Can I take my Staffordshire Bull Terrier to Germany?

Breed rules in Germany

• Import banned
  Federal HundVerbrEinfG (2001): Pitbull-Terrier, American Staffordshire-Terrier, Staffordshire-Bullterrier, Bullterrier and their crosses may not be imported or brought into Germany; keeping rules are set by each Land. source
• Restricted (Baden-Württemberg)
  These nine breeds count as fighting dogs only if a test finds heightened aggression and the local police authority formally declares it. Then the same permit, leash and muzzle rules apply. source
• Restricted (Bayern)
  Kategorie 1 of the Bavarian Kampfhundeverordnung: fighting-dog status is irrebuttably presumed; keeping requires a permit from the municipality, granted only for a special interest. source
• Banned (Bremen)
  These four breeds and their crosses are dangerous dogs. Breeding, trading and acquiring or passing them on are banned, and keeping one is banned unless an exception permit is granted, which needs a passed temperament test and a reliable, suitable keeper aged 18 or over. Outside a secure property they must be leashed and muzzled. source
• Banned (Hamburg)
  Always presumed dangerous, with no temperament-test way out. Keeping is banned in principle and needs a permit, which requires a special interest shown before keeping begins, reliability, neutering, liability insurance and a microchip. Outside the property they must wear a muzzle and be on a leash. Breeding and commercial trade are banned. source
• Restricted (Hessen)
  Presumed dangerous. Keeping needs a permit (keeper 18 or over, reliable, expert, a positive temperament test no older than six months, liability insurance, microchip), valid for up to four years. Dangerous dogs must be leashed outside the property, but dogs with a passed temperament test are exempt unless the authority orders a leash or muzzle. source
• Restricted (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
  LHundG NRW §3 gefährliche Hunde: permit, Sachkunde before the official vet, criminal record check, liability insurance, microchip, leash and muzzle outside fenced property. source
• Restricted (Rheinland-Pfalz)
  Dangerous by law, with no temperament-test way out. Keeping needs a permit, which requires a legitimate interest, expertise, age 18 or over, reliability and liability insurance; the dog must be microchipped. Breeding, propagation and trade are banned. Outside the property the dog must be leashed and wear a muzzle; the authority can waive the muzzle in individual cases. source
• Restricted (Saarland)
  Keeping one needs a permit unless a breed test shows the individual dog has no heightened aggression; a passed test must be repeated every three years and lapses when the keeper changes. Permit conditions: age 18 or over, expertise, reliability, escape-proof keeping and liability insurance. Dangerous dogs must be leashed and muzzled outside the property. source
• Restricted (Sachsen-Anhalt)
  Dogs on the federal import-ban list and look-alike crosses are presumed dangerous. Breeding, propagating and trading them is banned since 2016; acquiring and keeping is not banned. The keeper must prove within six months, by a temperament test, that the dog is socially compatible, register it in the central dog register, chip it and hold liability insurance (at least 1 million euros for injury). source