The Irish staffy

Iv had many a chat with ppl on this over the years id love to no what u all think
some say its a leggy staff:)
some say its a short pit:)
some say its a cross:)
what do u all think ????

This debate will go on forever

i think they are a skinny leggy staff.

driftervin wrote:i think they are a skinny leggy staff.

Their was a black Irish Staff at the walk and he was neither skinny or leggy, he had a huge head and was very low down to the ground :D Deano was his name

GoldenBoy wrote:

driftervin wrote:i think they are a skinny leggy staff.

Their was a black Irish Staff at the walk and he was neither skinny or leggy, he had a huge head and was very low down to the ground :D Deano was his name

ur right GB Deano is like a tank and his head is like a block lol
he is a big dog and still young...

i'm not sure i was told its a old irish dog as they pits and staffs kinda originated here but now they use that name to be able brink dogs to the uk to fight em? i'm not sure what to believe but surely the english are not that stupid to let em bring in a pit and keep it as its called a irish staff?

well then its not a irish staff lads, it could be a staff pit x. thay do not look like that.

Definitley a mix breed, mayb many generations ago, there is some line bred Irish staffs

what do the staff x pits looks like? i have both but dont know if i would breed them

dont do it. one or the other.

eamo's dog Zed is a Staff x Pit. I wouldn't bother breeding any of them.

Very true, keep to the thoroughbreds. Zeds Dam is thoroughbred staff and the Sire is a thoroughbred pitbull, another name a hybrid. I dont encourage anyone to start breeding puppys either

year and a half even!

there are lines of irish staff.Psycho,northford etc.They are off K.C show stock that were used for badger trials/dog fighting back in the seventies.Most of them have a slight trace of english bull terrier back a bit in their pedigree(and maybe a dash of pitbull)..there is the dublin red strain
as well some of whom are K.C registered.The original dublin red staffs were back in 50s and 60s so any link with todays dogs is slight, a bit like someone with the surname O Brien saying they are related to brian boru.
Probably some people do take pitbulls to the united kingdom and say they are irish staffs.There is another registry ,the Intercontinental K.C that registers athletic staffs and puts on events(pulling etc.) for them.Its run by a guy called ed reid who as far as i know,was the firs to import pitblls to europe.So in response to murfs question all four answers are correct(sometimes)

STEVEN_BURKE_JNR wrote:what do the staff x pits looks like? i have both but dont know if i would breed them

you should never cross pit bulls with staffys to be honest, thats why we have so many breeds representing the pit bull even though their not but very easily mistaking for.

culabula wrote:there are lines of irish staff.Psycho,northford etc.They are off K.C show stock that were used for badger trials/dog fighting back in the seventies.Most of them have a slight trace of english bull terrier back a bit in their pedigree(and maybe a dash of pitbull)..there is the dublin red strain
as well some of whom are K.C registered.The original dublin red staffs were back in 50s and 60s so any link with todays dogs is slight, a bit like someone with the surname O Brien saying they are related to brian boru.
Probably some people do take pitbulls to the united kingdom and say they are irish staffs.There is another registry ,the Intercontinental K.C that registers athletic staffs and puts on events(pulling etc.) for them.Its run by a guy called ed reid who as far as i know,was the firs to import pitblls to europe.So in response to murfs question all four answers are correct(sometimes)

the dublin red strain came from a man by the name of Delaney original dogs used for this line were pit bulls

yeah i think they were pitbulls by function rather than what we would know as a pitbull.His nephew ray delaney has a very good website about the history of staffs over here...well its about all terriers but has a good setion on his uncles dogs

yeah i seen that i think he lives in America now im sure it was his dad??

He breeds the Brockstock bloodline English Staffordshires. Alot of there lines came from Ireland :D May his uncle Willie rest in peace, he was a good Pigeon too..

eamo s wrote:He breeds the Brockstock bloodline English Staffordshires. Alot of there lines came from Ireland :D May his uncle Willie rest in peace, he was a good Pigeon too..

Is this another type of chicken pitbull?

lol no harry its true

What is a pigeon (not the bird)

Yeah Harry he was a top racer in Pigeons, i know this has nothing to do with dogs. He was the first man in Ireland to reintroduce Pit bulls back into Ireland. Going back many years now.

celticpitbulls wrote:

STEVEN_BURKE_JNR wrote:what do the staff x pits looks like? i have both but dont know if i would breed them

you should never cross pit bulls with staffys to be honest, thats why we have so many breeds representing the pit bull even though their not but very easily mistaking for.

Im new to this board and respect what you are doing. But if your after decent workers there have been some very good staff/pits. But it depends what your after with your dogs

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