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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1083867" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Staffies are lovely dogs, incredible softies for the vast majority. But they have a problem with "Idiot Human Syndrome".</p><p>They look a bit like a Pitbull, which means that:</p><p>A: Idiots that want an aggressive looking dog, get a Staffie, give it a studded collar, show it aggression, and reward any aggression it does shows - these are bad owners, and they tend to gravitate to Staffies at the moment (now they can't gravitate towards Pitties)...</p><p>B: Other humans can be a bit scared of them as first instinct, and avoid socialising with them (making harder for non-idiot Staffie owners to socialise the dog), and have a bias that they'll consider confirmed by a single anecdote.</p><p>C*: Having a lot of irresponsible owners leads to being a lot of them in animal shelters, and they take a long time to shift - meaning that there are even more unloved and unsocialised Staffies out there. Also further "confirming" bias against them by otherwise reasonable dog-people ("If they were easy dogs, there wouldn't be so many in shelters")</p><p></p><p></p><p>* Same goes for Lurcher types, which "everyone knows are hard work"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1083867, member: 73592"] Staffies are lovely dogs, incredible softies for the vast majority. But they have a problem with "Idiot Human Syndrome". They look a bit like a Pitbull, which means that: A: Idiots that want an aggressive looking dog, get a Staffie, give it a studded collar, show it aggression, and reward any aggression it does shows - these are bad owners, and they tend to gravitate to Staffies at the moment (now they can't gravitate towards Pitties)... B: Other humans can be a bit scared of them as first instinct, and avoid socialising with them (making harder for non-idiot Staffie owners to socialise the dog), and have a bias that they'll consider confirmed by a single anecdote. C*: Having a lot of irresponsible owners leads to being a lot of them in animal shelters, and they take a long time to shift - meaning that there are even more unloved and unsocialised Staffies out there. Also further "confirming" bias against them by otherwise reasonable dog-people ("If they were easy dogs, there wouldn't be so many in shelters") * Same goes for Lurcher types, which "everyone knows are hard work" [/QUOTE]
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