Helloo,
I was talking to my doggie-friend today who has 8 Parson Russels, a staffie and a cross-breed. She's recently been approached by someone she knows and this person has asked to use her staffie as a stud for her bitch, due in season late June/early March.
Now my friends dogs are lovely and friendly except her staffie's very dominant and sometimes a little too enthusiastic and some of her dogs have had success in the show ring. I was all for it until she said that the bitch was a German Shepherd!!! She's quite keen to let her friend use her staffie but isn't this dangerous? I've been thinking about it all week and I can't think of anything else except to post on here! Isn't the staffie too small? Could either of the dogs get hurt?
Any help appreciated!
Char

A Staffy with a GSD ???
WHY would anyone do this??? :(

But why??????

and yes unless they are very very careful the Stud Dog could get hurt quite badly.

what is up with these people GSD/Staffie???? :-(

I just cannot think why anyone with a pedigree GSD would want to mate it with a Staffy. (Or for that matter the other way around!) And no, I don't thing it would be a very good cross! What are people thinking about these days? There is nothing at all to recomend such a cross.

John

Tell your friend there are enough cross bred dogs in the country needing homes without her breeding more!
Dawn.

You cannot be serious surley!!!
Is this person thinking that she is going to make a quick buck???
The words thick and stupid spring to mind.
If she had any brain she would not want to use a Staff on her GSD, and your friend would not even consider it.
I bet this lady thinks that breeding is a case of slapping two dogs together and all is well.
Well im afraid it does not happen like that.
There's lots of these staff crosses , collie crosses and every other breed crosses you can think of in every rescue home all over the uk because people think it is a clever thing to do.
Tell your friend not to do it as not only will it produce more cross breed rescues but she may start having problems at home if her dog has been used at stud.
A show dog means nothing if you start crossing it with allsorts, just because it may produce sweet puppies!!
I've seen adverts like this before

Father CH pedigree
Mother thing from over the road
Puppies not quite sure but cute and fluffy £500.

Puppies grow up , temprement may be sweet, on the other hand may be a little bugger slap it in a rehoming center, but who cares as the breeder got there money!!

DON'T DO IT!!!

Peanuts

Hi,
I've spoken to my friend about this and told her about your replies, but she is quite certain that it'll be alright and no harm could possibly come to either the dog or the bitch. I thought she was a responsible breeder but now I'm having second thoughts. The only possible thing I could think of is that the person with the bitch is paying a large fee to use my friends dog. I'll keep on trying to persuade her to rethink her decision but whether my words will be effective or not is another story!
Thanks for your replies,
Charlotte

ERRRRRRR.......What! Please tell me you are joking???
I think if your friend goes ahead with that, rescue centres are going to be inundated with unwanted, strange looking, out of proportion dogs.
I think maybe you would be best to tell your friend to re-think and decide against.
Not a good cross.
sorry.