real shame:-( not only dogs like Irish bulls and american bull dogs are now being looked into! but old tyme bulldogs are now being looked at, a police dog handler friend of mine was telling me just the other day!!!
sorry I thought pre DEFRA's advice it was worded PIT BULL TERRIER and post DEFRA'S "advice" it's now listed as PIT BULL TYPE???? I think that has put more dogs at risk of being taken away from there homes! now any dog that fits into a VERY LOSE description is at risk! as merseyside has proved!
It's always been Pit Bull Type. That was one of the main problems when it was first introduced and so many dogs were destroyed as being of 'type'. Becky
What a sad situation these morons who fight their dogs have brought on. Just because they try to hide behind calling their dogs Irish Staffs, Old Thyme, Red Nose etc., genuine owners are going to suffer.
but it's always the idiotic selfish few who spoil it for the majority, it's just in this case a dogs life is at risk :-( Becky
That's a huge problem,that word TYPE,so many dogs fall into the description and nobody can give you a clear defination of the word. Merseyside was a nightmare,it upset alot of innocent dog owners,alot of dogs lost their lives,families lost their pets,and all for what to drive the morons who own the real Pitts etc further underground.
and that's what has always been the contentious part of the DDA. Define 'type'. Maybe nows the time for compulsory permanent identification for dogs? Becky
