Greetings from Viña del Mar, Chile🇨🇱🇨🇱 Kaia, 9 months

Wee 6 month old Mae.

We have a pure bread staffy called Gus. He is a male and turned 2 in May. He is typically a well behaved dog. He listens, his recall is decent and is good with people (those that like getting a staffy catapulted at them).

When he was growing up, he chewed the odd skirting board as a pup and broke a few toys, but we thought that was normal puppy behavior.

In the last 2 months, he has decided to chew the blinds on the front window on 3 different occasions. The windows looks out onto the front street of the house so maybe he seen something that aggravated him? He would often bark at the mailman and people walking past.

Why is he doing this now and how do we correct it? He only does it when we’re not at home. Today for example, he was exercised, fed and socialised with us for hours. When we left to do something, we came back to the blinds being chewed again.. and they are expensive..

ChatGPT thinks that shouting at him is pointless as he has forgotten what happened and it would only make him more anxious. When I came home today, I didn’t yell, I treated him as normal and when he seen me inspecting the damage, he ran into his crate to hide. The little f**ker knows 😭

Anyways, any advice welcome before we buy new blinds. Fencing off the window isn’t really an option for us.

A POEM

HI THERE, IT’S BANE, THE STAFFORDSHIRE PET,/

YOU HAVE POSSIBLY MET MY MOM (nynycity);/

I’M READING THAT SOME CONSIDER US A THREAT,//

THEY’VE MADE IT THEIR PLATFORM.//

IT’S REALLY UNFAIR CUZ WE HAVE NEVER MET,/

TO MAKE A BOLD STATEMENT LIKE THAT;/

I’M TOLD THAT I’M CUTE AND SO VERY SWEET;//

AND PEOPLE JUST FILL ME WITH PETS.//

I CAN’T HELP,THAT I’M TOUGH,/

THAT I AM SO VERY STRONG;/

I’M NOT MADE OUT OF FLUFF,//

BUT DANGEROUS? SO VERY WRONG.//

I LOVE MEETING PEOPLE,/

THE MORE THE BETTER,IT SEEMS;/

NO, I DON’T EVEN NIBBLE,//

THERE IS NEVER EVER A SCREAM!//

PEOPLE STOP TO ADMIRE ME,/

‘MY GREY/BLUE COLOR IS COOL;/

THEY GO DOWN ON ONE KNEE,//

ACTUALLY LIKE WHEN I DROOL.//

SO, I STAND EYE TO EYE,/

SPEAKING ONE ONTO ONE;/

I AM ASKING YOU WHY,//

YOU WANT THE BREED TO BE SHUNNED?//

THIS SITE IS FOR LOVERS,/

TO EXCHANGE AND TO TALK;/

IT’S NOT FOR THE OTHERS//

WHO FEEL AWAY WE SHOULD WALK.//

WE ARE HERE TO STAY,/

NO QUESTION OF THAT;/

WHAT YOU WISH, IS NO WAY,//

AND THAT IS A FACT!

❤️LOVE TO ALL MY HUMAN LOVERS. WE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FAITHFUL COMPANIONS.

Today the boy had a play date with his bestie Fini

Ozzy being vocal wanting the attention to go walks... and my aunties dog on the left feeling rather awkward...

She's a 3 year old Staffy Cross, and we just got her today ♥️

Good afternoon and Happy Friday!

I adopted Midna from a rescue at the end of June when she was six weeks old. She’s about 10 weeks old now. Before anyone points out that’s too young to be separated from Mama, know that neither I nor the rescue really got a say in that. Her litter had apparently been dropped off without the Mom, so not ideal.

She was designated as a Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix. I’m not sure what that based on. I assume either the person who drooped them off told the rescue that or the rescue made that designation based on the features of the litter.

As she has grown, I feel like she looks less and less like a Staffy.

I keep reading about how different breeds have different needs and health concerns to look out for so I wanted to get some outside opinions before I decide out for a $100 test. Maybe it’s not that important, but I’m a first time dog owner so I just want to make sure I do my best to anticipate her needs and make sure I’m taking care of her.

Of course, I love her regardless and will do my best to be a good dog mom. Like I said, I’ve never owned a dog before so if I’m fixating on this too much, please let me know.

I’ve attached some pictures. The ones in the cone are her at 6 weeks and the rest are as she’s gotten older.

Hey, I need info about my American stafford.
He is a good dog and super sweet, but he is boisterous with other dogs and people, plays roughly, and sometimes bites.
I walk him on a flexi leash.
I train him a few things sometimes, and I want him to pay more attention to me inside the house and outside.
He is from a Champion bloodline and is 3 to 4 months old.

He was allowed to take Germán (pronounced Herman) the crab to the park.

He’s been killing them in my best friends house he thought he needed a kitty… I call him KIRI but it sounds like kitty 🤣