factors in deciding whether to get a boy vs. girl dog?

[Anonymous]

what did you consider and why when you decided whether to get a boy vs. girl dog?

[Anonymous]

Pros for female dogs are they squat to pee rather than lifting a leg. Also, they are slightly less likely to want to stop and pee twice per block.
Pros for male dogs are that the neutering is less invasive and generally less expensive.
There are no negatives to either, since all puppies are wonderful.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you getting a puppy?

(I thought we were looking for a girl, but we ended up with a boy because I fell in love with his picture. He'd been neutered already. He is the best. THE BEST. But maybe your new dog can be second-best.)

[Anonymous]

why does my male puppy squat to pee? will he eventually go to lifting a leg?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why does my male puppy squat to pee? will he eventually go to lifting a leg?

Same question, mine squats too. Which honestly, I like more than the leg lift.

[Anonymous]

Girl Dog -- having people yell at you to pick up your dog's poop, and having to yell back "all she did was pee you dumbass!"

[Anonymous]

This is not based in any research, but I think girl dogs are less aggressive. It always seems to be the male dogs exerting dominance and humping, etc. at the dog parks we frequent. Our girls (our dogs and fosters we've had) tend to seem more submissive and just generally easier to socialize as a result. Could be completely anecdotal, and we've just gotten lucky but that's my two sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not based in any research, but I think girl dogs are less aggressive. It always seems to be the male dogs exerting dominance and humping, etc. at the dog parks we frequent. Our girls (our dogs and fosters we've had) tend to seem more submissive and just generally easier to socialize as a result. Could be completely anecdotal, and we've just gotten lucky but that's my two sense.

We recently adopted a male dog, but are in touch with his sibling's owners and he only has sisters. Seems like his sisters are a lot more chill. Kinda wish we had gotten one of them. I didn't do any research on what differences there are between males and females before we adopted him, but really wishing we had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not based in any research, but I think girl dogs are less aggressive. It always seems to be the male dogs exerting dominance and humping, etc. at the dog parks we frequent. Our girls (our dogs and fosters we've had) tend to seem more submissive and just generally easier to socialize as a result. Could be completely anecdotal, and we've just gotten lucky but that's my two sense.

I think you're probably seeing a lot of intact male dogs (and/or other male dogs' reaction to that one annoying intact male dog) at the dog park. It's a real issue around here, unfortunately - DH took our younger dog to the park this weekend and said it was all unruly, oversized intact labs & doodles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not based in any research, but I think girl dogs are less aggressive. It always seems to be the male dogs exerting dominance and humping, etc.

LOL if you want to do some research into whether or not testosterone makes males aggressive, go ahead, but really, we'll take your word for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not based in any research, but I think girl dogs are less aggressive. It always seems to be the male dogs exerting dominance and humping, etc.

LOL if you want to do some research into whether or not testosterone makes males aggressive, go ahead, but really, we'll take your word for it.

HAH! Yeah, I didn't want male dog owners jumping over my statements. We each had male dogs growing up and kind of just stumbled into this two girl dog life without actively making a choice against male dogs, but have said we're never getting anything but girls again. FWIW I am a dog person and love all dogs, even the overly excited little dudes that hump everyone and everything.

[Anonymous]

We’ve always had male dogs and I find them to be dumb and sweet. We now also have a 1 year old female lab mix and she’s the smartest dog we’ve ever had but the most challenging.

I’m partial to males but I love them all!

[Anonymous]

We have a male golden retriever. My ILs have had several golden females and another golden male (when my DH was growing up). DH says that the males (all neutered dogs we are comparing here) are more snuggly than the females--this is true for our dog. Otherwise, the peeing thing, sure, and the boys tend to get bigger as compared to a female from the same litter/breed.

[Anonymous]

It can be Breed specific.

I researched prior. Samoyeds, the males are fluffier. They look more like lions/white polar bears. The males of this breed are supposed to be more affectionate.

They are also 55-65 pounds while the females are 45-55 pounds.

My male is the most affectionate, lovable guy out there. Though the breed itself is known to have zero people/dog aggression.

I have heard stereotypes about female dogs, but purely anecdotally---the 4 small breed female dogs I know are incredibly b*tchy, snappy and neurotic than the male dogs I know of the same breed.

[Anonymous]

Have a female, just by chance, because that’s who we fell in love with at the shelter. IMO the peeing thing is HUGE. She goes out and squats immediately right in the yard. All her pee is out in one fell swoop. No walking around and having to lift a leg 16 times.