Pure bred Staffies should not be lumped with pit bulls. Pits are crosses of various “bully” breeds. Way too many of them are carelessly bred for fighting and fierceness. I would not want one but a good Staffie is a wonderful dog. Too many people can’t identify breeds. We had to change home insurance because the stupid agent thought our Black Mouth Cur and uncropped Great Dane were pits.
When you refer to “uncropped Great Dane” are you referring to a Dane with natural ears or a male that’s kept his testicles? My Dane has been neutered but has not had his ears altered.
My other dog was supposed to be a Daneador but turned out to be a Pitador. I finally decided he was half AST when I met an AST at the vet’s and it looked so strikingly similar to my Pitador that I decided the “pit” part of my dog was AST. Be that as it may, he’s a great dog with more assertiveness, self-confidence and a generally bumpy attitude than any other dog I’ve ever had. If he hadn’t already gotten used to his current name, I’d have renamed him Rocky.