Owning a staffie

Since I was a small girl, I wanted a real legit staffie, one of my own. It is even on my bucket list.

It started with the mixes.

We had Bobby, a staffie x maltese, who had the personality of a staffie, but the cheekiness of a maltese. Regrettably  the last photo I took of him was shortly after my mom and I shaved his long curly hair, because we thought we would do him a favour in the summer heat.

My brother, whose dog it was, didn't think it funny. He didn't speak to us for quite some time.

Then came Liefie, my first child, a cross between a rottweiler and a staffie. Personality of a staffie, hated children like a rottie. She's still around, very happy, with three legs.

Next came our first legit purebred staffie named Jock.

For the sake of keeping this post fairly short, you can read a bit about all the staffies I've had:

All things Mila

All things Liefie 

{the above posts also includes titbits about my other staffies}

I got a lot of flack from people when I said that I intended on getting a staffie. And I have noticed that they have almost as bad a reputation as pitties, which in my view is wrong. Both are amazing breeds.

But coming back to staffies, which have often been called nanny dogs, I thought I would set the record straight with these observations made not only by owning Mila, but observing the breed as a whole.

Staffies are a breed who:
*will try and apologise if they did something wrong (as shown in this video)
*will sulk for hours if you scold them
*talks for the heck of it
*despite their builky size, think of themselves as lap dogs
*hates to be away from their people
*really loves a couch
*would rather lick you to death than bite you, which makes them the worst guard dog ever
*are happy to spend the whole day on their backs, feet in the air
*will play for hours on end
*loves to cuddle

The end

What is your favourite breed?

What funny things does your dog do?