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The Staffordshire Bull Terriers had been taken to United States, and at the beginning of century XIX they had continued an evolution process that resulted in an increase of size and weight and had passed to be known as Pit Dogs. In 1898, the United Kennel Club recognizes the race as American Pit Bull Terrier and some creators start to display its dogs, however many times continue pair upping them in combats. During all the first half of century XX had diverse attempts of that the AKC (In its operations, the AKC's principal focus is to serve the Fancy - the dedicated breeders, exhibitors, judges, handlers, and other participants and enthusiasts who make the sport of purebred dogs so rewarding and enjoyable) , greater American entity, recognized the American Pit Bull Terrier. However, the entity alleged that the race still was on to the combats and it did not have regular morphologic characteristics. On source of creators the expositions obtains very with effort that these dogs obtain the recognition in 1936 with the name of Staffordshire Terrier to differentiate them of the Staffordshire Bull original Terrier. With the solidification of the standards, the dumb AKC the name for American Staffordshire Bull Terrier in 1972 and restricts its standard so that it has greater differentiation of the Pit Bull.

When coming across with an American Staffordshire Terrier, its impressive the muscular substance. The body is rectangular, of average size, muscular and the head for many people is disproportionate to have the sharp jaw.Although to have all the characteristics that denote aggressiveness, the American Staffordshire shows a calm and controlled temperament, exactly in relation to other animals. This character result of the done election has many generations, exactly with intention to differentiate them of the combat dogs. To enhance the physical beauty and to soften the temperament resulted in more easy dogs to distinguish from the Pit Bull.

Some creators believe that the race must continue only evolving in function of beauty expositions; however this has done with that the dogs lose each time more the characteristic of Terriers and some times producing lots of pathetic dogs. But we also have some creators who face the American Staffordshire Terrier as a dog of born work, searching to all use to advantage its physical and psychic potential in tests of occupation (to train)and use for Guard and Protection.

Result of this combination of qualities, the American Staffordshire Terrier only can be indicated for any family, as well as for children, having the care to print to the younglings rules of the house, the example of any another race. Some units with more dominant character can have some difficulty of if relating the same sex, inheritance of combat ancestor. However with a correct socialization is possible to intimacy them it.

Beyond the format of the rectangular body, trunk more rounded off and bigger head, we can differentiate the American Staffordshire Terrier for the coloration of nasal truffle and color of the coat. The standard of the American Staffordshire Terrier does not allow truffle nasal colored (Red Nose) and also does not allow dogs with more than 80% of white in the body.

In its native country, U.S.A., the American Staffordshire Terrier is not champion of popularity, but it keeps a good number of admirers and proprietors. It obtains in some cases to attract old creators of Pit Bull who search dogs with better structure. In the Europe it has suffered to certain discrimination due its similarity with the Pit Bull and mainly to an accident in Germany involving a unit that when escaping killed a child. Although not to be a characteristic behavior of the race, we cannot discard units with shunting line of behavior or harm creation, which for his potential can cause fatal accidents as this.

Here in Brazil, the race had impulse of five years, from the notoriety of his cousin Pit Bull and as in U.S.A., it keeps a moderate ascension. The most curious is to notice at the beginning that, the creators of American Staffordshire centered efforts to distinguish the race from the Pit Bulls and currently we have a picture where the creators of Pit Bulls of exposition search each time more, exactly that unconsciously, to approach the general aspect of the Pit Bull to the American Staffordshire. At the beginning of the decade of 90 we had the South region of the country as a polar region of the race, but had the more regular substances and publications, other regions as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and northeast part they had started to produce good units of the race affirming each time plus this magnificent dog.

STANDARD
AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER
Confederação Brasileira de Cinofilia (CBKC) 28/04/1994

