Let us introduce ourselves first!
"We are Iris Bruggeman and Daniel Murrell and live in Rotterdam in Holland.
Together we are building up our American Staffordshire Terrier-kennel “Maya Kosa”.

How we got to choose this breed:

In 2003 we bought our first pup, Ruby. Not yet looking into which breed of dog we would want, we went to a place in Baarle Nassau with friends. They were oriëntating for a dog. But when we saw a pup with a terriër-like appearence we fell in love. Unfortunately we didn't know much about the American Staffordshire Terrier back then or about the rules that are set here in Holland for this race. The company where we bought Ruby claimed that she was of this breed, they showed us she had a chip, there would be a pedigree etc. The smooth talkes of these kind of salesmen (i don't have another word for it unfortunately, cause they are not breeders, that's for sure!) are known all around by now. We got fooled and 6 weeks later we had nothing but tears, heartache and sorrow, when our sweet Ruby unexpectantly past away.

We found out that the company got their (bred-through) pups out of foreign countries like Roemenia, Russia etc and that the registration of the shots were falsified. The police started an investigation to get the company to appear in court. January 2006 (so after over two years) we finaly got the outcome, "sorry there was not enough evidence to shut down that company." And so the puppymill continues. After this hard lesson we were determined to do it right ourselves. We started to make a planning to go and breed so we can set an example.

The reason why we are mentioning this story is because we want to save people a lot of pain and sorrow! Néver buy an Amstaff without an FCI pedigree!

Our story so far

After gathering a lot of information (cause a mule doesn't hit his head twice on the same stone, as a saying here in Holland goes) and browsing a lot on internet, the White Rock-line appealed to us most in appearance and build. We went to shows with the information we found on internet. On one of these shows we met Freek and Tiny, the proud owners of Champ.Chasqui King Gizmo. When we saw him we were sold! That radiance, his posture and most importantly, his character! After waiting about three quarters of a year, in October 2004 we finaly became the proud owners of our first Amstaff-pup, Chasca. She is from the Chasqui-kennel of Frans Diaz.

When Chasca had entered some shows and after our knowledge about the Amstaffs had grown, we realised that we where ready for the next step. We found it was time to find a playbuddy for Chasca. We had another suitable female in mind to start our kennel with. So the result was that at the end of July 2005 our second “Gizmo-pup", Mica, came in to our lives. She is from the Leon Eddy kennel of Yoedis (Eddy) Ruben Cabreja, from Spain. Just as it was the case with Chasca we owe a lot to Freek concerning getting Mica, thanks to him we were informed about both litters.

We were looking around for a while already to get an extra bloodline in which matches our vision, we tried to find a suitable combination which would add value to our future plans. At the beginning of April 2008 I flew to America to pick up our new edition. She is bred by Kristine en Billy Norton from Shady Blue Kennel, Kingston MO and we have named her Boo.

On the 1st of July 2008 our first litter was born out of the combination Chasca x Ch. WhtRck Hartagold Black Label. Two males and a female was the result, from which we kept the brindle male, we named him Buddie. The other male Dozer and female Chicka have been placed in good care of two families. We co-own both pups.

Vision

People say that after you've had your first Amstaff, you become addicted to this beautifull breed. And yes indeed, addicted we have become! In the meantime we have become a lot wiser about how for example the bloodlines are connected, which lines there are and how things go at show. We have made the choice to go and try to continue breeding the Chasqui, White Rock and Ruffian lines. We are striving for character, structure and health. Besides this we carefully consider which lines we will use to breed with, minding the pedigree, build and the breeding standard.

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