cool name same as mine.
This is a hard one n im sure most here will tell you it was just in the heat of the moment and not to worry about it I HOWEVER will not!

If you read through this forum u will see i am a vegitarian and animal lover i know how hard this must be for you but i would never risk this happening again you have to concider all facts involved!
1stly what if it wasnt your bf walking your dog?"what if it was your 10 year old child? or a friends kid etc? what if the dog is playing with kids and loses the plot again?
If the attack was as bad as it sounds then i would be taking her to be put down and i can completely see where your bf is comming from especially as your dog went in for another bite after the first one!
I really am sorry you have to deal with this but i think it would be irresponsible of you to ignore it and how would you feel if she did bite a child next time ? knowing that you had a preview of her behaviour and could have had her put down but didnt?
Trust me i know how hard this is as I HAVE DONE IT, my gorgeous malamute who i had had for over 7 years bit my daughter once as a reflex i knew it wasnt really his fault but my daughter was only a baby at the time and needed 3 lots of plastic sergury to fix her face so i wasnt about to take chances with it ever happening again and i had him put down, was the hardest day of my life and i cried for months i lost 6 kilos in 2 weeks and to this day almost 7 years later i still have his photo by my bed.....

My <a href:"http://www.stefanrest.com">English Staffordshire Bull Terrier</a> is a sweet dog that loves kids. She snubs most men but loves women, children and STROLLERS. She has never acted aggresively towards a person but I have seen her eyes glaze over when attacked by another dog. They are tough cookies and don't mess around when they get into fight mode.

I agree with the post below asking if you are the Alpha Male pack leader? Obviously your boyfriend is not but it is your responsibility to make your staffy know who it needs to respect.

I am a 30 year old single guy without kids, but my thoughts are that there are wonderful homes for a dog that gets agressive without putting them down, just not a home with kids.

hi
there i was reading your letter regarding your dog biteing your partner, in sorry to here about this, my staffie of 5 years old was a loveing friend to both of us for 5 years, we haD a heated arument a few days ago, and peggy was in the kitchen barking as we were arguing, i let her out the kitchen to calm her down, and she made right for my partner and attacted her, a terrible attack, she spent three days in hospital, i sot all kinds of advice regarding what to do, i was crasping at straws, i do not condone the attack at all, but i also loved peggy so much, it was very hard for me in the final decision i had to make, it wasent eaisy, i had to put to sleep peggy , oh my god what a day for me, the only comfort i have now is , i know were she is , no one can be bad or hurt her, and shes safe, it cannot happen again, belive me it s a hard thing to do, and i dont want to ever do this again, and as the other letters say it could have been a lot worce, iam a dog lover and always will be, we had 5 years of loveing her and we wont ever forget those years , its even helped me to reply to this letter in a strange way ,
take care
peter

Sorry I messed up my link for you to see my staffy. I am just learning HTML: Try clicking here... <a href="http://www.stefanrest.com">English Staffordshire Bull Terrier</a>

i re read my post and i think i should explain a litter more about my situation with my old dog...
He didnt attack her just bit her he was 80 kilos my daughter was 18 months old so one bite was all it took to mess her face up.
It was a reflex action he didnt mean it, he had stitches in his b@ll bag as he had been desexed and my 18 months old accidently jumped on his b@ll bag while he was sleeping and he obvioulsy snapped out of reflex and pain not aggression!
Because the injury was so bad (and my daughter has permanent scaring on her face)i knew i couldnt ever live with myself if anything like that happened again so i did the hardest thing ive ever had to and i took him to the vet for a green dream.
RIP THORN!

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UMMM am i missing something here? you want to re house aggressive dogs? just not to families with children? what are you nuts??????
This staffie attacked its owner not once but twice, if it had of been a bigger dog i can only imagine what might have happened!
It is totally irresponsible to re house an aggressive dog ESPECIALLY when the pounds are full of gentle loving dogs who need a home badly, why should one of these home be used up on an aggressive dog that cannot be trusted?
Dont get me wrong i love dogs and dont like to see any animal put down but if this dog bit its owner twice and for NO REASON other than it was watching two other dogs fight then it CAN NOT be trusted and to rehouse it with any family regardless of it being one with or without kids is stup1d, the neighbours of that new home might have kids the new owner might get bitten you have no idea what could happen and its not worth the risk....Like i said b4 in my eyes there are far too many GOOD dogs who have done nothing wrong at all they were just owned by drop kicks so they ended up in the lock up....give them a home instead!