Runamuk_AST

Hi, can someone please point me in the direction of DOL Hall of Fame if it's still going? Thank you in advance.

Thanks all. Still looking.

Hi, This has probably been posted before, but can anyone point me in the direction of a Patterdale Terrier breeder. Thanks in advance.

I had been sending media releases everyday about a Nationwide Fundraiser for Rescue Animals and they were not interested but this is newsworthy? I have emailed my contact and said that I am cancelling further advertising and that our next catalogue will be done via letterboxes and that I won't be placing any printed ads for the next 3 months. That one article has done damage to the credibility of registered breeders breeding for the betterment of the breed, not their hip pocket and more people breeding for the "bikie" market will pop up now This might of been a paid advertisement "by himself" ? It's something he would do to increase Puppy sales !

Hi, Stuart from Runamuk Amstaffs here. I've been breeding the Amstaff for 15 years now and have had 5 litters in that time, not 5 litters a week like some !! In answer to your Q above NONE of those health issues are compulsory testing for the Amstaff,..but all breeders should be at least testing for Ataxia,Hips and elbows. I was always of the belief as far as health testing and the ANKC go, for a health issue to become compulsory tested in any breed it first must be "proven" that it's an hereditary breed health problem,...I think that's where all the Red tape is coming from before testing can made compulsory,..trying to prove that a problem within a breed is hereditary/genetical?

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Hi, i have a question directed at the Brittish breeder's and members of the Forum. What i would like to know is, do you think the Patterdale Terrier, such as the "Nuttall" Patt's will ever become a recognised breed in the U.K. I certainly know what the comment's would be from the Working Terrier folk, but just interested to hear from the "show" people. Thanks.

An American Bulldogs for sure, but i dont think it would be a Johnson's, looks to be more along the lines of a Scott's. The Scott's Am-Bulldogs are very athlettic and Perfomance Bred, where as the massive "Johnson" dogs are bred for looks alone.

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Runamuk American Staffordshire Terrier's have a litter due on the 13th Jan.

FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AMERICANS KNEW PIT BULLS FOR WHAT THEY DID BEST. BABYSITTING. http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=676 RICH OR POOR, AMERICAN PARENTS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT PIT BULLS WERE FAMOUS FOR. BEING GREAT WITH KIDS. http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=1103 THE CRUELEST TRICK EVER PLAYED ON A BREED OF DOG http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=604http:// YOURE FACING A GERMAN SHEPHERD, A ROTTWEILER, A DOBERMAN PINSCHER, AND A PIT BULL http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=853 THERE’S ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE 2 DOGS. THEIR OWNERS. http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=837

EACH YEAR IN AMERICA: -410,000 people are killed directly from smoking cigarettes -35,000 are killed from second hand smoke -26,000 are killed by illegal guns -25,000 are killed by drunk drivers -3,500 are killed in backyard swimming pools -17 are killed by dogs -3 of those are killed by Pit Bulls, so Pit Bulls must be banned. Given the overwhelming abuse Pit Bulls endure, and the undesirable people who too often own them, it’s astonishing that number is so low. PIT BULLS AREN’T DANGEROUS TO HUMANS. OWNERS ARE.

Agree'd 100%! Regardless of what the child did ..if the kid needed hundreds of stitches then..."this was a mauling"... it wasnt just a quick snap to say stop standing on my Paw !!

I think there are 2 different breed standards for the "Pit Bull". The first one is the Standard that the Pit Dogman use, and that would be the Results of the match, a "performance" based standard (ADBA Reg) ...and then you have the "written" standard that the "Conformation" Pit Breeders are using, which i think is probably more U.K.C Reg Pit's these day.

