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Mise à Jour : 21  03 2010 


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L'amour des staffies

Cela fait maintenant 20 ans que Brian Gilbert (Knightwood Oak) se passionne pour le Staffordshire Bull Terrier et le Bulldog Anglais. Vingt ans de sélection, d'études des lignées ... D'origine anglaise, Brian a appris parmi les meilleurs en Angleterre. 


Pour ma part, cela fait 10 ans que je me passionne pour le Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Je suis retraitée et peux désormais vivre ma passion au quotidien en étant 24h/24h avec mes staffies.

Nous proposons "The all purpose dog" (le chien qui peut tout faire). Notre priorité, produire des chiens performants, avec du caractère,sans problèmes de santé et bien évidemment dans le standard de la race.  Nos chiens peuvent à la fois être de très bons chiens de familles, équilibrés avec les enfants... Au minimum, un de nos chiots par portée part dans une working home ( chiens de travail dans les fermes, chasse ...). Le Staffordshire Bull terrier est un chien sportif (agility, randonnée, pistage ...), an honest dog ( un chien qui va tout donner). Il n'existe pas de type Bully, Balanced ou Terrier, cette terminologie française a été créée pour justifier les effets de mode des hyper types : chiens trop lourds qui ne correspondent plus aux critères initiale de la race et malheureusement qui ont générés des problèmes de santé chez les très jeunes sujets. Exemple : la displasie, l'arthrose qui n'existaient pas il y a 10 ans dans le staffie.


Nous sommes de vrais passionnés. Notre objectif, voir évoluer le Staffordshire Bull Terrier en France dans les meilleures conditions en évitant les écueils qui le dévieraient de ses origines et diluerait une race extraordinaire à tout point de vue. Bien sûr tous nos chiens sont Clear L2HGA et HC.


Namasté à tous ! Staffordshire Bull Terrier - One philosophy, a way of life !



Brian et Chris (Celtic Oak-Knightwood Oak-Camawach)

O6 47 35 90 44 

Etant comportementaliste-éducateur Canin, j'assure un suivi gratuit en cas de nécessité pour tous les propriétaires de mes chiots. 

Nous sommes toujours présent pour nos chiots, qu'ils aient 2 mois ou 17 ans. 

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A bit of Stafford history - L'histoire du Staffordshire Bull Terrier


 


 Before the nineteenth century, bloodsports such as bull baiting, bear baiting and cock fighting were common. Bulls bought to market were set upon by dogs as a way of tenderizing the meat and providing entertainment for the spectators; and dog fights with bears, bulls and other animals were often organized as entertainment for both royalty and commoners. Early Bull and Terriers were not bred for the handsome visual specimen of today, rather they were bred for the characteristic known as gameness. The pitting of dogs against bear or bull tested the gameness, strength and skill of the dog. These early "proto-staffords" provided the ancestral foundation stock for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the American Pit Bull Terrier with the exception of the American Staffordshire Terrier.

These bloodsports were officially eliminated in 1835 as Britain began to introduce animal welfare laws. Since dogfights were cheaper to organized and far easier to conceal from the law than bull or bear baits, bloodsport proponents turned to pitting their dogs one against another instead. Dog fighting was used as both a bloodsport (often involving gambling) and as an effort to continue to test the quality of their stock. For decades afterwards, dog fighting clandestinely took place in pockets of working-class Britain and America. Dogs were released in a pit, and the last dog still fighting (or occasionally, the last dog surviving) was recognized as the winner. The quality of pluckiness or "gameness" was still highly prized, and dogs that gave up during a fight were reviled as "curs". As an important aside, fighting dogs were often handled in the pit during fights, by both their owners and the judge, so were bred to be as trustworthy with humans as they were aggressive towards other dogs.

It is this nefarious history that gives the Stafford his celebrated temperament, as in the words of the American Kennel Club: "from the past history of the Staffordshire Terrier, the modern dog draws its character of indomitable courage, high intelligence, and tenacity. This, coupled with its affection for its friends, and children in particular, its off-duty quietness and trustworthy stability, makes it a foremost all-purpose dog."

The breed attained UK Kennel Club recognition on 25 May 1935. Much of the groundwork to attain this status can be attributed to Joseph Dunn and Joe Mallan. Dunn and Mallan invited friends to a Stafford fanciers meeting at the Cross Guns Hotel, Cradley Heath, South Staffordshire (a hotel owned and managed by Mallan). About fifty breeders met at the hotel and formed the Original Staffordshire Terrier Club. The name was shortly changed to Staffordshire Terrier Club due to the Bull Terrier Club objecting the use of the word 'original'. Stafford were imported into the US during this time. Since that time the breed has grown to be one of the most popular breeds of dogs with a large representation at the Crufts Dog Show. 

In the US many were imported by pit fighters and used in their breeding programs to produce the American Pit Bull Terrier and American Staffordshire Terrier. Many were imported by British nationals who brought their dogs with them or U.S. expatriates who fell in love with the breed in England and brought it home. Eventually through the campaign of many people the Stafford was recognized in the U.S. in 1976. He has a loyal following.

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Etalon disponible pour saillie


 Charlie Brown, nice strong type, 17kgs 42cms, throwing good strong, healthy pups, available to selected females, for all enquires please call 0682943052 or private mail.

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