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I am no specialist and I thought the same as you Kristine. I first found out that Staffordshire Bull Terriers were not on the list, fine. Then the questions popped up about Staffie crosses and ended up with Staffies without a pedigree as there is no way of proving what either of them are.
When I tried to save lovely little Lily at Niort mentioned under this thread http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1107613/ShowPost.aspx
several of us thought she could be a Staffie cross. But the final decision fell when a judge was called in and said she had the morphology of a Pit Bull, a Pit Bull not being a breed but a morphology. The sweetest little dog you could have met, Lily was put down. Even the vet hated doing it. I think of her nearly every day since.
That is this stupid law where dogs are simply judged on what they look like. That is why so many people are against it. A terrible story is the one of poor Kenzo who never hurt a fly, a Boxer cross, taken from his family and put down (under same thread above).
Following these queries I had a look last night if there were any sites in English about the "dangerous dogs" in France and came upon this one which has a lot of useful information, though not much in English
http://www.against-bsl.eu/index.htm
On their page Foire aux Questions, you have the answer to the non-pedigree Staffie "Il y a fort à parier qu'un Staffordshire Bull Terrier non LOF relèverait de la 1ère catégorie étant donné les caractéristiques morphologiques figurant dans l'arrêté du 27 avril 1999."
Under their page Pourquoi Soutenir le Collectif I see they have mentioned my Lily.
re, il y a fort à parier qu'un chien staffordshire bull terrier non LOF relèverait de la 1ère catégorie étant donnée les caractéristiques morphologiques figurant dans l'arrêté du 27 avril 1999.
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful
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