East Anglian
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club
Founded 1973
RESCUE 'Happy
Endings'
We all love happy endings and just
thought we'd like to share a few with you below!
"SAFFY"
Sapphire (Saffy) has come so so far from the being the timid
terrified little girl we first met and is 100% part of the family. She has without
any doubt made the house a home. After her terrible start in life she found her first
moments of happiness with her foster Mum, Jackie. Jackie was brilliant and so patient with
all her problems from the eating issues caused by her cleft pallet and hare lip to the
fear of everything from people to pidgeons!! She came to me after a very nervous first
meeting where her shaking could have been measured on the rictor scale!! Its taken time,
but we are at a point where she now loves her walks, enjoys the vast amount of attention
she receives everywhere we go, and takes great delight in chasing the cat until the cat
chases her (Saffy is yet to understand that not all animals want to play puppies!!)
She runs around and chases her tail,
and has a huge collection of cuddly toys in various states from new to just a leg as the
rest is now missing!! She also has a tendancy to steal underwear, bra's being the
favourite, which she enjoys displaying mainly when we have visitors!! All in all she is
now a happy healthy and very much loved little girl. She has had her first professional
photo shoot of which I have attached a picture. Thanks again to everyone for bringing
Sapphire into our family.
"NELSON"
For a
large dog I haven't come across such a scaredy-cat; frightened of the dark outside &
also the wind. Although he seems 'alright' with fireworks, as in he
doesn't bark & go loopy like Buster use to. He's had his booster jap, but
his skin flared up. It seems to start again once we decrease the tablet to one a
day, 11/2 a day keeps it reasonably under control. For the last 2 weeks he has been
having evening primrose as well, hopefully when they build up in his system we can do
without the tablets..
David
has made a ring that fits around the seat column of my elec' buggie; & I clip his lead
to it so Nelson can move either side of me, so he is always on the verge side. He
dosn't like going to the toilet while on the lead, not even to cent. Although, if he
finds any hedgehog or fox droppings then we can't resist in having a good long roll in
it! He now barks when someone puts things the letterbox, & 'sings' when the car
is moving, but other than that there's no hint of the staffy talk as yet. It seems
that has had some formal training as sits, lies & return on command. Really
helped as that didn't take long to get use to walking to heel along side the buggie.
(Nelson came to us after his previous owner suffered a bad accident
and was unable to take care of him).
"BRODIE" 
Just wanted to let you know that everything is still going well. I
am afraid we made a conscious decision to let Brodie sleep on the bed! I appreciate this
is not every bodies choice but she really behaves her self and curls up at the foot of the
bed and comes up to the top when the alarm goes off for a cuddle! She seems to
be house trained as we haven't had any accidents inside. We have taken her out for loads
of walks, she can get a bit verbal and agitated when she sees other dogs but is
still ok to handle. I am practising different tactics to see which suits us best. We are
booked in to see the vet tomorrow, to register and have a check up and we have solved
the riddle as to whether she is spayed or not as she came into season
yesterday. Ricky is besotted with her and I quite like her too!!
"MEG" (WAS PEGGY)
Meg is fine - we have our grandson staying this week so she is loving all the
attention and playing in the garden. We went to Hunstanton today. Meg had a lovely
time on the beach and was running to get to the sea!! She nearly pulled me in head
first!! She would have gone for a swim if my wellie boots could have gone that deep!! It
was really really windy and we were getting blown along but she seemed to enjoy it!
We had a picnic and now she is sleeping it off on the setee. She is eating very well - is
totally on the Burns now and has lost that weight - she is getting nice and muscular now-
I cannot believe how fit she is for her age. The Burns = less coming out the other
end too which is a bonus! She has a good long walk every day and plays for about 40 mins
in the garden with the ball so gets lots of exercise.I hope you are fine and finding
good homes for your resuce dogs - when we look on the website we want to take them all -
one day we shall have a retirement home for all the oldies!! and the donkeys etc!!
Take care - Meg sends a big hug and lick to you.Karina, Graham and Meggie xxxxxx
"MATTIE"
Matty and us are getting along just fine, we
are all getting into our new routines and everything is working out ok. Matty hasn't lost
much weight yet but he should do soon as he is always on the go during the day. By
the way he snores louder than my hubby!!!
We have still to take him out on the
boat but time is against us this year as I have got to have a small operation on my
hip the end of this month. We will probably take him there for the day just to get him on
board and sort out where he will sleep. I am going to ask for some earplugs for Christmas
because his snores will certainly reverberate round a steel narrowboat.
"FREDDIE"
I had a
quick look on your website the other day to see what other staffs were looking for new
homes and it made me happy to think that we were able to give a home to Freddie, even
happier to think how much he has changed from when we first got him. He is like a
child when he plays with his toys, and now has no problem destroying them! He loves
his walks and if he gets woken up early in the morning, then we have a very grumpy staffy
on our hands! he just ignores us. Still a bit scared of things, especially big
dogs!!!, He also has a bit of a problem with cats, he likes them and will run away
from them rather than go near them.
We love him to bits and are so happy that we
got him, and i he loves us too, as he can not bear to be parted from us, when we
come in he jumps up in the air, with his big paws and the tail and bum do not stop
wagging.
