Archive for July, 2010

family watch dog – Vetea

A family were left devastated after two stray dogs killed their Staffordshire Bull Terrier in a vicious attack in Bearncroft, Digmoor.

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Pit bull owners skirt Miami-Dade ban by using as service pet

Brian Guadagno is rarely alone — whether he dines out, shops for groceries or flies on a plane. His dog, Doc, stays by his side. The 5-year-old, 35-pound service dog is a Staffordshire bull terrier, a breed that is banned in Miami-Dade County. Guadagno, 32, said Doc helps him contend with a lifelong learning disability that makes it hard for him

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StubbyDog: Changing Perceptions, One Visit At A Time

When Roland Rivera set up an appointment for his dog, Ginger, to be interviewed as a pet therapy dog at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania, he called her a Staffordshire terrier instead of a pit bull.

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Dogs Allowed: Airline Flies Pets, Not Humans

When Zach, a nine-year-old, sixty-pound Staffordshire Terrier, bounded off a Pet Airways plane in Los Angeles last September, he had a chew toy in his…

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