aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So glad Tilly is ok. > > Staffs are great people dogs, but dreadful with > other dogs. > > As everyone on here probably knows, I love all > animals. > > However, I do have a problem with staffs. > > After one of my small dogs was attacked by one 2 > years ago, I'm too scared to take them to any > park. > > If I'm out walking & see one off-lead, I > instinctively pick mine up. > > If you look at every dog/cat attack, it nearly > always involves a staff. > > Yet nothing is being done. Have to disagree with your statement that "Staffs are dreadful with other dogs" and "If you look at every dog/cat attack, it nearly always involves a staff"... that is genralising! Flippant remarks like this give Staffs a bad name.. I have a 5 year old Big Blue Staffy who is excellent with both people and other dogs, he is my 3rd Staff and all my Staffs have been excellent natured dogs. I have him off the lead in Peckham Rye park all the time, you cant miss him he is the one with a big orange rubber stick in his mouth and accomapnied by two Jack Russells...feel free to come over and meet him and see just how lovely he is. Here are some interesting statistics: A recent study carried out on 6,000 dogs and their owners found out 33 of the most aggressive dogs, and also those which have good temperaments. The study involved collecting data from two different groups. The first group consisted of 11 different breeds and the second was an online survey mainly involving owners, including 33 breeds. The conclusions from both groups were similar. It looked at the different types of aggression such as towards other dogs, towards strangers and towards owners. Some of the results were surprising, below are the top ten most aggressive breed: 1. Dachshunds 2. Chihuahua 3. Jack Russell 4. Australian Cattle Dog 5. Cocker Spaniel 6. Beagle 7. Border Collie 8. Pit Bull Terrier 9. Great Dane 10. English Springer Spaniel No Staffordshire terriers on there, come on people give the Staffs a break and point fingers at the owners not the dogs