We are Staffies
Imagine you bought a plant.
It was the plant to get; it befitted your status. But you never watered it. Or gave it sunlight.
You did, however, shout at it, show it aggression, not love, and generally give the plant no reason to like you or itself.
You then had the stupidy to express surprise that the plant gave up. Overall, you considered it a pretty lousy plant, on reflection.
Welcome to the tragic story of Staffies.
Staffordshire Bull Terriers have a bad reputation through no fault of their own. They are often bought by angry, negative people, devoid of love for themselves let along others or a dog, as they consider them a status dog, something to help them look tough or serious.
These Staffies live in a negative environment, with people unused to feeling or expressing love; a circle of negativity energy dominates.
And animals are very susceptible to your energy.
Eventually, the unhappy animal, devoid of affection, exercise and other stimuli, and perhaps mistreated, hits out. Wouldn't you?
Thus Staffies acquired their reputation as dangerous dogs. It's pretty dumb, but the sensationalist media, who know nothing sells newspapers like bad news, lap it up every time.
Hene the message goes out to the masses that Staffies and certain other breeds of dog are "devil dogs".
And so Staffies are guilty only by association.
Yet the evidence contradicts this nonsense pretty spectactularly. Staffies are no where near the top UK breeds likely to beet, and the Victorians used to use them as nanies for their toddlers!
It's true that Staffies were originally bred for aggression. But that aggression has to be fostered to be brought out. It takes anger, neglect, negativity. Humans also have the capacity for aggression; it doesn't mean you are an aggressive person.
Except in rare cases where a dog is abnormally aggressive or unstable, it is usually the people to blame, never the dog.