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For over 25 years, loving, showing, and limited breeding of AKC Champion quality Staffordshire Bul
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08/15/2024

Clio loves her baby sister! 😍😍😍

08/14/2024

Daisy & Willie, spontaneous posing😄

08/12/2024

Lazy, much needed lounging weekend for the whole pack, human and canine!

08/01/2024

Canine Chronicle ran a Terrier Special and we got in at the last minute! So grateful for the Team and the TEAM EFFORT it was to get this done and paid for so quickly! Special thanks to Marco Militante, Bill McGair, Jene & Devin Miller. Very proud of this homegrown ad, done by me and Jene, whose editorial touches were instrumental in being able to pull this off, something we've all been talking about for a while, at a moment's notice. # Team Shasta # FunFirst (check out the August Digital Edition at Canine The Canine Chronicle (pp 268-269, especially😉) Aslo thanks so much to our sweet friend Terry, Theresa L Hineline, who took 3 of these 4 non professional pics for us! And to Lexy who took the one of Ash at Westminster.

07/31/2024

So enjoying several weeks off from the shows as much as we do love them! I'm reflecting on our success in the ring and of course I owe so much to my wonderful puppy families, so many friends from different breeds who always pitch in to help show the dogs, as well as the great handling skills when we do need professionals of the very best around ( Amie McLaughlin and team and Jenell T-Z) my friends who have let me use their lovely, great temperamented sires, good luck, and I like to believe karma, I think the biggest reason is right here in front of me with our beautiful 7 year old Willie, pics from this AM, GCHB SHASTA'S RIVER OF LOVE BCAT. A true one of a kind, beautifully put together, dark eyes, big nosed, perfect bite beauty, who seems to rubber stamp the majority of her puppies. 🤩🤩🤩

07/26/2024

While some of Team Shasta was enjoying the beautiful, cool Lost Coast, Will and our guy Ivan were representing well at the Great Western Terrier specialty where Ivan was Best of Breed under the great judge Ms. Christine Erickson.

07/25/2024

Wow, had no expectations traveling North to Washington to support friends at their local specialty, but came away with great results anyway! Iggy: Award of Merit, Saturday, Sunday, BMO Select, Daisy, BOB in a large and lovely entry. I love my pint size powerhouse and she seems to sneak in these big wins when I least expect it. And, most significantly and such an honor, her daughter, Marci, received the BPUP BEST IN SHOW, with all groups represented, making her the second of Daisy's puppies to win a BPUP BIS! Those of you who know know that this is not common for staffords and I couldn't be more proud. Following in Ashy's footsteps as he is the only Stafford I had prior to achieve a best puppy in show. Thanks so much to judge Ms. Cindy Lane (who had no clue that her best puppy was also the daughter of her best of breed as we had completely different handlers) for Sunday and Ms. Michelle Bryant for Iggy's Select. Thanks so much to Jené Miller and Devin and their adorable son Colin for dinner Saturday night and for all the help and special thanks as always to Amie, of Cloudpoint for the wonderful handling of our dogs when we run out of hands-the best professional tream ever.🤗 (And thanks to Elaine who always gets great photos of the dogs regardless of the state that I am in 🤣)

07/17/2024

Asher, GCHG SHASTA'S EASY RIVER & Daisy, GCH SHASTA'S HAPPINESS IS SHASTA'S DAISY JANE, Carmel, 2024 photos by Nor Cal Bulldogger

07/15/2024

An awesome weekend in heavenly Carmel California marred only by a few days with a cold of sorts. Nearly 100% better now but was feeling quite weak and I can see now that I was playing hurt for the first two days but I'm grateful for the help from Marco Militante and Bill McGair and the skilled handling assistance for Daisy (and Asher, Jenell Saturday) of Jenell and Shelli Gunter Bettencourt . Great results: Asher, 2 Select, 1 BOS, Daisy, 2 Selects, Iggy, 2 BOB and 1 Select and, Mr. T, 2 more BPUP Group 's and a Group 2. And no easy job pulling this off with Daisy at the end of her heat cycle, so again, very grateful for the help!
Thanks to the judges: Mr. Ken Berg, Mr Stewart Danker, Mr. Robert Hutton and BPUP Ms. Shalisa Neely, Ms. Eva Berg and Ms. Kimberly Meredith. Also great seeing such a large percentage of red and pied Staffords in the ring!

