Staffordshire Bull Terrier
England · 14–16 in tall · 24–37 lb · short smooth coat
Next to the average dog it is protective, adaptable, prone to drooling, and easy to train. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds very little.
Find out if a Staffordshire Bull Terrier suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
- you would rather not vacuum daily
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
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About the breed
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier, also called the Staffy or Stafford, is a purebred dog of small to medium size in the terrier group that originated in the northern parts of Birmingham and in Staffordshire, for which it is named. They descended from 19th-century bull terriers that were developed by crossing bulldogs with various terriers to create a generic type of dog generally known as bull and terriers. Staffords share the same ancestry with the modern Bull Terrier, although the two breeds developed along independent lines, and do not resemble each other. Modern Staffords more closely resemble the old type of bull terrier and were first recognised as a purebred dog breed by The Kennel Club of Great Britain in 1935.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
