Australian Cattle Dog vs Staffordshire Bull Terrier — Side by Side

	Australian Cattle Dog	Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Lifespan	12-15 years	12-14 years
Size	Medium	Medium
Weight	30-50 lb	24-38 lb
Energy	Very high	High
Grooming	Low	Low
Shedding	High	Low
With kids	With supervision	Good with kids

What actually separates them

Less hair on the sofa with the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. More with the Australian Cattle Dog.
Calmer of the two is the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. The one that needs more exercise is the Australian Cattle Dog.
Australian Cattle Dog tends to live longer — 12-15 years against 12-14 years.
With young children, Staffordshire Bull Terrier is the safer default — Australian Cattle Dog is listed as "With supervision".

The honest downside of each

Australian Cattle Dog

This dog was bred to nip the heels of running cattle all day, and a bored, under-exercised Cattle Dog will redirect that instinct onto joggers, bicycles, other pets, and children's ankles — it is not a mellow companion breed no matter how it looks in photos.

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Despite the breed's own gentle, people-focused temperament and its old nickname 'the nanny dog,' its bull-and-terrier ancestry and blocky build mean it can be caught up in the same insurance exclusions, breed-specific ordinances, and pet-unfriendly rental listings that target pit-bull-type dogs in parts of the US, regardless of an individual dog's behavior.

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Australian Cattle Dog · Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Health problems, origin and what living with each is actually like.