I don't blame you for being scared, sounds like an awful ordeal that both you and your dog went through, glad Toddy's on the mend, poor little soul!

The owner of the dog's behavior was appalling, to not even apologise or see if your dog was OK, or to offer some sort of assistance as your dog clearly was in a bad way, needing urgent medical treatment! Sickens me!

I think it is quite normal to be wary of the breed after what happened, but I can assure you not all staffies are like the one you met, to be honest I have never come across a nasty one yet, I think the breed seems to be a favourite with the wrong type of people, they want them for the wrong reasons, and encourage bad behavior, giving the breed a bad name, sad as we have loads of them where I stay, my friend has one and she is the most docile loving ball of fun ever, good with her 2 young kids under the age of 4, and her cat is the dogs best friend, my father in law has had them for years, and all of his too have been lovely natured too.

Try and not stress yourself too much, you need time to get over it.

Do you have an area where you know dogs are walked on their leads, that way you know all dogs will be controlled, might help reduce the stress feeling until your more comfortable, and as for your puppy, take him to a training/socialising class, again this will be a controlled environment, and the people there will hopefully be able to help you through your feelings and anxieties.

Sure others will be on with some advice on how to cope...chin up (((hugs))) xx

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Kerry x