ALL OUR DOGS ARE EITHER DNA TESTED OR HEREDITARY CLEAR FOR L2-HgA & HC AND YEARLY EYE TESTED FOR PHPV/PPSC
Hi we are Acutestaff SBT consisting of myself Karen, my husband Alan, my two children Jordan(13) and Jamie(10) and our family of Staffords who I shall introduce you to in a bit.
We live on the South Coast in Hampshire. We started out with our first Stafford in 1993. He was a Brindle & White Dog called "Baxter" (Brindle Beatnik). We then purchased a Brindle Pied Bitch in 1997 called "Polly" (My Little Lovelly). Sadly Baxter passed away on 4th March 2004 aged 10.5 years and Polly passed away on 24th November 2008 aged 11 years 6 months and 3 weeks. R.I.P. my babies, look after each other.
We decided in May that we just couldn't live without another Dog so we picked out "Sidney" (Acute Finish For Acutestaff) from Polly's breeder on May 16th aged 4 days and brought him home in July. Sidney sadly broke his leg and caught Parvo at the age of 5.5 months. It was touch and go but he survived.
We decided on the spur of the moment to start showing Sidney in August 2006 when he was 2. His first show was The City of Portsmouth Open Show and Christine Kerrigan was the Judge. Sidney entered 2 classes and gained a reserve in each. From that day we caught the bug. Sidney retired from showing in September 2008 as he started to get cramp in his leg. He is now a couch potato as showing was not really his thing. Sidney has now been castrated.
In November 2006 we applied for and was granted our Affix "ACUTESTAFF". My friend Jo from Pirihonga thought up the name, thanks Jo. We also decided to add to our family and so brought home a Black Brindle & White Bitch called "Misty" (Who Da Thought It Of Acutestaff).
Misty started her show career in May 2007 and has done very well to date being placed in nearly every show in the 1st 4. She was one place of qualifying for Crufts 2008. She however managed to not only qualify for Crufts 2009 not once but 7 times. Misty also after getting 2nd place in Limit gained her Stud Book Number and qualifying for Crufts for life at Paignton Champ Show Aug 2008 under Tony Moran.
Misty was The Downlands S.B.T. Club Top Bitch for 2007 and 2008 missing being overall Top SBT for 2007 by 2 points and was joint Top SBT for 2008.
Misty was mated in October 2009 at 3 years of age to CH Carnig Positive Profile (Frank). It was a successful mating producing 4 girls and 1 boy. The boy is living with friends in Guildford and is to be castrated, 1 girl is in France being shown and 1 girl lives in Sheffield, 1 in Nottingham maybe shown. All being well the girl we have kept will be out on the show circuit in 2010.
We decided again in May that we wanted to add another to the family and so in June along came a Dark Brindle & White Bitch called "Chilli" (Winzack She'll Do Nicely For Acutestaff). Chill entered the show ring aged 7 Months and has been placed a few times. Alan showed her for the first time in Jan 08 and they gained 3rd place. Chilli has now retired from showing and has been spayed.
As we are hoping to show one of Misty's babies in 2010 and due to unfortunate circumstances in 2009 regarding the Stud dog we planned for Chilli in 2010 we decided to breed Chilli in 2009. We decided after considerable thought and discussion to breed from her in 2009 with our boy Sidney so that we would have 2 to show in 2010. This way we can concentrate on showing the pups rather than taking another year out having a litter. Chilli had her babies on 11/07/09, she had 4 boys and 3 girls. We kept 2 girls back, 1 of which lives with friends and is to be spayed. The other will if she proves suitable be shown in 2010.
Alan wanted us to get another to show as January 2010 before we could show one of Misty's babies. We were going to get another girl but the litter we went to see had 1 boy who was supposed to be going to Spain. This wasn't to be and so at the end of August 2008 we brought home our new Black Brindle boy called "Yogi" (Two Sons In The Sunset With Acutestaff). Yogi is out of CH Marstaff Dragon Lives on and Marstaff Lost In Music. Yogi started his career but we have retired him and he now lives with friends in Manchester.
We would like to thank Donna MacDonald for Polly & Sidney, Jackie & Wayne Skelton for Misty and Andy & Julie Land for Chilli. A huge thanks go to Mark & Becky Marshall (Marstaff) for passing us on to Kelly & Bob who bred Yogi with a lot of help from Mark. Huge thanks must also go out to Brett and Sue Lay for allowing us to use their handsome boy Frank on Misty which resulted in 5 gorgeous babies.
We would also like to thank everyone who has helped and advised us along the way. Special thanks to Mr Alan Hedges(Ramblix) for his input on Misty and to think enough of her to award her a 4th in a strong Junior class(25) and also 1st places in at Southern Counties Champ Show in Oct '07 and Tony Moran for awarding Misty 2nd in Yearling, 1st in Post Graduate & 2nd in Limit.
We have travelled far and wide all over England, Wales and now as far as Scotland. Hopefully in 2010 we might make it to Ireland. We have covered in the year from January 08 - January 09 approx 19,000 miles of travelling for shows. We have travelled far and wide all over England, Wales and now as far as Scotland. We think Misty must be one of the most travelled dogs and she loves it.
We are members of The Downlands S.B.T. Club, E.M.S.B.T. Club, E.A.S.B.T. Club, East Kent Canine Society, Notts & Derby S.B.T. Club and the Western S.B.T. Club.
MISTY WENT TO CRUFTS AND GAINED 5TH IN POST GRADUATE UNDER JUDGE MANSEL FRAYNE WHICH WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.
Misty attended her last show on 25/04/09 at W.E.L.K.S under Judge Brian Grattidge and gained 5th in Post Graduate. Now Misty has done her motherly duties she all being well will be brought back into showing.
THANKYOU EVERYONE
BRINDLE BEATNIK
AKA
BAXTER
R.I.P.
04/08/1993 - 05/03/2004
MY LITTLE LOVELLY
AKA
POLLY
R.I.P.
04/05/1997 - 24/11/2008
