I got the terrier copy of the KC breed suppliment today. It is official that blue SBT are no longer rare. Birder Terriers registered more than SBT SBT is currently 8th most popular breed being beaten by 1 Retriever (Lab) 2. Spaniel(Cocker) 3. Spaniel (English springer) 4. German Shepard 5. Golden Retriever 6. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 7. Border Terrier And all of the above breeds are lower in numbers than 2010
Just shows what fashion does. I'm personally not a lover of blues, as they have rather light eyes which don't have a typical Staffie expression IMO. Sadly most of the blues I have met have had terrible skin complaints too. One of my customers breeds 'Irish blues'. His last two matings have been full siblings but he said that was OK, as they were from different litters!
Not KC registered then. If any of these pups end up in rescue I wonder what breed they will be described as.
They are most certainly 'type'. I think he registers them with IKC. They are probably as close to pits as you will find. Most byb don't appear to register their pups - I wonder how many blue litters there were altogether? Scary thought....
Apparently so. I've seen quite a few IKC Irish staff litters advertised in recent years. The really hard blokes wouldn't even consider a KC staff dontcha know!