Performance

Chairperson: Jeannette O'Hanlon
​Co-Chairperson: John O'Hanlon
Committee Members:
Al Bincarousky, Dalana Huss, Jaime Nuckles, Kim Meadows Krohn, Cindy Lottinville

Contact: performance@amstaff.org​

There are more dog sports than ever before in history. In addition to the historical AKC obedience, rally, tracking and agility events, they now offer coursing aptitude and barn hunt tests at various levels. But, besides the AKC, you have additional organizations which offer the sports of dock diving, weight pull, all breed racing, ring sports, fly ball, nose work, treibball and the list continues.

Our breed standard calls for the American Staffordshire Terrier to give the impression of great strength for his size, a well put-together dog, muscular, but agile and graceful, keenly alive to his surroundings. His courage is proverbial. Because of this, our dogs excel at many dog sports as well as the more traditional work as catch dogs for hunters and ranchers. It is with this in mind that the STCA has recently created the STCA Sprint Racing program, specifically designed to test a dog’s prey drive and mental stability.

There is no question that, in an atmosphere of increasing irrational public hostility toward our breed, the presence of our dogs in performance venues is a strongly positive example of their stable and hard-working temperaments.

Requires your dog to have:
AKC Championship, CGC or equivalent temperament test and AKC CD 
Advanced ROH awards – silver (CDX), gold (UD), and platinum (UDX) 2.

If you have an AmStaff (including ILP) with a CGC or TT and has titles in any other AKC recognized venue (rally, obedience, agility, tracking, barn hunt, coursing, dock diving, etc.) you may be eligible for a Versatility Award. 

Owner must be a current STCA member and Dog must have a CGC or TT, and an AKC CD.

Verification of titles must accompany application of highest title achieved. 

A lapel pin and certificate will be awarded to each dog and handler team.

You do NOT need to be present to receive the award. 

Requires your dog to have: A CGC or TT, and titles in three different AKC sports (rally, obedience, coursing, etc.), Or 50 points in one sport calculated from the Versatility Worksheet. Verification of titles must accompany application. 

A Certificate will be awarded to each dog and handler team.

You do not need to be present to receive the award.