Staffordshire Terriers are considered a cousin to the pit bull and often mistaken for them. They are a bit more sleek and not so squat, but still have that “block head”and are amazingly high energy. I have a picture of mine on my profile.
The list of dogs who can (and will) bite, given the right circumstances and/or provocation is endless.
Many of our mixed breed and pure bred dogs have a very strong prey drive, and will chase and bite a running, screaming child. It is their nature. Many dog will defensively bite if poked or teased by a child.
Their teeth are their only means of defense, or procuring dinner. Intelligent owners do not let any dog run loose, do not let any dog, even the smallest, play with unsupervised children, who love to poke, pull, or smack dogs.
Have we bred a nation of idiots? I think so. Even my daughter’s little 9 lb. Bichone Frise gets a charge out of chasing off the mailman, the UPS driver, or the local kids getting on the school bus from the safety of the top of living room couch.
Every time she tries to scare them off by her yaps, they do leave, reinforcing her sense of superior “scary skills”. We wouldn’t leave her alone, outside, or even in the living room with a 6 year old.
One poke with a stick in the ear/eye, and we would be getting the six year old stitches. All dogs bite, the little ones only need a few stitches, the big ones can be life threatening under the right circumstances, and that means labs and goldens, for you idiots out there that do not understand canine instincts.
I have Belgian Malinois, a herding breed that are smart, defensive, and not considered aggressive unless specifically trained. But, I would never let them alone with my grandchildren, not because I don’t trust the dogs. I don’t trust the grandchildren, and they are well-behaved, intelligent children.
But, dog smart? No children are, unless they have grown up training and handling dogs, and then I will submit that they should be at least 12 years old.
She’s gorgeous!