Many of us, who were buying a puppy in the past, were looking for an answer on the topic about dog gender. The common question is “Who is better – male or female puppy?” I was recently looking for the answer reading online news group discussions. I saw lots of arguments defending each side. At some point I started realizing that there is no straight answer. And then I found the very interesting post by Barry Felstein which summarizes it very well. Here it is:
“…I just think it all comes down to WHAT YOU LIKE. I personally have had 5 dogs that I can remember (I don’t remember the cocker sp. we had when I was a baby), and 4 out of the 5 were males. Just about all my friends had females though, so I can give a relatively impartial viewpoint. IMHO, it all depends on the specific dog, and what you prefer. I've had a male Dachshund that was a real bastard, as far as housebreaking and getting him off the bed at night. He was very nice to me (5yrs old) and would let me do just about anything to him, within reason of course! I later had a male Lab that was a dream to housebreak and was very protectful as far as I or the (his?) car went. My lone female, a Lab\Beagle was instantly housebroken, didn't ever chew, but would get "moody" or, if you prefer "bitchy" at times for no apparent reason. My friend's dog's ranged from the biggest and meanest (towards kids on bikes) German Shepherd (a FEMALE) I've ever seen, to a Poodle\chihauha (sp?) that was wanting to kill me every time I came over. It wasn't the scent of my dog that was causing it, my dog and her got along fine.
The only GENERAL statement I can make is the females TEND to be slightly more "laid back", but it all depends on the dog's personality. There's a Female Chocolate Lab near here my dog is totally GAGA about, but she's so violent when she meets up with him that he usually gets banged up and wants to get away from her. They are both the same size and age: 80 lbs.9 yrs old. My male Bassett\Golden Ret. Gus wants to just relax at first, then get all excited. The other dog Tuffy, usually jumps on Gus's head and makes him nervous, if they are left alone long enough, Gus gets wound up, and tuffy gets "relaxed" and the upset because Gus is jumping on her. Another friend has 2 Chessies, one of each sex, and the female usually is the more aggressive of the two, some pinhead kid, who lived down the street from my friend, recently tried to break in to my friend's house. There's an "electronic" dog door that lets the dogs in and out and is controlled by the collars the dog's wear. This kid pried the door open and started to come into the house! BIG MISTAKE! The 87lb female and 110lb male went after him. He got out and ran to and jumped the fence, the female went over just behind him, and caught him in the next door neighbor’s yard. She "held" him, very firmly, several times, until the neighbor came out. After he did, she tried to jump back over the fence but couldn't make it, so the neighbor took her into the house (he had a key) and saw the dog door had been broken into. The kid got busted and the females a heroine! All the male did was run around and jump up just high enough to see over the fence. Goes to show you, female dogs can be just as aggressive as most males.
The point of all this is, Get whatever dog you like! Don't WORRY about the sex!”