07/09/2024

Finally getting around to posting about an incredible weekend for the team, but it ended with a wild turn for the worst! 😢 Let's just say moments after screeching by slow traffic ascending beautifully out of 299 into the town of Weaverville and praising my wonderful 2015 Honda pilot for remaining completely cool and smooth as silk we absolutely died 😲 and coasted to the side of the road luckily in the town of Weaverville, luckily not too far from a nice cool restaurant as it was already 108° (and that was 2 hours before we finally had our eventful ride in the tow truck which I will save everyone the excruciating details) only to come home and find out that our AC had broken and, for some reason unbeknownst to me, Al was waiting for me to rubber stamp that fact so have not called anyone for repair and it was 92° in the house! Asher was screeching like a maniac with Daisy day 15 on her heat cycle... Fill in the blanks from there 😅😅😅 But, the good news is we're home, the safe the AC is already fixed, and maybe I'll have my car for Carmel but if not I'm up for a nice rental. GREAT results for the team at Lost Coast and down south at Great Western superstar Ivan, who shows on a very limited basis with his owner who is new to showing his own dog, picks up best of breed at the second show for the Great Western Terrier specialty (pics to come). Lost Coast: Asher shows 2 days and picks up Select both days in the best competition and then OH Group 2, Iggy BOB 1 day, BOS 1, OH Group 4, and BMO rounds it put with BOS and OH Group 4 and, of course, big highlight BPUP, Marcie, BOS and T, BOB, GROUP 1 and BPUP BIS!!! Little Tiny T, not so tiny anymore. And lastly, and most importantly, a wonderful time with my great friends and puppy owners in the beautiful little town of Ferndale California where it never topped 79°.

07/06/2024

Wow! What a kick off to the 4th of July weekend at one of my all time favorite shows-Lost Coast Kennel Club, in adorable Ferndale, CA. Gorgeous Marcie , Daisy x Asher's puppy, BOS in BPUP and brother T, BOB and Best Puppy in Show!!! Thank you judge Mr. Eugene Blake and Asher Select dog, BOBOH and OH Group 3, thank you judge Mr. Ray Lariviere for Select and Ms. Karen Day Group 3. Iggy and BMO looking fantastic and loving this time with Marco Militante , Bill McGair and Jené Miller and Devin Miller - so greatful for these great peeps 🤗

07/04/2024

Asher in heaven with all the kids at the 4th of July parade in Ferndale 😍 had to leave Daisy home because she's in the prime of her heat, which is a bummer because I had her entered all 3 days and only 2 days for Ash. But, still one of the greatest little shows! 🧨

06/26/2024

Amazing weekend for Team Shasta @ the Oregon Terrier Specialty and Clackamas Kennel Club Shows: Asher, BOS, BOB, BOBOH, OH Group 3 & Select, IGGY, BOB, BOBOH, OH Group 1, Variety Group 4, Two Selects, Daisy, final cut in Terrier bitch specials and Select. Our Baby pups first show, BPUP T-BOB, MARCIE BPUP BOS, T-Terrier Group 1 & 2!😲 Still reeling and so greatful to the Team and the expert care of our dogs and these wonderful pictures from Terry, Theresa L Hineline ,who is contstantly busy helping others- we love you Terry and Mark Lee! And thank you to the judges who recognized our dogs amongst a great entry: Ms. Tania Kirkland, Mr. Robert Myall, Ms. Connie Clark, Ms. Grace Fritz, Ms. Laura Reeves, and the 2 BPUP judges: substitute gentleman whose name I can't find but who did a great job, and Ms. Pam Leisinger

06/24/2024

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06/24/2024

What an incredible weekend for Team Shasta in Canby Or at the Clackamas Kennel Club shows and Oregon Terrier specialties: Ashy, 2 Select, 1 OH BOB, 1 BOB, 1 OH, for 13 more points towards his Platinum Grand, and Group 3 OH, Iggy: 2 Select, 1 BOB and 2 BOBOH, 1 Group 4 and 1 OH Group 1, Daisy, 1 Select, for another 3 points towards her Bronze and Baby T and Marcie, Puppy BOB AND BOS and T a Puppy Group 1 and Group 2 all in STELLAR competition. We are so honored and greatful to the judges for this recognition (Ms. Tania Kirkland, Mr. Robert Myall, Ms. Grace Fritz, Ms. Connie Clark and Ms. Mary Jane Carberry. (Really appreciated watching Ms Carberry and the skill she had in sparing the Airedale's, something I have only seen done well on a couple of occasions over the past decade or more) Plus the wonderful BPUP judges whose names I don't know off hand. I am so incredibly grateful for the work of Bill McGair , Jené Miller , Devin Miller and Marco Militante for making shows so much fun and for the talented handling of Amie McLaughlin , who handled for us 2 days and for Terry, Theresa L Hineline's pics that I eagerly await but in the interim here's a few 😀

