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Welcome to Big Cedar Amstaffs

Meet Our American Staffordshire Terriers

GCH CH Sha-D Blue's Can't Miss,

ATTS, NW1, L1V, TDN

"Amos" is the Amstaff who started me on my journey of loving Amstaffs.  Smart, eager, and giving, he taught me the value of training and brought many new friends into my life.  Pictured here he is on the start line to compete in NACS vehicle nose work search. In addition to his current titles, Amos has trained in obedience, agility, rally and barn hunt. 

He is of Royal Court, Rowdytown, Whiterock, and Benmar lineage

Pedigree Link: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/american_staffordshire_terrier/dog.html?id=2793014-shad-blues-cant-miss-profeta-di-everything-nice


Amos 5:4  Seek me and live!

AKC Pointed LBK's Sweet Melodies, CGC,Certified Therapy Dog

"Hazel" is a beautiful brindle girl who is busy all the time. She loves children which is why she trains as therapy dog.  Pictured here she has just completed a therapy dog visit to a local nursing home. We have future plans to participate in the Read to Rover program.


Pedigree Link: Coming Soon

GCH CH Sha-D Blue's She's Got That Boom Boom Pow

"Princess" is jazzy and loves being a show dog.  Pictured here is one of her many show pics. She is always happy and thrilled to be a lap dog.  Don't let that fool you though because in a flash, Princess is up and ready to rock!

She is Royal Court, Rowdytown, Whiterock, Benmar lineage

Pedigree Link: 

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/american_staffordshire_terrier/dog.html?id=2793008-shad-blue-shes-got-that-boom-boom-pow


AKC Pointed Sha-D Blue & Meadowbrook's Miss Molly

"Molly" is laid back and goes along with whatever the gang is doing.  She is sweet and loving.  Pictured here she is giving me one of her famous hugs. Molly came to our family as an adult from a very good friend, Cassie Lee of Gunsmoke Amstaffs

She is Royal Court, Whiterock and Fraja lineage

Pedigree Link:

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/american_staffordshire_terrier/dog.html?id=1943457-shad-blue-meadowbrooks-miss-molly  

Puppies & Planned Breedings

 Eric X Princess

 5 girls/2 boys born 10/27/19!

A few pics below.  Contact me for more info

We are honored that Lacey Keller, LBK Kennels,  allowed us to breed our Princess to BIS BISS Multi-Champion Rebel Eric de Cans Juansa.  I'm thrilled with Eric's structure and see it as an opporunity towards preserving the breed's appearance.  This is a side illustration of proper structure.  See photo gallery for more pics of Eric.

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Planned Breedings

Future breedings will be shown here.


Structure & History: American Staffordshire Terrier

The American Kennel Association describes the American Staffordshire Terrier as follows:


  • Temperament: Confident, Smart, Good-Nature
  • Male:  18-19 inches in height, weighing 55-70 lbs
  • Female:  17-18 inches in height, weighing 40-55 lbs

Breed History

There are many sources of information about the American Staffordshire Terrier.   Below you will find several links to read.  To know one is to love them and to that end, I've included information about why breed specific legislation does not work. 

https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/american-staffordshire-terrier/ 


http://www.amstaff.org/history.html 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Staffordshire_Terrier 


ATTS:  https://atts.org/about-atts/  The American Temperament Society is a national, not for profit organization for the promotion of uniform temperament evaluation of pure-bred and spayed/neutered mix-breed dogs.  The average overall pass rate is 83.4%.  Here are some interesting comparison of scores... 

  • American Staffordshire Terrier:  85.5%
  • Toy Poodle:  78.9%
  • English Setter:  81.3%
  • Golden Retriever:  85.6%


https://www.avma.org/public/Pages/Why-Breed-Specific-Legislation-is-not-the-Answer.aspx  

 

 

Contact Us

Call, message or email us with your questions.

We are happy to answer questions regarding our Amstaffs and available puppies.  Please use the contact information below. If you want a questionnaire to complete to determine if an Amstaff puppy is in your future, please see the Puppies/Breeding page.

Big Cedar Amstaffs - Home

850/766-0026 8:00 a.m. -8:00 p.m. EST

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Amos puppy pic Kristine sent to me when I picked him from the litter.


With special thanks to the following important people in our lives:

Cassie Lee, Gunsmoke Amstaffs

Cindy Strope, Final Frontier Farm

Honey Hinman, Angel Falls Poodles

Jill Kuhlman

K9 Obedience Club of Jacksonville 

Kristine Norton, Sha-D Noble Blue Amstaffs-special note...Kristine opened up the world of Amstaffs to me. For this I will be forever thankful. 

Lacey Keller, LBK Kennels  

Rose Starkey, Aim High Kennels  

Steve Bailey, wonderful hubby

Tallahassee Dog Obedience Club

Friends at Christwalk Church, Fernandina Beach, FL

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