The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a fairly uncommon dog in the United States  If you look at the number of SBT breeders listed around the internet and puppies that are actually available for sale on some of the puppy for sale websites you will find that the number of breeders with Staffordshire Bull Terriers is very small  The most reputable kennel club is the AKC and that is what nearly all SBT are registered under also the UKC has a growing number of SBTs  The breed standard for a SBT according to any of the breed registries is  pounds or less  While some are larger than the  pounds I know for a fact that Sonshine Staffords in CA has a couple males that are  pounds which is huge according to the standard  Many people do not know the difference between a SBT and an American Staffordshire Terrier  The American Staffordshire Terrier is registered in the AKC as the American Staffordshire Terrier and is registered under the UKC and several other registries as an American Pitbull Terrier  If you go to any AMStaff page you will see that if they are dual registered they are AKC and UKC but with two different names  With the SBT this is not the case a Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier no matter what registry you look at  It is its own breed and is as related to the AMstaff and Pit Bull as an English Bulldog is  They come from the same lines but are bred with different reasons  Another thing about all bully breeds is they commonly do not start fights it is body language that will set off a dog to attack  If you are nervous as the handler the dog will be nervous  If you are calm the dog will be calm or it will try to take control  For that reason being calm is good but with being calm a sense of Assertiveness like you have a feeling of power is necessary to control a dog especially a bully breed  Many of these dogs attack due to a look from another dog which is one of the forms of body language that dogs use to challenge or stand up to other dogs  With bully breeds including SBT Amstaffs and APBT they are not the ones to sit back and have a staring contest they will be the ones to initiate a physical attack after being provoked with something as simple as a stare from the biggest dog out there to the smallest dog out there  If someone had the time I would like to try and figure out of all of attacks by pitbulls  were the dogs AKC registered in the USA and KC registered in England for the UK which is the most reputable and recognized registries in the world  It is a lack of education and knowledge about the differences between the cousins SBT Amstaff and Pitbulls  They are generally assumed as one due to their similar appearance to each other  I have owned an Amstaff and currently own two Staffordshire Bull terriers whom are AKC registered and there is a tremendous difference between the two temperaments wise  It is mostly due to AKC registered Staffordshire Bull Terrier breeders breed for the right reasons which are temperament first looks second and that there are such a small number of breedersdogs throughout the US in comparison to other dogs such as the Pitbull which is commonly a backyard bred dog from my experience living in Montgomery AL  In the newspaper classifieds there are at least twenty to thirty listings a week for Pit bulls Not AKC Amstaffs or SBTs  I take my dogs to the vet here and they have never seen a SBT in person which I would say literally  of the US population hasnt either And there is different temperaments between breeders and bloodlines plus the average price for an AKC or UKC registered Staffordshire bull terrier is  which keeps the dog in such good quality whereas you can find  pit bull puppies in excess due to irresponsible backyard breeders and puppy mills and irresponsible owners breeding unregistered dogs to make a couple hundred dollars having no clue where their back round comes from which is becoming a problem with SBTs in England in recent yearsI lived there for two years as well the cheap backyard breeding promotes irresponsible breeding and irresponsible ownership in some cases where the owner doesnt get the dog spayed or neutered which should be automatic with a nonregistered dog because it is in every breeds best interest to breed the best of their breed and strive to keep those breeds quality dogs  Dont take this as my opinion it is what I have found through personal experience and research for the last  years of just about every breeder in the United States for SBT and Amstaffs and Pitbulls  SBT are unique dogs and should only be classified as a cousin to the Amstaff and Pitbulls just as an English bulldog would be and never included in the same group for research or other statistical purposes  The only thing SBT are guilty of is having the appearance of smaller version of a pitbull  Meet just one SBT and you will like the dog I