06/22/2024

Great day for Team Shasta @ the Oregon Terrier Specialty. Asher, BOS & BOBOH and Iggy Select Dog, and Daisy made the final cut in a lovely class of bitch specials. Tomorrow 1st baby puppy contest for Marcie and T (Daisy x Asher puppies) Thank you to adorable and engaging Ms. Abby Le Grand, for helping me with Ash. And for Tim Carey for showing Daisy. Thank you judges Ms. Tania Kirkland (AU) and Mr. Robert Myall (OH Group 3) ❤️🤗

06/21/2024

Getting some beautiful shots of beautiful daisy on a beautiful morning in Central Oregon

06/19/2024

A little late for Father's Day, but a few pics of Asher's recent puppies, the Thanksgiving Dumplings, Mochi x Asher, just about 7 months and the Flower Powers, Asher x Daisy, Just turned 4 months! Love these babies 😍

06/17/2024

Had such an incredible experience with Happy Home Pet Sitting!! First time Nancy watched our three dogs and all were perfectly taken care of and super happy when I returned. The house was in perfect shape and the plants watered and all harmonious and calm! Can't recommend Nancy enough. A++

06/15/2024

Sharing some pictures from our always fun weekend at Woodstock! Given that Montgomery, Royal Canine and Westminster are all on the East Coast, it's great to have something as big as Woofstock as it's very difficult for those of us with bullies to get to the East Coast.
The practically perfect, pint-sized Daisy wasn't in the ribbons at all for the two days that we showed but Asher picked up four more points towards his platinum grand with Select and we had a mom/dad reunion with precious T ❤️ Thanks as always to the gorgeous Terry, Theresa L Hineline, for these pictures as well as to the equally lovely Teresa, Teresa Robertson, who snapped a great one of Daisy just on her phone and lastly to Willow Studios for the cute staged pics. 😍

06/11/2024

Beautiful Terry, Theresa L Hineline , was again behind the camera this weekend and I can't wait to see her pictures of Daisy and Ash, But I was just reviewing the pictures of our precious BMO, GCH SHASTA'S Glorious Purpose, who got several group placements in Spokane with his adoring and adorable owner Jené Miller, and we also I had some help both this past weekend and then from our favorite handling team of Cloud pointe, Amie McLaughlin, Garrison Sharp and Venna Harris.

06/08/2024

Having such a great time at Woodstock! The weather is amazing, breezy and 70's, which beats the 104 I left just two and a half hours away 😂. Select dog for Asher with talented and adorable Venna showing and nothing for Daisy, but I had a blast showing her and I think she is A+😍 Thanks so much to Teresa for the help and pics 🤗

06/06/2024

Sharing some recent pictures of Asher's ( GCHG SHASTA'S EASY RIVER) puppies, Asher x Mochi pups just turned 6 months and Asher x Daisy pups just turned 4 months. Again, I am filled with gratitude for the dedicated families and wonderful people who share their lives our puppies. ♥️ Also, delighted with the consistency and temperaments and, so far, appearance. 😊

05/27/2024

Another wonderful day yesterday at the hangtown Kennel Club show and for the Team up north in Spokane! Results: FUN, Asher BOB, Pepper, WB, Daisy, BOS, BMO BOB and Variety Group 3, OH Group 4 with Jené at the lead😍
Had a decent entry Saturday and Sunday but today it's just Daisy and Asher so we know we can't lose haha. I'm so grateful to all my owner handler friends who have helped me show Daisy and Denise Crites is always a regular and so helpful and Daisy loves her! 😍
Thanks to judges Mr. Micheal Gelinas for breed wins and Ms. Christine Erickson for BMO'S breed and Group 3.

05/26/2024

What a fantastic day for team Shasta!! It would have already been a win having puppy owners and Marco and Jo and Misty show up, but then a bonus surprise his little Pepper, who I haven't seen since January showed up and Kathy, Mskat Exx and picked up best of winners for more points towards Pepper's Ch. And to top it off Daisy got best opposite s*x with my friend Devon doing such a great job in the first time handling her, and Asher picking up best of breed and owner handled group 1 and an as always lovely and humbling terrier group!!❤️😍 Then up north in Spokane, Wa, BMO with mom Jene!😍❤️ Thanks to judges Ms. Sandy Gelinas ( Asher Daisy and Pepper), Ms. Joy Brewster (Group) and Mr. John Ramirez (breed for BMO).

