Am curious .. do have any unreasonable bias ? ? ? . .. I know that I do and I am not proud😂

[Tiddleypoms]

I think that we all try to be reasonable and non judgemental. However, I do think we can be labelling and bias at times. I was just discussing in private,with dh , my own pet peeve. He was quite taken aback .. he never judges , is mostly fair . Its made me wonder if many of us have quiet little unreasonable ( and are aware of ) thoughts and judgements .. ?! Meant to be light hearted.😂

My lab isn't black so I'm sure we'll be fine 😁

The older I get the more I trust my first judgements of people. I can't think of a time when I didn't have initial reservations about someone that didn't turn out to be well founded. Even when I've had a word with myself that maybe I was being too hard on them and given them the benefit of the doubt, they've always turned out to be twats. Especially in the work place.

We have never had a staffie or bull breed but know dogs very well. Staffies are one of the family-friendly breeds we call 'nanny dogs.' They have been overrepresented in rescues because they were fashionable for a time and sometimes popular with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. A similar thing happened in the past with German Shepherds, Rotties and Dobermans, for example. It is never the breed, always the breeding or the subsequent owners. As a pp says, it will be the designer crossbreeds next - it is already happening to some extent.

People who draw little circles (or worse, little hearts) as the tittle on their "i" or "j". It just seems so inefficient!

There's no need to own a dog with the bite power, strength and pain tolerance of a staffie (or staffie cross) unless you want to frighten people or illegally dog fight.

By pp BeneathYourWisdom's own admittance, their own big, fast, large, unpredictable dog, even when he was on the lead, quickly got the upper hand each time and badly injured staffie crosses several times. Then why does the pp want to own their dog, if it is capable of that to bull breeds?

capable of doing that

The foxes I know - longtime dweller in rural farming area - don't speak very highly of pp either.

I haven't had tattoos or Gregg's sausage rolls - visibly or otherwise - or astroturf and nor was I ever an arse about shift swopping or whatever at work. We do have a - shock horror! - trampoline and, even though it is in the rear garden and not operating as a nuisance, I suppose it invalidates all my opinions above.

@MrsMackesy could be worse, could let your child eat in the supermarket like me. 😂

Mine is when people who are reasonably intelligent think it's cooler to talk common. So lots of "it don't", "we was" with a few somethink and anythinks thrown in. I work in a professional office, and yet suddenly we are on the Eastenders set

If anything I would assume your dog is the bigger issue beneathyourwisdom. Personally I would judge your dog being that reactive to other dogs and assume it wasn't well trained and aggressive

My dog’s a rescue German Shepherd. Had a bad start in life and can be dog-reactive so he’s ALWAYS on a lead in any public place.

Even if he wasn’t dog-reactive I don’t agree with large breeds running loose in parks and footpaths scaring people, however good their recall.

He’s very well trained, we’ve been on many training courses and seen dog psychologists. He’s never shown aggression to people.

But once a dog’s been through trauma (like multiple attacks by staffie types!) they normally become wary and aggressive towards other dogs. Especially if they missed being socialised with other dogs as a pup.

He’s always on a short lead in public and only ever let off on private secure land, with dogs he knows.

So no, he’s not a ‘problem’ nor is he ‘aggressive’ provided other dogs don’t get in his face or attack him. The problem is people letting their off lead dogs run up to him!

By pp BeneathYourWisdom's own admittance, their own big, fast, large, unpredictable dog, even when he was on the lead, quickly got the upper hand each time and badly injured staffie crosses several times. Then why does the pp want to own their dog, if it is capable of that to bull breeds?

What was he meant to do, let the staffies rip him to shreds?

He’s a rescue, and even if he wasn’t, what large dog chooses not to defend itself when attacked by an off lead dog?

Staffies are notorious for dog on dog aggression.

It is never the breed, always the breeding or the subsequent owners

Sometimes it is the breed. Take the staffie, first developed for fighting with bulls, bred for specific characteristics like jaw strength, agility and a bite power strong enough to pull a bull’s head to the ground and hold it there long enough to ‘win’. Then bred for dog fighting. Later crossed with other breeds to produce the bigger, more aggressive American pitbull (that’s illegal in the U.K. under Dangerous Dogs Act due to high risk to children)... but as dog fighting is still an international underground industry pitbulls are often crossed with staffies and passed off as staffies, even given fraudulent papers. So the owner of a rescue staffie or staffie cross may in fact own a pitbull cross and be unaware of this. You can’t pretend breed doesn’t matter.