A Pit Bull as i understand it, ...is simply a "Bulldog" that's used in the fighting Pit. Keeping in mind that a "Bulldog" in the USA in NOT necessarily a "Brachycephalic" type of dog that most people from other countries would visulise it to be. A "Bulldog" can be of any mix or any pure breed and is described as a hard, tenasious, fearless no messing type of dog. "Pit", in the word "Pit Bull" discribes the "FUNCTION" that that dog performes, the same as the function of a Sheppard was to Sheppard and the function of a Pointer was the Point etc etc. Unfortunately i didnt book mark this reference but i have read that the dogman of old would only call a dog a Pit Bull "AFTER" it had won 3 fight's, it was a kind of title that was put on a dog, unlike the "Ch" title put on the Pit dogs of today when it has won 3. I recon if this is true the dogman of old would be rolling in their grave with all these dogs being called Pit Bulls whitout even putting so much as a Paw in the Pit!!?? Dogs back in the early day's would be roaming the streets everywhere, if you saw a good prospect having a Scrap with another dog then it would be trained for the Pit, if it was any good it would then be used in their breeding program. It didnt matter what the dog "was" or looked like, it was all about performance!.... infact many dogs used where just Mangy bred street dogs, not dogs of a "pure breed"!

Sorry i'm still a bit lost here, i was always of the understanding that "1" Vial "is" 1 mating, so why would they want to be doing this pooling thing? It should cost pretty much the same for you to bring in multiple breeding as it does for the one. I think you can fill up a Cane in the Frozen Semen Shipping Canister and it will cost you the same as if you where only bringing in the single mating. Sorry i'm a bit confused about the above,this is my understanding of it all. Breeding unit's can be frozen in Pellet's,Vial and in Straw's, i "think" the Straw"s are known as the Clone method and can take multiple Straws to make up 1 breeding unit, and i "think" a Vial is Camelott and the Pellet is I.C.S.B (International Canine Semen Bank) Method, 1 Vial = 1 Breeding and 1 Pellet is 1 Breeding. But i have only used Clone and Camelott. So i just dont understand the Pellet fitting into a Vial bit,...sorry. Be very careful here, never substitute quality for quantity !! just because a sperm is living does not mean it can fertilize an egg. Go for quality every time!! I would think all of the above is something that is agree'd upon between both parties.

Where have i said anything bad about the professionals recomended on DOL,..PLEASE point it out ????? all i have said is make sure the trainer KNOWS the Amstaff breed. PLEASE POINT it out where i have specificaly said the Trainers on DOL ! The possitives will be finding a trainer who know the breed! i have had, and have seen the breed crushed by so-called trainers before ..so i will give the same advice evertime someone is wanting advice.

Chriss i cannot emphasise the above enough !!! I have seen many SO-CALLED Trainer break Amstaffs and Pit's in minutes, and it's mainly due to the breeds reputation that people think these breeds need hard/harsh training methods and they will completely chrush your dog. The biggest threat to the Amstaff breed It's people commenting in a negative way on a breed they know "nothing" about, it's no wonder it's in trouble with BSL! lol...Haredown you cant be serious !! all dogs where bred/designed for a purpose, and that meant possesing a "specific" temperment, trigger or trait. That's EXACTLY how we get a "BREED"

The problem is we cant compare one clubs cart to another clubs cart, and one clubs surface to another clubs surface. Even though they might be both artificial surfaces they cannot ever be the same. Back some years ago at the SASDC we would only be pulling a top weight of 3-4 Hundred Kilo "max" with their old cart on the old surface, the very next weekend down at SACA using the SHAM equiptment we would be pulling 12-13hundred Kilo. Just goes to show we cant compare one clubs results to another.

his bark is usally at the same pitch but does very from time to time and does get pritty loud, ears tilted back, chest on the ground with his butt up in the air tail wagging sometime and at other times he stands on all fours with his back straight ears tilted back and tail pointing straight no wagging like he's ready to go, he did the same thing tonight but only wanted to play as what I wrote just before. He seems to do it some of the time when I'm in the kitchen playing around with him or even sometimes just when I look at him, and the back yard just a few times. I wouldn't know how to explain his growl but it does'nt intimindate me at all only the first time it happened, I hope thats enough to go off I can see what you have written once I've clicked reply. This part would indicate to me you have a normal cocky Amstaff pup and he "is" respecting you . He's just wanting to bring the game to you. When he does this any you play make sure that it's you that's ending the game. You "MUST" get to know his "off" button !!!!! ALWAYS !!! If in doubt seek a reputable trainer that "know's" the Amstaff. There are many Trainers around but not many have had experience with breeds such as the APBT/AST.

