Rocky will be 3 at the end of November. He is castrated, microchiped and his vaccinations are up to date. He is crate trained and is happy to go in his crate on command. He is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, but please do not disregard him because of this. He is a very hansome chap, with a very waggy tail. He gets a little excited when you come home, but we are working on this with him. He soon calms down after the initial greeting and is fairly laid back otherwise. We are having to rehome him because of our own stupidity of getting two male siblings at the same time! Its not his fault, but he and his brother although they are best of friends keep falling out and before one of them gets hurt we have taken the extremely difficult decision to rehome. Rocky has only been chosen because his brother who we are keeping has medical problems, NOT because there is anything wrong with him.

We need to find a home for him ASAP as we are currently having to keep them permanently separated which is both stressful for them and very difficult to manage.

Rocky does not like other dogs and because of his recent fallings out with his brother needs to go to a home as the only pet, with no other dogs or cats. I would also recommend a home without small children as I said before he can get a little excited and bouncy and could easily knock a child over.

Please do not skim past because he's a SBT he is a lovely dog, who I will dearly miss but I need to find him a loving home where he can get the one to one love and attention he deserves.

We live in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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Have you seen a behaviourist regarding these 'problems'? We had probs with our second rescue dog attacking our resident dog & worked really hard to over some these issues - although I never thought possible at the time.

Please don't give up on your staff - this really could be life or death for him, there are thousands of staffs up for rehoming & no where near enough homes

Can you state what has been going on & advise how you have tried to manage this?

Thank you for your reply. This decision has not been taken lightly and we have tried to manage the situation over a number of months by avoiding what appeared to be triggers. The situation is now that Jack although is the smaller, more nervous dog has been top dog. Whenever Jack barked Rocky immediately dropped his toy and let Jack have it. However Rocky who is 4 kilos heavier than Jack has started challenging Jack for top dog status. Jack did seem to accept Rocky had taken over at one point however Jack is and always has been a bit too big for his boots and just seems to somehow keep upsetting Rocky and a fight breaks out.

I have had to seperate them myself on a few occaisions which is firstly dangerous and extremely difficult to do, as once SBTs lock on they very rarely let go, which could lead to terrible injuries to both them and myself whilst trying to part them.

It has got to the point where I am reluctant to be in the room with them both at the same time, which is why we are now playing musical dogs with baby gates, crate etc which is extremely difficult.

I know that this is "normal" behaviour for dogs however these are SBT and do not fight like most dogs, when they fight they do not back down.

I must stress that neither of them are or ever have been aggressive towards humans, they are both very gentle loving dogs who love nothing better than to snuggle up and cuddle you.

The behaviour is normal and if they were any other dogs than SBTs they would probably sort things out themselves and find their place in the pack but it is not happening and cannot be allowed to continue or one could end up seriously hurt.

That's why I ask if you have had a dog behavioruist in to assess the dogs together.

We had no end of problems with Roxy but did manage things that's why I'm interested in what you have done so far to try & manage situations

How do you deal with things at the moment?

I am currently speaking with a behavourist who is indicating some of the issues we are experiencing may be down to Jack's nervousness. Jack has various issues, which is why he is the one staying as it is unlikely anyone would want to take him on.

As above we are managing the situation by keeping them separated. They still sleep in the same room, all be it in separate crates, but they are next to each other. They still sniff each other through the baby gates, but that is as much contact I can cope with at the moment as I cannot risk another fight.

julie i am terribly sorry to hear you may / will have to give up one of your boys , personally i think you are doing the right thing i know it will be terribly frightening for you when your boys fight , you won`t stop this behaviour with staffords it will only escalate over time
please consider getting all the help you can from staffordshire bull terrier rescue , ask their advice though i am sure they will say the same , see if they can help you rehome your lovely boy
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welfare - Devoted to Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue
Northern SBT Rescue
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue Home Page

Can only agree with this post.
Once staffords start fighting,they are unlikely to live in peace and it usually esculates.
You will not I don't think be able to change this behaviour and this is why stafford breed clubs recommend you seperate them if your not around, and also warn about this been a breed trait.

Taken from the EASBTC
I am sorry you find yourself in this situation,not sure if this link has been posted but Chris maybe able to help you, Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue ,email
staffylover@btinternet.com

So sorry you have to go through this. Have you been over to animallifeline.org.uk many people post including rescues and individuals looking to take in dogs etc you may have some luck there.

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It's animallifelineuk.org I always miss the uk bit out and get a weird page!

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haha never even noticed lol, thank you!

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