@SarahBellam

I judge people who judge other people for really stupid reasons that have zero impact on their lives. Oh the irony.

I judge a group of bitchy women I know who gossip and constantly criticise other people. I judge them and think why the fuck do you care so much about other people's personal lives? The irony

People with tattoos
People who smoke
Sorry I do judge you

@BeneathYourWisdom

By pp BeneathYourWisdom's own admittance, their own big, fast, large, unpredictable dog, even when he was on the lead, quickly got the upper hand each time and badly injured staffie crosses several times. Then why does the pp want to own their dog, if it is capable of that to bull breeds?

What was he meant to do, let the staffies rip him to shreds?

He’s a rescue, and even if he wasn’t, what large dog chooses not to defend itself when attacked by an off lead dog?

Staffies are notorious for dog on dog aggression.

Haha right yeah because there is no such thing as an aggressive shepard is there?

Fair enough. My staffie was a rescue and was an off lead dog the majority of the time and wouldn't have blinked in your dogs direction. She wouldn't initiate play unless given a release command which she recognised as permission.

German Shepards get a bad rep unfairly too so I would have expected you to be more understanding that breed doesn't equal bad temperament.

I assume your dog wears a harness to warn others? If so then anyone letting their dog approach yours is incredibly wreckless.

Reckless*

I’ve owned border collies and for some reason, generally, German shepherds hate them and vice versa.

Still really like German shepherds as a breed, though. No hard feelings. 🤷‍♀️

I've heard that alot of dog dislike collies because they stare and its considered rude by other breeds but necessary with collies for herding sheep.

I'm not actually sure if that's true or not though?

@OwlBeThere surely you meant to write "people who write it incorrectly" in this case?

People who obsess about designer labels and brands. And only dress their kids in Ted bakers or they have to have specific brand names. They wouldn't be seen dead in primark clothes because it makes them superior to spend a fortune in their kids clothes

Tossers

@DottyDoom possibly. Didn’t have any particular problems with any other breeds, though. They are very much human orientated I think, though. Much like Alsatians can be. Hence why both breeds are used as working dogs. So maybe that has something to do with it. Mine always got on with my family’s staffs.

You just can’t taint a whole breed. Now I have a little scruffy mixed breed who has only ever been bitten by a Staffy, but is best friends with my Grandad’s. 🤷‍♀️

Im judging some of you people based on your judgements

I like to guess your age based on what annoys you

Haha right yeah because there is no such thing as an aggressive shepard is there?

Who said there’s no such thing? German Shepherds weren’t bred for bull fighting or dog fighting. Sure you get aggressive ones but rarely if compared to aggressive bull breeds.

A dog of any breed can become aggressive. Dog-reactive dogs usually had poor socialisation as puppies and/or been traumatised by dog attacks. Or owners abuse them or set them against each other.

You get the odd dog-aggressive collie, lab, retriever, German Shepherd, giant poodle, terrier etc. But how often do you hear of these being responsible for unprovoked attacks compared to staffie types/bull breeds?

German Shepards get a bad rep unfairly too so I would have expected you to be more understanding that breed doesn't equal bad temperament. I assume your dog wears a harness to warn others? If so then anyone letting their dog approach yours is incredibly wreckless.

Yes he wears a red warning harness. But people rarely see it or read it in time.

I think anyone letting a large powerful breed run free on public land is selfish because the dog will make other dog walkers anxious, upset people who fear or dislike dogs, risk barrelling into kids, cyclists and elderly people and knocking them over (even by accident eg chasing a ball). People should feel safe in public.

It’s reckless to let ANY breed off, unless they’re so well trained they walk to heel and recall instantly.

German shepherds have/had a bad rep but nothing like the bad rep of bull breeds. And not for temperament or dog aggression. They weren’t bred for fighting. They’ve never been used in dog fights so there’s no risk of illegal crossbreeding with pitbulls. Much of GSD bad rep comes from their use as police dogs and their wolf like appearance, and their tendency to become dominant if not trained well. I’ve always found them intelligent, affectionate, easy to train, good with kids but I’m aware of the breed characteristics as all owners are. They have a high prey drive for cats and squirrels (but so do many breeds). Like most working breeds they need a lot of walking and stimulation and can get destructive if not kept active, so I appreciate they’re not for everyone.

Mine doesn’t mind collies, at least he’s never reacted to one yet. But no collie has ever approached him aggressively or startled him. Collies tend to just walk past minding their own business IME.