Of Kennel Dinah-Mite, A real Friend who
has been there for me in rain and shine.
She also introduced the American Staffordshire
Terrier in Finland in 1985.
And also for giving me my foundation
bitches one of them is a once in a life
time bitch Int.Ch.White Rock Blue Angel.
Also Thank You Dr.Pascoe and Carla
Restivo for letting Mela have her, without
You I would never have had the pleasure
of owning such a great bitch. There is not
one single person that has not fallen in love
with her great personality and good looks...
My first amstaff:
I fell in love with the amstaffs in the late 80`s.
But I did not get my first amstaff until 1994
So a 12 weeks old blue bitch puppy, Torngren´s
Absolutely Divine arrived to Sweden. Co-bred
by Stacia Ohira, Kennel Rockhard.
She was the first US import and also the first
cropped Amstaff in Sweden. There where 2
other amstaffs registered in Sweden at that
time and they where litter mates from Norway.
Since then several amstaffs have arrived to
the family.
The first litter I had was out of Willynwood´s Naomi
Campbell and Mr.Johny by Choice Steel.
My involvement with the bred:
After getting Divine I got a phone call from
Lena Sommerfeld-Ullf, Kennel Le-wis, who have
heard that I had an import and wanted to meet.
She owned one of the norweigen amstaffs.
There was a lot of negative attititude regarding
the Pitt-Bulls So to prevent any possible banning
of the amstaff, cause neither the politicians
or the public could see the difference, the
American Staffordshire terrier Club of Sweden
( Svenska Amstaff klubben) was founded in 1995
by Lena Sommerfeld-Ullf, Ann Rode, Kennel
Mic-Mac, Jan Saxtrup, Kennel Craftsman Cottage
and my self.
My breeding goals:
I always strive to produce quality dogs suitable
first as companions but also as show dogs,
with sound mind, body and soul. I feel that
temperament should always come first - the most
beautiful and healthy dog in the world is worth
nothing if it's not a pleasure to live with and safe
to be around. I started my breeding program with
quality, friendly dogs from quality, reputable breeders
and I always try to honour that heritage. And also
strive to improve my breeding. If an offspring is of less
quality then its mother or father then I do not use
it for future breeding. They have to be at least as
good as their mother or father if I should even
conceder to use them for future breeding.
Regarding the standard:
I agree with a lot of the old breeders who say that
everything in the Standard that says NOT TO BE
ENCOURAGED should be changed to DISQUALIFYING.
That way things could never be misunderstood. Also the
Standard says BLACK NOSE, DARK EYES and NO PINK
EYELIDS. The Standard does not say that the color of
the eyes or the color of the nose should match the color of the coat.
I show my dogs for a very limited crowd of judges
due to some very political judges that are also incompetent when it comes to our breed. Way to many judges confuses our breed with the Bull terrier end Staffordshire Bull terrier That is why we see so many
Champions with PINK EYELIDS, DUDLEY or PALE NOSE and YELLOW EYES.
Amstaffs that are SHY or RESERVED towards humans
should NEVER be put up, while some of the above judges
do put them up because they know the handlers
This is VERY DISRESPECTFUL to the people who one´s wrote the breed standard.:
>Thanks to ALL of You who chose a Sugar Daddy puppy!