"Buddy" and "Jake" are mutually the winners of the Best of Breed 2023 and 2024. By doing so for two consecutive years, two great males from the DE PACO XZ LINE have established yet another new record. DE PACO XZ, created and curated exclusively by R. Paco Zanoia in Italy for the world.
Another year that I will remember happily!
Every Breeders Dream Come True, to Win a National Specialty in the Country of Origin, as the United States of America for Am Staf. Well since 1936, only one has managed to win the Best in Specialty Show at the STCA Nationals, three times with three different subjects bred & owned; and that is me !!! Paco Zanoia - De Paco XZ Knls - Italy
The circle closes: after decades of study, meetings, insights here is the final chapter of a life dedicated to the American Staffordshire Terrier. The origins of the breed, the spirit of the first breeders, the continuous research of the Standard for morphology, the care in the selection of typical characteristics, the Temperament first of all; the winners of the greatest dog shows in the world and how judges and handlers have impacted the Breed.
Every newcomer coming into our breed is mezmerized by large and showy individuals. After a while and exposure to more dogs, they can find the faults in a dog but it will take years, or it may never happen, that they will be able to appreciate the True Am Staf.
Each breed has only one "right type", the typical Am Staf is the one that most closely matches the binding characteristics of the breed. The "type" is precisely what divides one dog breed from another. In all breeds there are small differences in size, expression, essence and elegance. These inequalities can be traced back to family peculiarities that determine differences in line, but not in type.
In photo William Frank “Bill” Peterson with GCH De Paco XZ Gallant Godfather, “Gotti”
General impression: The American Staffordshire Terrier should give the impression of great strength for his size, a well put-together dog, muscular, but agile and graceful. Keenly alive to his surrounding. He should be stocky, non long-legged or racy in outline. His courage is proverbial.
CHUBBY - MUCH MORE THAN A CHAMPION!
"I still have a long way to go, but I'm already so far from where I used to be and I'm proud of that."
Paco Zanoia - De Paco Knl., Italy (EU)
Diamante del mio nuovo libro ed ineguagliabile valore aggiunto è questo esclusivo capitolo, appositamente ed esclusivamente scritto per me dal mio caro amico e mentore W. F. Bill Peterson (Willynwood Knl.). Questo scritto renderà inconfutabilmente chiare a tutti le origini e il percorso della nostra razza sin dai suoi albori nella “The Grand Old Breed”. Ogni passaggio del lungo percorso dell’ “All-American Dog” è dettagliatamente documentato da Mr. Peterson non a caso nato nel 1936, lo stesso anno in cui la razza ebbe il suo riconoscimento ufficiale dall'A.K.C.
THE BREEDER: Renato Paco Zanoia
Interviewed by Milla Kanninen & Mihaela Kosic
BIS: Firstly can You give us some background on yourself? How old were you and how did it all come about?
R.P.Z. : My name is Paco, Renato Paco Zanoia. I was born in the 1959. Since 1973 my passion is dogs, I am the only owner, founder and curator of the De Paco’s X-Z Line...
The main Am Staf winners of the dog shows in the last years are real "Flatcatchers". They are very flashy Am Stafs...
