staffy question, do you leave them together? Questions

does anybody leave their staffy unattended with other dogs (other staffys or other breed) in the house or do you seperate them when your out

We leave our foster staffy alone with our own dog (he's a terrier/whippet cross). We waited about two weeks to leave them alone for the first time once we were sure they were ok together.

I think we were out about an hour the first time.

HTH

I leave ours together. I have a Pointer and Staffie and my partner has a Staffie that is here a lot. They all get on very well but if they didn't then I would separate them when I was out.

Sometimes it can depend on the age, sex, temperament of the other dogs and how long they have known each other and whether they get along well generally.

Our two staffies are both bitches, one is spayed and they are usually to be found curled up together, they do that top to tail thing to watch each others' backs, they look like sardines in a tin

Sweet!
My dog is a Collie/Staffie x he looks more like a big staffie though, but he is great with my Collie and with the cats I don't have a problem leaving them, although they are not usually left for too long, but twice this week they have been left for 5 hours while I was palying bowls matches, and there is no problem, although its unusual for them to be left that long.

My Staffie Diesel is left with the other dogs in the utility room when we are out and overnight they just all cuddle up and have a kip. It is Diesel who usually welcomes new dogs into the house first. When I took on Milan my rehomed Dobermann he kept giving her his toys and his bone to try and get her to relax.

I have a staffy that comes to stay and I have no hesitation about leaving him with my dogs.

I leave my two staffs alone together, they are inseperable, wouldn't have it any other way. 1 male and 1 female, both neutered. But we can't leave my oh's dog alone with my male. They tolerate each other when we are about, but I would never leave them alone as I think my boy would have a go. My oh's dog is entire, dunno if that has anything to do with it or not.

I would not trust Toro and Inka alone together, she gets so wound up sometimes I think I'd go home to a shell of a house, and most likely injured dogs, shes not agressive but is very in Inkas face sometimes and he finds it hard to cope with xx

No Never.
Never will,yes they are opposites,yes thy get on great together,but I am also aware of how quickly things can and do turn around.

I know owners who have said yes they are great together,they don't need to be seperated,have gone out and returned home to either a dead dog or very badly injured ones.
Not a chance I'm willing to take,when I'm not around they are crated and again at bedtime

this is the only thing that puts me off having a staffie
is it just because they are staffies and have it in them or bacause of the damage they can do if they do have a fight (sorry if that doesn;t make sense) my gsd could kill my terrier if they had a fight but i don;t think twice about seperating them at night or when noone is in.

diesel sounds like such a lovely dog, your really lucky. he is gorgeous 2. i used to have a staffie, got her from rspca and she was such a pleasure to own, not 1 bit of aggression in her. she loved other dogs aswell. i just worry about getting a staffie and it turns out dog aggressive, i have enough of that with my 2 boys and knowing the damage that a staffie can really do worries me even more

They are a breed that are known for not tolerating other dogs,some staffords are fine and will be great together,some are not and will not tolerate other dogs.

They are a powerful breed and can do alot of damage in a short amount of time,they are not a breed that goes looking for trouble but if it comes a staffords way and they are challenged,as a rule they won't back down.

I think it's extremely important that they are socialised with other dogs when they are puppies and to maintain it as they get older.

The thing is, I didn't really choose to have a staffie but my sons ex girlfriend decided she couldn't cope with him at only 13 weeks old. I took him on temporarily and had already taken on a dog aggressive/possessive/territorial terrier who was a work in progress. My two Dobermanns were brilliant and extremely tolerant of the terrier but a staffie as well was pushing our boundaries a bit. My OH was not best pleased but decided to let me see if I could make it work. We didn't have a lot of options tbh she wanted him gone and would have given him to anyone who was willing to have him. It was ok at first but after a couple of months we had constant squabbles between the staffie and the terrier, Frankie the terrierist instigated them but Diesel was defending himself so well we had bloodshed on many occassions. It took a while for them to realise neither of them were ever going to get away with their loutish behaviour. It was flippin hard work but now that they're around 2 years old they back off from each other before it starts. Diesel is actually the better of the two as he just wants to play and will more readily back down and has a very forgiving nature. Frank is a little git with no sense of his own safety and hard as nails, although no one ever believes me cos he's only little and extremely cute, but underneath that cuteness he is solid muscle with a typical terrier tenacity.

