He ʻano kahiko loa ka Staffordshire Terrier, mai ʻEnelani mai. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia mai kahi keʻa ma waena o Bulldogs a me Manchester Terriers a ʻo ia ka mea mua o ka pūʻulu o nā ʻano i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā ʻo Staffordshire Terrier. I ka wā mua, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka Staffordshire Terrier e maunu i nā bipi, nā bea, a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe me nā ʻīlio, akā ʻaʻole i ka wā e hopu ai, akā i ke apo. No laila, he koko koko ko kēia ʻano i hala.
Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia lākou i nā hakakā ʻīlio, no ka mea pono lākou i kahi ʻīlio liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, akā me ka paʻa ikaika a me ke ʻano wiwo ʻole. I ka manawa like, koi ʻia nā ʻīlio e launa aloha i nā kānaka, ʻoi aku ka pono o kēia ʻoihana. Ke hoʻokaʻawale ke kākau ʻōlelo i nā ʻīlio, pono ʻo ia e hilinaʻi ʻaʻole e nahu ka ʻīlio i ka wela o ke kaua i kona lima.