"INDIE" 
She has settles is so very very well, we feel like we have owned her for
years and know her so well. She is a lovely dog and we would be lost without her. She is
good company and keeps us fit with all the walks. It's as if she speaks to us, she tells
us when she wants to go out, play and even goes to bed when she is ready. She lies by the
side of Tony on her speacial blanket but does try to get on the bed, we sometimes let her
too, she is very hard to refuse. (Softies that we are).
Indie has given us so much pleasure, we only hope that we are making her
as happy, and if instinct is anything to go by then I would say that we are. She is really
good during the day when we are at work, we let her on our bed when we are out cos she
thinks we don't know about it. We even leave the TV on for her. We think she has lost
weight too and the vets will be weighing her next week so we will know. But she seems
slimmer and more active. She is so knowing and understands all that you say to her. She
has a special toy that our son bought for her its a Kong Toy, they are great !
(Indie came onto rescue after her owner had died)
"BUSTER"
Buster is just great, seems to know when to bark when he hears the door when we are
closed but not when we are open, loves all the long walks and goes without a lead now too
! had his nuts off a few weeks ago and he never bothered, didn't even need to wear the
lampshade thing. In all, he's really good, fitted in real well and gets loads of attention
off every one who comes in the pub, (he's a right tart). still don't like beer &
crisps tho & people think he's strange cos of that but it saves me a fortune i guess.
He's still lively and into everything (never known such a nosey dog) he loves water now
too! please see attatched pic.
(Buster was just unwanted but has now found a forever home that loves him)
"TASHA"
Tasha is just fine. At the moment we are teaching her to play with a
ball, she hasn't quite got the hang of it yet but is getting better by the day. She is a
little gem, we love her lots. Having a new floor layed at the weekend white hairs on a
black carpet just don't go! Tasha is settling in really well. She's met her new vet
and had her injections, and she was such a good girl. The vet thinks she is beautiful
and that she will be a brilliant pet, mind you so do we. We will be having her spayed in
three months as she came into season at the weekend. We took her away for the weekend to
Poole. She had great fun on the beach and she also met some ponies in the New Forest.
She has made a new friend called Poppy, who we usually see when we go out for a walk. She
has also learnt to go out in the garden when she needs to answer the call of nature. She's
definately a quick learner. She also walks really well on the lead no more pulling.
"LESLEY"
Wendy,I have attached a couple of pictures for you. One being Stevie and
Lesley having quality time...Lesley was on the sofa first and Stevie noticed a little
patch for him to curl up in....under the watchful eye of Lesley of course. We are
all fab. I'm finally back at work having been off work sick for 9 weeks - blame the
baby!Lesley is doing WONDERFULLY! She now has a lovely routine where the alarm goes
off in the morning. I get up to let her through the gate at the top of the stairs and she
snuggles down under the duvet with us for 10 minutes before getting up and going W's. She
even has her moments when she runs up to stevie and prior to sticking her nose up his
bottom gives him a sniff and wags her tail. She isn't quite as sure about him helping
himself to her food.......so she just lies down outside the kitchen and waits for him to
finish before clearing off the rest of the food bowl to avoid that happening again. She is
very protective of me now and I think she sense's that I am pregnant. Our little household
is going to be very noisy when the baby comes, with the baby screaming and Lesley's
talking and snoring, but she is very good and quietens down when told to.
I don't think Simon or I could imagine life without Lesley. We still regularly
look on the SBT rescue at the dogs that are needing homes and we pray for the lottery to
come our way so we can take them all off your hands and buy them a field each to run about
it. I just hope that all the other owners have been as lucky with their dogs as we
are with Lesley. Lots of love to you and all the dogs. Lizz, Simon, Pip (20weeks), Stevie,
Lesley and Reg
"GYPSY"
Gypsy
is doing brilliantly, and we're getting to know her personality now. The two dogs are
getting on really well now and it's lovely to watch them playing in the garden together!
Louis is 10 going on 6 again. She has made him feel so much younger I think!!! He seemed
to be the boss at the start but I think she has the upper hand now, and he's happy to
follow her everywhere!!
(Gypsy's previous family loved her very much but was unable to care
for her)
POLLY
When we first got Kez (was
Polly) she was a little fightened and overwhelmed because of all the people that we had
come to see her, but she sat very calmly taking titbits from the children and being patted
it must of been very strange for her but she settled very quickly and after the first
night she was running in and out of the garden with the girls and she was very happy, we
have a large family and Polly loves all the children. We would like to thank Wendy
for giving us the chance to own a dog again and for bringing her all the way to us.
What can I say about Kez (Polly) she loves going in
and out of the swimming pool , going for walks, having a bath and she loves having her
belly rubbed and she also loves going on the trampoline too!!
We are very very happy with her and we think she has
settled in really well.
More Happy Endings!!!!
If you are interested in giving a Stafford another chance in a loving
and permanent home please contact Harry as
above or Wendy
DONATIONS
FOSTERING
If you are able to help foster a dog
for us short term from time to time or are looking to re-home a rescue Stafford, then
please contact us.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this
selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or
treacherous, is his dog…he will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick
the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world…when all
other friends desert, he remains
GEORGE C VEST