Differences between dogs and !!!!!es

Youdontseeme

Hi After months and months and months of umming and arring (how do you spell that?) the parents have, in the past few weeks, started to look for a dog, they have decided on a lab, just as I always knew they would.

Anyways Mother rang me earlier to say the local rescue was taking a lady dog up to see them tomorrow.
For some reason I was gutted*, I have seen a pic and she is stunning appears to be well trained from the write up and to be honest as long as the parents "pass" she will be perfect for them

The thing is, we have never had a girl before, and in my head I just cant get past boys being more intelligent and fun. I have no idea where I get this from, Grandmother had a !!!!! when I was growing up she was great I loved her to bits.

Am I being doggy sexist??
Is there much difference? (apart from obvious seasons etc.)

YDSM

* Not really gutted I am looking forward to having long walks and a dog under the table for Xmas but..... I wanted a boy!!!

How selfish am I? not even lived with them for years

HappyMJ

A b!tch I assume? Coming from a rescue centre it will be spayed so you won't have a major problem with seasons so not really much difference apart from behaviour but they could be just as agressive or timid as a dog. It just depends.

rising_from_the_ashes

LOL this takes me back to when Ben arrived ..... we'd always had girls and I was soooooo worried about his "bits and pieces".

I honestly don't know if there's really a difference in intelligence etc - personally, I think it's more down to differences in personality.

Tropez

There isn't a huge amount of difference. Some studies and anecdotal evidence has suggested that females are a little harder to train because they can be more stubborn than their male counterparts and a little more bossy due to a greater desire to be pack leader. This of course is subjective - I've had a female dog who was very calm, placid and had no desire to exert any form of dominance... then I've had a female dog who was bullying all her littermates to tell them who was boss!

Some more largely anecdotal evidence would suggest that male dogs are more affectionate whereas female dogs are more inclined to seek affection then move on to whatever else interests them after they've had enough.

As for intelligence, studies have shown it is the female dogs who are generally more intelligent. The idea of the male dog being more intelligent seems to come from the slight ease of training them versus the stubborn attitudes of some females but female dogs overall are slightly more intelligent - although this can come out in negative ways such as manipulation. In some scientific studies, female dogs have been the first to pick up that crying makes mummy come over and use it to gain attention as opposed to anything actually being wrong with the dog.

But I really wouldn't worry - all the quantitative evidence in the world of male versus female isn't going to take into account individuality of dogs. I have four females, which some would argue is dangerous because females are more prone to fighting but you can just look at them and see they're all different. Milly is a playful nutter who wants to lick you to death. Zoe is quiet and content lording it over the others on the seat that she has reserved (if anyone else sits there she stands and stares at them until they get off), Sandy's the big sniffer and Misty is the overly eager one keen to know what everything is... especially if Milly has it.

Pechow

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

LOL this takes me back to when Ben arrived ..... we'd always had girls and I was soooooo worried about his "bits and pieces".

That's what my mum said about the second/current family dog, also called Ben

She refuses to bath him "down there" so gets my Dad to do it, who then squirms at having to touch another male! :rotfl:

The only real differences, aside from their individual personalities, that I've noticed between the first dog (spayed female) and the current one (neutered male) is the bathing bits and how they go to the bathroom... not really anything else.

I think females are meant to be a little more easy going overall, but not sure how much truth there is to that. It seems more personality than sex based differences.

bethie

on a purely superficial level, girls are better because you can give them proper tummy rubs!!!

notakid

Honestly I think its up to the animal.

We have a dog at present, he burns the grass when he has a wee, the other dogs try to mount him when we take him to the park. He loves only one member of the family, the rest of us could take a running jump!

Totally different from our old dog buddy.

My uncle had a !!!!! when i was growing up, she was lovely. Very loyal and loving.

I bet when you meet her you will fall in love with her, she sounds wonderful!:D

murphydog999

We've always had boy dogs for some reason, any that we have picked from a litter without even knowing, have been boys. What you don't get with a girl are particularly embarrassing boy dog moments - the ability to lick boy bits with no qualms about who your company is, for example!

When our dear Murphy was an adolescent he used to wake up suddenly, stand up and flex his hips, not realising what was happening - god knows what he was dreaming of but he would have a massive h***-on (didn't know whether I should write that bit or not!). The look on his face was a picture, his ears went to the back of his head and we couldn't help but laugh and feel sorry for him at the same time. He wasn't impressed!! Seeing the size of it :eek: my husband would say 'that's my boy' and I would hunt for his ball (the dogs not my husbands!!) to take his mind off it, which thankfully worked!!

You don't get moments like that with a girl :rotfl:

elvis86

I honestly couldn't have a dog for that exact reason, Murphydog. I couldn't be doing with the lipstick..:eek:

Kinski

I've only had one dog, the other three have all been female, give me the females every time Arran is as thick as they come and for a sheltie is incredibly dumb, I still adore him but boy is he hard work.

Tropez

murphydog999 wrote: »

god knows what he was dreaming of but he would have a massive h***-on (didn't know whether I should write that bit or not!). The look on his face was a picture, his ears went to the back of his head and we couldn't help but laugh and feel sorry for him at the same time. He wasn't impressed!! Seeing the size of it :eek: my husband would say 'that's my boy' and I would hunt for his ball (the dogs not my husbands!!) to take his mind off it, which thankfully worked!!

I honestly read that as "hunt for his balls"...