I went to a few SSBTC shows and the amount of dogs lunging at the end of the leads was unreal, snarling & snapping at other dogs I was shocked as it wasnt what I expected as you hear so much about how the aggression is bred out of these dogs. Not that I am implying these dogs are "game" because they snarl from a lead, far from it, infact quite the opposite but they did still show aggression.

If you are looking for old time KC registered dogs here are two sites of people who own & breed KC dogs that are more inline with the old standard.

www.holmes-staffords.co.uk

www.cosmos-staffords.co.uk

Laura

It may not have been on that exact forum they said that, but I have definately visited one were those comments were made. I wouldn't bother making it up, what would be the point? I don't own a staffy yet so why would I try and slate one or the other, or "stir" it as you put it? I wouldn't have much of a reason to, unless I thought my imaginary dog was superior to all KC ones

It may of actually been the bull terrier times forum come to think of it, but those comments were definately made somewhere.

I wasnt sure that was why I asked, my preference is for the Irish bred SBTs but there are some nice KC dogs out there its just not all are my cup of tea.

I know of more breeders of Irish dogs than I do KC but seeing as you asked if there was anybody breeding larger KC dogs out there I have infact posted two links to two websites that I know of who breed quality Stafffords KC registered but more inline with the older standard.

Thanks for that, sorry if I sounded like I was having a go, I just didn't want to give people the impression that i had some sort of elitist attitude when it came to Staffs, as many on this site, you included probably know 100 times what I do (we all have to start somewhere! )