The Amstaff is a very, very vocal breed and many people have mistaken this for aggression. I'm sure during my dogs play time my neighbours think i'm holding Pit Fight's !

Chriss this is a Amstaff you purchased mate, what where you thinking buying one without fences? This breed NEEDS constant mental stimulation and exercise. If you think you've got problems now then he's only going to get worse being a chain dog. This is not a set and forget breed, it's very demanding and need's to be a part of the family unit. Being locked in a bedroom all day with only bedding and toy's is only asking for trouble "BIG TIME".

That's entirely up to you ! How much do you think the dog is worth to your breeding program? I have Imp semen that has cost me 1K per breeding and i have also Imp semen that has cost me 2.5K per breeding. Hmmmmm... 2 collections only 1 hour appart ? I have collected and froze semen from the same dog 1 week apart . With the semen i have Imp i paid for the collecting, testing etc and purchased all the breedings bar 1 . I have alway believed that 1 breeding unit is 1 stud fee. If a breeder already has the dog on ice and has paid for the collection and testing then that cost should be divided into the amount of breeding from that collection. Sorry but i dont understand what your trying to say ? I may be wrong so someone please correct me if i am,...but i dont think this is possible(1 hour appart) as there would be 2 different sperm counts and a different morphology count??

Where do I start? Aggression is NOT a drive. It is the EXPRESSION of a drive .. dominance, prey, food, pack, sexual etc etc If you think you can't make prey drive out of a couch potato, you clearly have had very little to do with sighthounds :laugh: Similarly, if you think you can't "make" a dog aggressive, check out the seedier side of the security dog training industry. I have never said that breed doesn't matter - but it's not everything either. There are two reasons for that: 1. The levels of drive within a breed will vary. Not all Border Collies will herd. Not all sighthounds will course. And, most importantly for this thread, not all bull breeds are dog or human aggressive. Do you watch the rescue shows on Animal Planet? Quite a few times they've used an APBT as the "Friendly test dog" for character assessments at the ASPCA. 2. How quickly a dog will trigger into a particular drive can be modified - by socialisation, by training (no police dog does its work simply due to "drive"). That expression can also be controlled. We have created breeds with various levels of particular drive but anyone with good breed knowledge will tell you that doesn't make them a universal attribute. Furthermore, any trainer will tell you we can modify our dogs behaviour. THIS is what is wrong with BSL. It assumes that all behaviour can be simply attributed to breed and that there is no way some dogs of a particular breed can be safe (or dangerous for that matter). And there is no research in the world that supports that assumption. Not anywhere. We know with responsible ownership that any breed is a safe breed, no BSL required on that front at all. However, irresponsible ownership of breeds where high level aggression and extreme fighting ability is found in lines of those breeds is what BSL attempts to eradicate. The question that needs to be answered is this: Do you want irresponsible people breeding concoctions of powerful breeds to result in the potential ownership of dogs dangerous in the community, because that's simply what no BSL represents? It's not all about the seizure of a Staffy X who the ranger thinks is a Pitbull, it's about Bozo the drug dealer importing a Fila to cross it with an over sharp fear biting Rotty to protect his dope patch and selling the surplus pups off to his dopey mates who are less responsible than he is. You can't breed power, aggression and fight out of dogs that don't have the genetics to support that, it's total naïve BS if anyone thinks they can.........certain breeds are used for a reason what ever the role required of the dog is intended to be. 90% of DA is caused through insecurity. "Any" breed or "ANY" dog can be described as a "Pit Bull" if that is the "FUNCTION" it is performing.

Not really. Most people are hopeless with identifying breeds and there's plenty of evidence to show such statistics are inherently flawed. Agree 100% Haredown. I'm not breed bashing here,just telling it as it is. They're also not taking into consideration that as the Pit Bull is a Prescribed breed in most states of Australia, most of those Pit's are REGISTERED with the Council's/Shire's as Amstaff's, so as soon as there's an attack,it's down on record as another Amstaff attack. This is really hurting our breed!!