First Published: 2007

Hardcover with Dustjacket 

256 pages - 2007 

Publisher: Pynot Publishing 

ISBN-10: 0955225124

ISBN-13: 978-0955225123

Dimensions: 240cm x 155cm x 27mm approx

Book Weight: 710g approx

Book Description:

Although Steve Stone's name sits on the cover, authors from around the world lend this book and its accompanying CD-ROM not only length and breadth but substance.

In alphabetical order, they include Les Aspin, Linda Barker, Candy Beauchamp, Malcolm Boam, Wlodek Cioc, Glenn Consadine, Karyn Dawes, Cheryl Ellicott, George Goddard, Abe Harkness, Jo Hemstock, Sarah Hemstock, Juanita Hobbs, Gerry Holmes, Julie King, Andrea Kitchen, Joe LeBlanc, Squibs Mercier, Terry Mueller, Jason Nicolai, Marlane Parra, Vic Pounds, Jean Richardson, Harry Rodeheaver, Alissa Romaine, Irma Rosenfield, Dr. Ellis Ruby, Sandra Smid, Colin Smith, Carolyn Stewart, Terry Stewart, George Urbanski, and Bob Whittall.

This book also features original illustrations by Marion Field and a generous selection of photographs – most of which have never previously been published – from John F. Gordon's personal albums, courtesy of Joe LeBlanc.

This book not only celebrates the proud history and sheer versatility of the Breed, every word on every page is devoted exclusively to the cause of the Stafford, including the problems encountered by Breed Rescue and the menace of Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) which mindless politicians seem intent on imposing on the dog-loving public in the face of overwhelming evidence of its ineffectiveness.

Tired old generic material (puppy raising, diet, whelping, etc.) has been intentionally omitted.

CONTENTS:

The True Nature of the Stafford (public Stafford, private Stafford)

Following the Ancestral Trail

A Stafford Renaissance (by Vic Pounds)

Veterans’ Views (Staffords come into their own)

The Stafford Athlete (More than just a pretty face!)

A Foremost All-Purpose Dog (You name it and Staffords can do it!) 

Breeding Principles and Practices

Quo Vadis, Mrs. Stafford? (Pathways to the breed’s future)

Stafford Rescue (The high price of Breed popularity)

Birth of the BSL Blues

Seizing BSL by the Throat

Snips and Snails and Staffordshire Tales (Stafford anecdotes)

Additional Content: 

A free CD-ROM attached to this 256 page book contains more than 300 pages featuring hundreds of full-colour photographs from every nation around the globe where Staffords have become firmly established away from the Breed's UK heartland. Additional bonus material also appears within the disc's contents.