I believe you. When my husband was around we had a Yorkie/JRT cross (from rescue) A clue to his nature was his name Taz, after the Tasmanian Devil. My husband used to take him beating, of course all the other guys laughed at this little fluffy scrap turning up for a day's work. At break they were all coming up to my husband and marvelling at the way he worked all morning.

I think you deserve a medal or a halo even for sorting out your lot, not sure I could cope with that many scraps. I like a chilled atmosphere when we are at home.

Rosie came from a puppy farmer, she had no training and hadn't even been outside as far as I know as she was agrophobic. She buddied up with my Pointer, who is a gentle, forward going and confident dog and seems to have copied him. He has been a great role model for her.

I have read that ex puppy farm dogs are usually good with others as they have had to learn to get along with lots of others. I am not sure if this is true in all or most cases as I have only had the one (so far!) but it is certainly true about Rosie.

Ours is known affectionately as the Ginja Ninja, but I did know what I was taking on as his previous owner was very honest about it. I just didn't expect to add a Staffie to the mix, but hey sh*t happens and We've all survived it.

Mine are never left alone, even mother and daughter get seperated.
I know and have seen what a stafford can do. They will fight till the end unless theres someone there to stop them:?
All my puppy buyers are made fully aware of WHAT a stafford can and will do IF given the chance. Their fighting skills are no match for any other breed.
My Dads old Stafford years back, well before Staffords were seen on every street corner got jumped by 2 boxers who had dick owners who thought it was funny. Their laughing soon turned to screams of GET YOUR DOG OFF when Brutus was really sticking the boot in good. He did the boxers in well and good and Brutus just had a cut to the leg .

Just because your Staffords get on well with each other, this could go on for years till one day something stupid like a spider walking across the floor sends both dogs over to investigate and the Stafford turns on the other claiming the spider as theirs.
Thats just an example but you get what i mean that it takes anything and nothing to set a stafford off.
Dont get to relaxed with a Stafford, you may regret it one day and your punish and maybe feel you need to rehome your Stafford cause they have committed a crime in your eyes, but the dogs only doing what it was bred to do FIGHT. Its you as its owner that has broken the golden rule of owning a Stafford:-(
A pet breed Collie still trys to herd even thou its never seen a farm or a sheep. Its the same with a Stafford.

Please those of you that leave your staffords or a Stafford with another breed together, please seperate them, its not a matter of IF they fight its just a matter of WHEN.
I've know ppl too like Sal that have left Staffords together for years, only to return one day and find the frontroom walls painted in one of their dead dogs blood.:-( :-(

I agree with Sal and Denise I never leave any of my `staffords together or with an other breed, just not worth the risk

I never leave my two together - they get on brilliantly - but who knows what could happen when we are out..play could get out of hand and I could end up with an injured or dead dog.
They have never once even had a tiff - but not a risk I am willing to take.

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I've fostered 2 staffs now and the first one I left alone with my terrier for up to 5 hours with no problems. The second one however, I felt I couldn't trust in the end (after they had fought a couple of times) so I had to let her go to another foster carer today.

I understand where others are coming from when they say how much damage a staff can do in very short time, and I will definately be very careful if we get another to foster.

I agree with the above posts as already said they are a very loving and loyal breed but very powerfull and can do damage very quickly. I have my two Bitch pups together and have since birth but once they get to a set age i will keep them next to each other but in seperate cages when needed.
Its not a case of they will fight far from it its just not worth taking the risk the same can be said of any breed but in the case of staff's as said very powerfull and intent dogs when they go at it.
If you spot any form of aggressiveness you need to nip it in the bud and be very firm it will pay off. My two Bitch pups Spider and Moo are great together and cry when seperated but lately Moo is showing signs of being the aggressor with toys and such and is getting very protective which wasn't the case a week or two ago the point is things change quite quickly with dogs especially as they are getting older the main thing is be careful firm and as said introduce them to other dogs from an early age.