American Staffordshire Terrier The Pitbull Guide — The Best
Selling Pitbull Training And Care Book. The American
Staffordshire Terrier breed is a type of dog that is very
muscular. This gives the dog a lot of power for its relatively
average size. This type of dog is 17 to 19 inches high and can
weigh up to 50 pounds. This breed shares its ancestry with the
Staffordshire bull terrier and the American pit bull terrier.
Origins of the American Staffordshire Terrier The Staffordshire
bull terrier and the Blue Paul terrier, which no longer exists,
were the first dogs to arrive in the United States with
immigrants. Blue Paul terriers were bigger than the
Staffordshire bull terrier breed and were also used in dog
fighting. Paddy and Pilot were two dogs that were imported from
England and were used in forming the Americanized breed.
Breeding was begun in order to create dogs of a bigger weight
and height. This breeding also made the head and chest larger.
Cropped ears made the head appear larger and they also made i