05/24/2024

I have never been this happy and this sad at the same time! Waking up to an empty space in the living room and the back porch makes me cry (and even Al 😅 but we are both thrilled with the home we found for him with Marco. And we are so grateful that he will be a member of team Shasta and we will be seeing him regularly at the shows. A warm wonderful and brilliant person for our warm wonderful and brilliant puppy, and, he's not tiny anymore, but he's still T.♥️😍♥️ Shasta's luminous little lotus, A. K.A , T ♥️😍

05/23/2024

This precious angel leaves for his forever home today and luckily I found a person is special as he is. He Will be living less than 3 hours away and be able to join us at all the shows!😍

05/19/2024

We're having such a great time in the little town of Turlock.I Love this Show and this is the first time we stayed in one of the boutique hotels here and it's really adorable the same owner has owned it for over 40 years in the pride is obvious and it smells beautiful with all the Jasmine flowers.The Turlock Inn. Yesterday Daisy was best opposite s*x and Asher was Select dog And today Asher was best of breed and Daisy was best opposite. Thanks so much to Shelli Gunter Bettencourt Shelli who Stuck around for 2 hours after Showing her beautiful Manchester to show Daisy yesterday and Asher today!
On the way back to the hotel today, Daisy saw the fast cat going on and
made me take her over and even in the high noon day heat 15 weeks after her puppies she ran her fastest time ever, over 22 mph😲
Thanks to the Coyote Hills Kennel Club for offering fast cat & to judges Debra Thornton & John P Wade.

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WOOFSTOCK 2024, with Asher, Daisy and baby T #staffordshirebullterrier #showdogs

New parents Asher x Daisy Shasta Staffords and Dobermans

Midweek @ ShastastaffordsandDobermans

Willie's Fast Cat Video

Big Winning day for Team Shasta, and mama Daisy's 3rd birthday!

Well Lexy and I always said she knew was " the baby" and, as great of a mama as she has become, I don't think she wants us to forget 😄😄😄

Clover, Shasta's Get Clover It! 10 days new @shastastaffordsanddobermans

Daisy settling in with her beautiful bouquet 💐

Daisy's spa day with amazing Lexy❤️

This popped up the other day on one of my rare visits to tic-tok. Now my little Baby, 3 in March, is having her babies soon. I'm not sure she heard my order for just no more than five or six puppies (still 4 weeks to go😬)

The Dumplings will be 6 weeks tomorrow! Less than a week till I can go see them 😍😍😍

First solids for the Dumplings-taking right to it! Can't wait for the weekly pics😍🤩

The Thanksgiving Dumplings, gorgeous Sweet Potatoes, 35 days old and still mostly angels😄

The Sweet Potatoes, Thanksgiving Dumplings Fresno Fab 5, 4 1/2 weeks. 🥰🥰🥰

These Mochi x Asher beauties arrived today at the fabulous home of Fu and Kathy (and Cousins Kovi and Pepper). And how lucky are Fu & Kathy with a 10am, 2 hour whelping!😄

Daisy, GCH SHASTA'S HAPPINESS IS SHASTA'S DAISY JANE and Asher GCHG SHASTA'S EASY RIVER morning walk Shasta Staffords and Dobermans

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This is Shasta Staffies and Dobermans Philosophy of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier with regard to getting along with other dogs

Today, I found this excerpt that I had saved from the 1989 book "Staffordshire Bull Terrier" by breed expert by Dieter Fleig and I totally agree with this perspective, personally, I don't think it is at all debatable, but I have had people tell me that "they are staffords" and obnoxious aggressive behavior towards other dogs, including incessant barking and lunging at other dogs that are minding their own business at shows, is to be expected. Fleig differs from that view and expresses it eloquently.

Having my first Staffords that are temperamentally more "spirited" than any of my previous, I take the "gross and unforgivable training deficiency" to heart and, while I need to be ever vigilant, I have, and will continue to see it as my responsibility to work tirelessly to take my dogs around areas with many other dogs 4-5 times per week, without fail and continue to praise all appropriate interaction and to severely disagree with/reprimand inappropriate aggression. I think anyone that has witnessed this breed fight, can surely agree that it is in no way "cute" and, for the sake of the breed, needs as Fleig says "to be forestalled without exception, and firmly" as well as aiming to selectively breed for dogs who are confident and reliable.

The Excerpt- original publication in 1988: "how does it react when meeting other animals, especially other dogs? This is a difficult question to answer. It is true that in the past they were bred so that they would fight to the bitter end: such selective breeding can go deep. … But dog fighting has been illegal now for over a hundred and fifty years and different selection factors have come to the fore, so these temperament problems are no longer so pronounced, Sensible breeders are always trying to improve the Stafford’s amiable attributes by employing careful breeding programmes: aggressive dogs should never be used. .. The fighting instinct must, through planned training, be controlled; from the earliest age a Stafford puppy must experience intensive social contact with its human family, litter mates and other animals. Dogs are social creatures and they learn the pecking order and correct pack behavior at an early age. It is the duty of every breeder and owner of Staffords to rear them so that they are absolutely reliable with other dogs. The first signs of aggression should be forestalled without exception, and firmly. It is unpleasant, bad for the breed and unjustifiable to be faced with Staffords at shows which show aggression towards each other; it is a gross and unforgivable training deficiency.”