Rade Dakic is now one of the oldest breeders of american staffordshire terriers in Europe, not by his age, but because he started with this breed in 1985. and registered his kennel “Franstal’s” in FCI , in 1987.
He started his breeding program with old “Simba Camp” dogs, owned by Ruth Riols, from Germany, which went back to old Fraja, Har Wyn and Ruffians, and even today he has descedents of that old dogs from 1985/1986…
Before amstaffs, Rade Dakic was owner of german hunting terriers , airedale terriers, bullterriers, westhighland white terriers, staffordshire bull terriers, border terriers, so we can consider him as a “terrier-fanatic”.
But the most of his terrier love , he dedicated to the American Staffordshire Terriers.
His Franstal’s kennel is the first officially registered amstaff kennel in his country and the first litter of amstaffs registered in Kennel Club of Serbia was bred by Rade Dakic. He was also founder of the first special breed club in his country. He was secretary of that club for 4 years. Also, he was founder and first chief-editor of the club magazine called “ Gladiator “, and he was president of several Organization Comitees and organized several very succesfull National Specialties for amstaffs and other bull type terrier breeds in his own country.
Rade Dakic was a first “ amstaff breeder – judge “ in his country and he judged at the most prestigious shows in Europe, from Russia to Portugal. He also judged in USA, Canada and Australia.
Today, he is a well known International FCI judge for many breeds .
Rade Dakic wrote the first book about amstaffs in his country. That book had several editions. He also wrote several Annual (Champion’s) Books about champions from former Yugoslavia, Serbia, about all World and European Champions. He was co-author of several books. One of them was about the most famous blood lines in amstaffs.
Beside books about amstaffs, Rade Dakic wrote over 20 other books about different breeds.
He is still writing for several dog magazines, web forums and is member of the WDPA (World Dog Press Association). He cooperated with several Radio and TV Stations in his country which dedicated part of their program to dog topics.
Rade Dakic also wrote 2 books of love poetry and produced a musical CD.
