To sack DDog and give him no treats again ever?!

[Ironytheoppositeofwrinkly]

So, we are the owners of a very large, very stupid, very scary looking Staffordshire Bull Terrier. He looks extremely intimidating, but is absolutely as soft as shite. Woke up this morning to discover we've been burgled, lots of high value stuff has been taken. Go into the kitchen to make a drink whilst waiting for police to arrive, and lo and behold, the dogs treat tin is empty. So not only did this stupid fucking dog not attack the burglars, nor alert us to their presence, the shitbag has sat and taken treats off of them as well!! The thieves probably had to shut the dog in the living room to stop him merrily trotting after them! AIBU to say that as much as we love the stupid oaf, that he is a piss-poor excuse for a dog and should be suitably ashamed of himself?!

they first shut him away, which suggests to me that he was trying to go with them.

Well seeing as they had been so nice with all the treats, he probably hoped walkies wasn't pushing his luck too much.
My dog would be exactly the same and i wouldn't change him for the world.
Sorry about your burglary.

How awful, fucking bastards! I'm sorry about the burglary!!
But your dog does sound incredibly sweet bless him I can almost picture the scene 😂

charlie he's not allowed bones, they're the one sticking point in his personality. He gets very, VERY nasty over a bone.
OH has been to the local shop and got him some treats so he's happy enough!

Cross post he IS showing you up to the police!

YABU to say DDog!

eatshit he is extremely sweet, and if it weren't for his big , wide, staffy grin I'd probably be seething. But who can be angry with a staffy smile and big, chocolate brown eyes?!

@Ironytheoppositeofwrinkly my JR gets that way over tennis balls and thinks every bloody one is his!

newname he is my dear/darling dog. Despite being a shite excuse for a guard dog 😂

Oh I'm sorry about your burglary, that's awful and as a few pp have said be careful with him now they know you have him - they may have unsavoury friends!
However I did chuckle at the thought of him greeting and befriending burglars! And getting treats from them!
To go with your gorgeous staffy what you need is a noise sensitive terrier because mine hear everything and bark at unfamiliar noises, they foiled a garden burglary in the summer by waking the whole street and scaring the shit out of me the perpetrators had unfortunately had our stuff out the shed and made noise breaking into the neighbours shed, my 2 heard and barked, and I got up, looked and alerted neighbours and police, thankfully they dropped the stuff and ran away so we got it back.

Get a terrier for guarding and deterrent and demote softy staffy to treat and cuddle recipient 😁

charlie yes, he greeted the police like old friends, so can only imagine the glee with which he greeted the burglars! Took a particular shine to the pretty female officer taking my statement, she'd been sat down all of about 30 seconds before he jumped on her lap!

One of our cats would have seen them off. He's a big, loud miaower who thinks he's a dog. (When he isn't being a kitten that is)

Sorry about the burglary. But your staffie sounds like sweetie.

Yep, he sounds useless, but that’s the trouble with hiring family, you’re probably going to have to ‘sideways promote’ him rather than fire him. Maybe a move from from Security Officer to Public Relations Assistant would better suit his skill set?

You appear to have missed his cunning plan.

He made the burglar leave fingerprints, this ensuring he can be sent to prison whilst getting treats and making sure you were all safe and not hurt by said burglar. Clever boy needs a steak.

biggerknickers we also have 4 cats, so another dog isn't really an option. Currently researching house alarms though, think that's the way to go.

charlie yes, he greeted the police like old friends, so can only imagine the glee with which he greeted the burglars! Took a particular shine to the pretty female officer taking my statement, she'd been sat down all of about 30 seconds before he jumped on her lap!

So he's a flirt also ....... jeez!

@InSightMars has got it spot on!

glen oh my word! He needs lots more treats then! Treats, a trip to the groomers, new collar, steak, and a roll in the mud with no shoutings 😁

There you go OP! Your dog is smart enough to get the burglars to leave fingerprints so there will be evidence against them if they ever get caught

Sorry to hear that you've been burgled. Nasty feeling it leaves you with knowing someone has been in your home. Give your dog a big hug and be glad they didn't take him with them.

Do you think it was someone he/you know? For him to be so placid?

I suppose the fingerprints will tell.

Sorry about your break in.
When we had burglars my dog shit herself and ran to my bedroom door. So they shut her in there while they ransacked the rest of the house. She was traumatised for days. She's as soft as shite too.

thehop tbh I doubt it, we've always known this about him, a complete stranger could walk into the house and do whatever, and he'd not bat an eyelid. I'd think the only thing that would make him attack is if said person touched a hair on my sons head, he barged a child in the park over for smacking my son!

@Ironytheoppositeofwrinkly

That's a shame, but yes cats and terriers together may not be great they'd form a rebellion and take over can cats be promoted to security from now on? Cats I've had have been scarier than a lot of dogs......

Oh bloody hell!
Sorry about the burglary but yes he definitely needs his P45
We need a photo of the ferocious beast though...
This is our ferocious staff!

He was just followin police advice not to be a have a go hero, - if you are mugged you just give the thieves whatever they ask for. He is therefore a highly intelligent boy, who weighed up the situation and took the correct action, and should be praised an given extra treats (except there are none left ).

I am laughing at him sitting on the police officers lap - mine would be the same and licking them to death.
Watch out for the inevitable digestive results of eating a huge number of midnight treats !!

Really sorry you have been burgled though - that is horrible for you, hope you are OK. Give DDOG a big hug from a fellow daft dog owner

This can't be true, you must be a troll...

There's no way the police would bother coming out and taking fingerprints after a house burglary.

Sorry you got burgled and your dog's a big softy. Our idiot hound won't even go downstairs to investigate if DP gets home after I (and the dog) have gone to bed; she just creeps down and peers through the banister until she's sure it's him and not a scary intruder.