Is my staff cross boxer safe with kids?
Hi, rest assured that staffs in general are very good with kids and can make wonderful family pets. They have unfortunately got a very bad press recently, but this is not due to the breed alone it is due to how they are raised and the type of people that are unfortunately attacted to them because they look tough. Your advantage is that the puppy is 8 weeks old, he is young enough to learn the right way and being a staff x is not going to change that in the slightest – it’s about deed, not breed. First, find a good local puppy class to take him to where you will learn good reward-based training and socialisation skills for your pup. As you have kids (wow 5 of them – you have my admiration!) it is extremely important that your pup learns bite inhibition – all puppies mouth and play-bite, it’s part of their learning. When pups play together, they mouth each other lots and they have to learn how hard is too hard, that’s why their teeth are razor sharp as puppies, so that it hurts with less
