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littleun

I am looking to buy a papillon puppy,I have always had girl dogs and all my friends and family also have girls I mm now considering a boy and having had no experiance with boy dogs would like to have some feedback on personel experiance from someone who has had both.My concerns with a dog are humping, the lipstick thing and marking terriotry.I will be having it castrated.:eek:

EmptyPockets

We have a male Patterdale, he was our first male dog, and he's great. Yes, initially, he did a lot of territory marking and leg-humping, but we got him castrated very soon after having him and that has all stopped now. He has not marked in the house once, since being done, neither has he attempted any humping, with us or with our female dog.

As for the 'lipstick', well... you get used to it And to be honest, it really doesn't make an appearance that often! Don't let something like that put you off having a male dog. Since his castration, Bruce's behaviour has also massively improved - he's more calm and responds better to training, etc, than he did before.

hethmar

Ive had both sexes and tbh I probably favour boys a bit more because they tend to have a cheekier personality. Ive never had a leg humper, even before they were castrated. The lipsticks only tend to make an appearance if they have a leg stuck up in the air and are grooming themselves.

Zenoka

We find that girls are much better with children, must be that maternal instinct

Did have a boy spotty dog once, lovely dog he was, full of character but humped everything in sight, even after being done!

CFC

I've only ever had dogs, a friend of mine has had both. Both sexes are affectionate, boys tend to be cheekier. I've never had a castrated dog so can't comment on how they are, my entire dogs have been very curious natured and non humpers unless very, very excited (not sexually!) Lipstick seen very rarely. It's easier to get dogs to wee outside in limited time, my friend has to get up at 4am as her girlie will not wee unless she has to unless she really fancies the patch of grass, she is very fussy and also she doesn't like to be watched.

Kittendreich

My (entire) boy does none of those behaviours and I think I have only seen his 'lipstick' a couple of times in 3 years (he's 5 now). All dogs are different and you won't know until you get yours. Castration can be really helpful for dogs that are 'bothered' by their bits (i.e. humping, fighting etc) and is obviously a good choice to avoid any unintended puppies.

ivylinn

My 10 year old intact male has never tried to hump anything, or mark territory in the house.
The lipstick has only ever put in a very rare appearance when he has been looking at food. :rotfl:

zaksmum

ivylinn wrote: »

My 10 year old intact male has never tried to hump anything, or mark territory in the house.
The lipstick has only ever put in a very rare appearance when he has been looking at food. :rotfl:

Ha ha that's funny! Fancy getting THAT excited looking at food!

My boy dogs were never much of a problem in that respect...though my old dog who passed away 2 years ago was quite the casanova with my leg. If I was giving him a cuddle he'd get that look in his eye and out would pop the lipstick. And if there was a lady dog in season in the area he was like a lunatic - pacing and whimpering with the lipsick in all it's glory! But he was the exception though.

I prefer boy dogs...especially if I want to keep even a tiny bit of grass growing in the garden.