GENERAL APPEARANCE: The American Staffordshire Terrier should give the impression of great strength for his size, a well put-together dog, muscular, but agile and graceful, keenly alive to his surroundings. He should be stocky, not long-legged or racy in outline. His courage is proverbial.
HEAD: Medium length, deep through, broad skull, very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop; and ears are set high.
EARS: Cropped or uncropped, the latter preferred. Uncropped ears should be short and held rose or half prick. Full drop to be penalized.
EYES: Dark and round low down in skull and set far apart. No pink eyelids
MUZZLE: Medium length rounded on upper side to fall away abruptly below eyes. Jaws well defined. Under jaw to be strong and have biting power. Lips close and even, no looseness. Upper teeth to meet tightly outside lower teeth in front. Nose definitely black.
NECK: Heavy, slightly arched, tapering from shoulders to back of skull. No looseness of. skin. Médium length.
SHOULDERS: Strong and muscular with blades wide and sloping.
BACK: Fairly short. Slight sloping from withers to rump with gentle short slope at rump to base of tail. Loins slightly tucked
BODY: Well-sprung ribs, deep in rear. All ribs close together. Forelegs set rather wide apart to permit chest development. Chest deep and broad.
TAIL: Short in comparison to size, low set, tapering to a fine point; not curled or held over back. Not docked.
LEGS: The front legs should be straight, large or round bones, pastern upright. No resemblance of bend in front. Hindquarters well-muscled, let down at hocks, turning neither in nor out. Feet of moderate size, well-arched and compact. Gait must be springy but without roll or pace.
COAT: Short, close, stiff to the touch, and glossy
COLOR: Any color, solid, parti, or patched is permissible, but all white, more than 80 per cent white, black and tan, and liver not to be encouraged.
SIZE: Height and weight should be in proportion. A height of about 18 to 19 inches at shoulders for the male and 17 to 18 inches for the female is to be considered preferable.
FAULTS: Faults to be penalized are: Dudley nose, light or pink eyes, tail too long or badly carried undershot or overshot mouths.
GRUPO 3 - TERRIER
SECTION C – Type of BULL
NATIVE COUNTRY - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NAME IN THE NATIVE COUNTRY - AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER


