Characteristics and care of an English Stanford

The English Stanford or also known as Stanfordshire Bull terrier has been known for 200 years and its origin is in the United Kingdom, this being the result of crossing a Bulldog with a Terrier.

This is a dog that has gone through many changes due to its enormous power, daring, intelligence and tenacity.

Main features

In ancient times it was used to take part in bullfights as well as bear fights, a practice that cannot be understood, thank goodness these were then banned and they began to include them in dogfighting as well as for the Pitrats, (an activity that consisted of releasing a dog into a pit where huge numbers of rats were found, and counting how many it was capable of killing and how much time, being the winning dog, it was the one that killed the most rats).

The Stanford English can now be seen in many of the dog shows, so it goes from being a fighting dog, to a show dog which receives a lot of recognition due to its striking physical characteristics.

This is a dog that in the UK is generally part of many competitions where agility is tested as well as obedience.

This is one of the breeds of dogs that is generally quite affectionate towards humans. and especially with children, he has even received certain nicknames, such as the chacha dog or the nanny, for the excellent relationship they can have with the children; at all times they radiate a lot of vitality.

However they do not usually have a good behavior with other dogsIt is for this reason that it is very important that he has the best education from puppyhood.

• Their height at the withers is generally between 35 to 40 centimeters.
• Its weight is between 11 and 17 kilograms.
• His bearing is very muscular as well as athletic.
• Its coat is quite smooth and very short, as well as tight.
• The color that their hair can have can be reddish, fawn, white, black or even blue, even any of these colors mixed with white.
• It can live up to 10 years.
• The thorax of this dog is deep as well as lowered, with quite rounded ribs.
• His neck is short and muscular.
• The teeth of this breed are very large.
• The formation of your dark circles have a pointy appearance.
• The eyes are round in shape, medium in size and dark in color.
• Its tail has a low set location and is of medium length.

The health of this breed is good, but like many others, you can get some genetic diseases such as cleft palate, costal dysplasia, cleft lip, bilateral cataracts, progressive atrophy of the retina and demodes, all of which are due to irresponsible breeding due to trade.

Likewise, dogs of this breed can be prone to diseases articular as well as cutaneous.

Care

Dogs belonging to this breed need a lot of activity when playing and walking in order to release the energy they have accumulated.

Although the aesthetic care is not very difficult to carry compared to other breeds of dogs, it is advisable to brush their fur to be able to remove dead hair and give it a bath every or eight weeks.

It is important to take the dog to the vet; all pets need to keep trackIn this way, diseases that may appear are ruled out in time.

Necessary properly educate these dogs from their puppy stageIn order to avoid the appearance of behavioral problems when they reach their adult stage, they must be trained with great patience as well as with great responsibility.