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Obedience

Obedience will probably not be the first thing you associate with the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, whether your Stafford is a much loved member of the family or a breed Champion, all benefit from basic Obedience training.

Katie, Charlie, Marvin & TammyThere are Staffords competing regularly at Obedience shows and doing very well.  Why not join a training club and have a go.

The Western Staffordshire Bull Terrier Society hold an Limited Obedience show, there are also many exemption shows that hold Obedience classes, it is at an exemption show that I first saw Biggles with Marney Wells do a scent discrimination, very impressive!

Exemption shows are a great way to get started, you will also meet 'local' people, who should be able to offer advice on where they train.

On this page you will find the following information

Basic Obedience Advice

Top 15 Obedience Terriers in the USA

Margo Milde (owner of first USA Stafford Obedience Champion) Training Article

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Basic Obedience

Moose (AKC Obediance Trials Champion Shady Grove's Enchantment UDX, MX, MXJ - Photo by Tien Tran)You owe it to your dog to teach at the very least basic obedience skills - many of these skills may well save your dogs life, such as teaching your dog to wait when you open the car door, the Stafford is a very intelligent breed (albeit rather stubborn with selective deafness) and I believe in today's intolerant society it is important to teach 'good manners', just 5-10 minutes each day spent training your dog will pay dividends.

The Staffords desire for food is surpassed only by his passion to please and it is these that need to be channelled into training your Stafford, I have found my very easy to train using these methods, the Stafford is a very intelligent breed and his brain needs to be exercised.  Remember to keep training fun and your Stafford will burst his heart to please.

Basic Obedience Training

The earlier your puppy commences his training the better, from the moment your puppy arrives home he is learning from you. A puppy copes remarkably well considering the huge transition he has gone through.
I would suggest training on an empty stomach, this will ensure that you have your dogs undivided attention, initially keep training sessions short especially for puppies, always end on a good note, forget training if you don’t feel well, think about what & how you want to teach a particular exercise.

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Top 15 Obedience Terriers in the USA

THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB

AKC TopDogssm in Obedience Competition for The Terrier Group  (1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2000)

Rank Name Breed Owner Points
1 OTCH Shady Grove's Enchantment UDX MX MXJ Staf Bull Margo Milde 174
2 Davang's Noelle Krohn UD OA OAJ Min Bull Terrs Kim M Krohn/David W Brown 52
3 Scotswood Rolling Thunder UD Am Staff Patricia Cook 44
4 Cambridge Red Ryder UDX AXJ MX Austr Angie Cross Bly 23
5 OTCH Abralyns Ivan The Terrific UDX Min Schn Barbara A Blake/Martin Zarge 17
6 Quansa's Aire Allie UDX Airdle Julia Smith 15
6 Loneacre's Girls Nite Out UD MX MXJ Min Schn Lynn M Baitinger 15
8 Sterling Sophia Devamp UD Min Schn Jan M Vansyckel/Lynn A Quincy 14
9 His Buddy UD Jack Russell Chris L Denning/Chris J Denning 12
10 Black Bear III UDX Min Schn Mary E Hamberlin 11
11 Shady Grove's Fortunate Son UDX MX MXJ Staf Bull Margo Milde 10
12 Abralyns G I'm Aim'n To Please UD Min Schn Martin Zarge 9
13 Sercatep's Held For Ransom UDX MX Min Schn Patricia J Heinzelman 6
14 Black Penny Olivia UDX Scotti Lynn Budzak 5
15 Hummingbirds Mountain Ebony UD NA Min Schn Karen A Nutter 2
15 CH Tyneside Tantara UDX TD OA OAJ ME Border Jane Worstell 2
15 Leman Clodie UD ME Wst Highlnd Ginette Lemieux 2
15 Cashelmara Irish Boy UD Kerry Rick Mccarthy 2

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