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Thank you for visiting our site! We are a small home based kennel located in New Jersey. Supreme Team Staffies has worked long and hard to find the best Staffordshire Bull Terriers for the foundation of our kennel. It has taken alot of time, research and patience to find the predigrees that we have here. At Supreme Team Staffies we strive for nothing but the best. Now we have the opportunity to share what we've found with you.
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is one of the worlds most versatile, agile, and courageous dogs. Great for families with children! Staffies are known for having great strength and tenacity. Here at Supreme Team Staffies we are devoted to producing the best of our breed.
We decided to breed Staffordshire Bull Terriers because there is something special about the staffy. We had American Staffordshire Bull Terriers for years but after the loss of our am-staff Debo we couldn't settle for just any other dog. NO sir! We were devoted in our search to find the best dog for our family. After tons of research we decided that the Staffordshire Bull Terrier was the missing piece to our puzzle. These amazing dogs are everthing that we wanted and more. Staffordshire Bull Terriers most admirable traits are it's affection towards children while still retaining the fire and tenacity of their ancestors. Staffies are one of only two out of more than 190 different breeds that has mention of its suitability with children by the UK Kennel club.
Supreme Team Staffies does not support dog fighting of any kind. So if that is what you are looking for you are in the wrong place. We will only place our dogs with qualified owners.
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History and Origin:
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier first came to existence in or around the 17th century. As bull baiting declined in popularity and dog fighting enjoyed a surge of interest, it became necessary to develop a dog which possessed a longer and more punishing head than the bulldog also to combine strength and agility. It is therefore believed that the Staffordshire Bull Terrier was derived from the fighting Bulldog of the day with some terrier blood introduced. This cross produced what was known as the Bull and Terrier or Pit Dog. These dogs were renowned for their courage and tenacity and despite their ferocity in the pit were excellent companions and good with children. Although dog fighting and other barbaric pastimes of the day were patronised by the aristocracy- Lord Camelford reportedly owned a famous dog called 'Belcher' - fighting dogs were also owned by the poorest of families.The pit dog was a favorite with miners and steel workers and was prevalent amongst the chainmakers of the "Black Country" where the dogs were not only fought for entertainment but provided a working man with valuable extra income when worked against badgers and rats. With the Humane Act in 1835, baiting sports and dog fighting became unlawful and a group of men in the Staffordshire area endeavoured to preserve their breed by introducing them to the show world. After much discussion the Standard was written describing the dog's physical attributes this was named the Staffordshire Bull Terrier to differentiate him from the English Bull Terrier. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier was officially registered by the Kennel Club in 1935 and the first club show for the breed took place in August 1935 at Cradley Heathe in the West Midlands where 60 dogs and bitches were entered.
More importantly the Stafford has become a popular pet retaining the attributes gained from generations of fighting dogs bred for courage, tenacity and most important: total reliability and affinity with people and in particular children.
article by: bulldogbreeds.com
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