		The origin of the American Staffordshire is accurately the same one of its “cousins” American Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Bull Terrier and converges to old Bulldogs. Throughout centuries XV up to XVIII old English Bulldogs function had passed for an evolution having adapted itself that exerted: combat against bulls and others animals. This evolution consisted of increase of ferocity, determination and clearly, muscular force. In the half of century XIX, he had a prohibition of “Blood Sports” in the United Kingdom, and with this the owners of Bulldogs had been obliged to find other functions for these dogs. The joined alternative was the combat between dogs, for the easiness to occupy lesser spaces. The practical one showed the betting ones that they would have to develop more agile dogs and for this they had introduced crossings of lesser races as Greyhounds and Terriers.
	We have a new dog there that it was subdivided in the sources that we know currently. We had a group that it was developed searching the participation in beauty expositions (Bull Terrier) and we had a group that initially was conceived for combats (Staffordshire Bull Terrier). The Staffordshire Bull Terriers had the same received this name due to the county from name where they had been developed.
	The Staffordshire Bull Terriers had been taken to United States, and at the beginning of century XIX they had continued an evolution process that resulted in an increase of size and weight and had passed to be known as Pit Dogs. In 1898, the United Kennel Club recognizes the race as American Pit Bull Terrier and some creators start to display its dogs, however many times continue pair upping them in combats. During all the first half of century XX had diverse attempts of that the AKC (In its operations, the AKC's principal focus is to serve the Fancy - the dedicated breeders, exhibitors, judges, handlers, and other participants and enthusiasts who make the sport of purebred dogs so rewarding and enjoyable) , greater American entity, recognized the American Pit Bull Terrier. However, the entity alleged that the race still was on to the combats and it did not have regular morphologic characteristics. On source of creators the expositions obtains very with effort that these dogs obtain the recognition in 1936 with the name of Staffordshire Terrier to differentiate them of the Staffordshire Bull original Terrier. With the solidification of the standards, the dumb AKC the name for American Staffordshire Bull Terrier in 1972 and restricts its standard so that it has greater differentiation of the Pit Bull. REGISTERED MARK: THE BALANCED TEMPERAMENT When coming across with an American Staffordshire Terrier, its impressive the muscular substance. The body is rectangular, of average size, muscular and the head for many people is disproportionate to have the sharp jaw.Although to have all the characteristics that denote aggressiveness, the American Staffordshire shows a calm and controlled temperament, exactly in relation to other animals. This character result of the done election has many generations, exactly with intention to differentiate them of the combat dogs. To enhance the physical beauty and to soften the temperament resulted in more easy dogs to distinguish from the Pit Bull. Some creators believe that the race must continue only evolving in function of beauty expositions; however this has done with that the dogs lose each time more the characteristic of Terriers and some times producing lots of pathetic dogs. But we also have some creators who face the American Staffordshire Terrier as a dog of born work, searching to all use to advantage its physical and psychic potential in tests of occupation (to train)and use for Guard and Protection. Result of this combination of qualities, the American Staffordshire Terrier only can be indicated for any family, as well as for children, having the care to print to the younglings rules of the house, the example of any another race. Some units with more dominant character can have some difficulty of if relating the same sex, inheritance of combat ancestor. However with a correct socialization is possible to intimacy them it. Beyond the format of the rectangular body, trunk more rounded off and bigger head, we can differentiate the American Staffordshire Terrier for the coloration of nasal truffle and color of the coat. The standard of the American Staffordshire Terrier does not allow truffle nasal colored (Red Nose) and also does not allow dogs with more than 80% of white in the body. HOW IS THE RACE IN BRAZIL AND THE WORLD In its native country, U.S.A., the American Staffordshire Terrier is not champion of popularity, but it keeps a good number of admirers and proprietors. It obtains in some cases to attract old creators of Pit Bull who search dogs with better structure. In the Europe it has suffered to certain discrimination due its similarity with the Pit Bull and mainly to an accident in Germany involving a unit that when escaping killed a child. Although not to be a characteristic behavior of the race, we cannot discard units with shunting line of behavior or harm creation, which for his potential can cause fatal accidents as this. Here in Brazil, the race had impulse of five years, from the notoriety of his cousin Pit Bull and as in U.S.A., it keeps a moderate ascension. The most curious is to notice at the beginning that, the creators of American Staffordshire centered efforts to distinguish the race from the Pit Bulls and currently we have a picture where the creators of Pit Bulls of exposition search each time more, exactly that unconsciously, to approach the general aspect of the Pit Bull to the American Staffordshire. At the beginning of the decade of 90 we had the South region of the country as a polar region of the race, but had the more regular substances and publications, other regions as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and northeast part they had started to produce good units of the race affirming each time plus this magnificent dog. STANDARD AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER Confederação Brasileira de Cinofilia (CBKC) 28/04/1994 GENERAL APPEARANCE: The American Staffordshire Terrier should give the impression of great strength for his size, a well put-together dog, muscular, but agile and graceful, keenly alive to his surroundings. He should be stocky, not long-legged or racy in outline. His courage is proverbial. HEAD: Medium length, deep through, broad skull, very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop; and ears are set high. EARS: Cropped or uncropped, the latter preferred. Uncropped ears should be short and held rose or half prick. Full drop to be penalized. EYES: Dark and round low down in skull and set far apart. No pink eyelids MUZZLE: Medium length rounded on upper side to fall away abruptly below eyes. Jaws well defined. Under jaw to be strong and have biting power. Lips close and even, no looseness. Upper teeth to meet tightly outside lower teeth in front. Nose definitely black. NECK: Heavy, slightly arched, tapering from shoulders to back of skull. No looseness of. skin. Médium length. SHOULDERS: Strong and muscular with blades wide and sloping. BACK: Fairly short. Slight sloping from withers to rump with gentle short slope at rump to base of tail. Loins slightly tucked BODY: Well-sprung ribs, deep in rear. All ribs close together. Forelegs set rather wide apart to permit chest development. Chest deep and broad. TAIL: Short in comparison to size, low set, tapering to a fine point; not curled or held over back. Not docked. LEGS: The front legs should be straight, large or round bones, pastern upright. No resemblance of bend in front. Hindquarters well-muscled, let down at hocks, turning neither in nor out. Feet of moderate size, well-arched and compact. Gait must be springy but without roll or pace. COAT: Short, close, stiff to the touch, and glossy COLOR: Any color, solid, parti, or patched is permissible, but all white, more than 80 per cent white, black and tan, and liver not to be encouraged. SIZE: Height and weight should be in proportion. A height of about 18 to 19 inches at shoulders for the male and 17 to 18 inches for the female is to be considered preferable. FAULTS: Faults to be penalized are: Dudley nose, light or pink eyes, tail too long or badly carried undershot or overshot mouths. GRUPO 3 - TERRIER SECTION C – Type of BULL NATIVE COUNTRY - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NAME IN THE NATIVE COUNTRY - AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER