Comments on: Come and have a dog if you think you’re hard enough

By: tracy w

tracy w — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:15:56 +0000

my 6 year old staff has bitten my boyfreind on the ear and bit my daughter very bad a few years i chose to keep it but now am worried he has turned shall i rehome him

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:20:21 +0000

I agree completely that SBT’s are lovely dogs as long as the owners exercise caution and care for their dogs. Any dog without adequate training and excercise is capable of displaying aggressive behaviour. I have a Jack Russell cross who is a nightmare with other dogs and people laugh at her. If she was a SBT she would regarded as a dangerous dog. Other owners advise me to let her off lead and let her ‘run it off’-would this be the case with a SBT? What about Rotties and German Shepherds who have all suffered bad press in the past-is it not down to the owners?

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:18:01 +0000

I think this article is spot on with what it says! I have a SBT and he is lovely. He is very playful but not aggressive in any way! He is just over 1 year old and was recently attacked by a Border Collie. It is a shame that the media and irresponsible dog owners have left so many dogs without homes. I would love to have another so that my dog has someone just as energetic as he is to play with whilst i work but because i will be working with children from home in the near future and the media have branded SBT as ‘dangerous dogs’ i feel that parents will be uncomfortable leaving their children with me and my dog. I was attacked by a dog a few years ago, the owner said the dog was very friendly but within 10 minutes of me being in the house the dog lunged at my face and left me with serious damage. This dog was a Weimaraner. I do believe that any dog can be dangerous if the dog owners are irresponsible. From when we first got our STB and we started walking him we taught him that if another dog barks, growls or is aggressive in any way that our dog comes straight back to us, so far so good. Most of my family have STB and they are all very freindly, we all take our dogs to my mum and dad’s house for them to play with each other and see their family whilst we see ours. Although my mum’s house is not very big all 5 STB’s (4 males and 1 bitch) enjoy running around the house and garden. People should understand that not everything in the media is totally true!!!