Male or female dog

Never had a male (intact or neutered) mark in the house and I've had tons. The key is making sure it's not allowed in the first place and when they get to the age where they start marking, they'll try a test run in the house to see if it's allowed. If they don't get caught once..they'll keep doing it til you catch 'em. I caught one of mine once. Thunder spoke...he never did it again!

For hog and cattle hunting..males work better than females and don't have to worry about heat cycles/puppy raising. Property guarding...males. House dogs..depends on the pup and the breed. My preferred breed is the catahoula. The above comments applies only to the catahoula breed.

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My dog now is male. I've had other dogs that were female. I think I prefer male dogs.

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I prefer females but the best dog I ever had was a male. The two dogs I have now are both female. One doesn't chase livestock, the other one tried it but a kick in the arse cured her. Both LOVE me. I am their world. They are totally unrelated black and tan mixed up mutts. No rottie or dobie in them as far as I can tell though. Oh and both are brilliant. Older one got 96% in obedience at 6 months old. The other one learned to sit by me showing her what I wanted once. Both will go down the slide at the park just because I asked them too. No training. Both can be walked off leash in just about any situation. I am sure ANY dog could do awesome with the right owner, I just have better luck with females.

We get all our dogs spayed or neutered. We have found more difference between individual dogs than between the genders when you take the hormones out of the picture. Best watchdog we ever had was a female mutt. Never had a worry with the family but when it came to strangers, she wasn't bluffing.

I prefer females just because I don't want a male dog lifting his leg all over my gardens. Blech.

lol! My female dog lifts her leg. I have no clue why. I had a new boyfriend many moons ago (my dog is 14) and he said "I thought you said yer dog was a girl!" I said "she is", his reply... "Well then why did 'she' just pee all over my truck tire?" I had to prove she was a girl! Oh and she pees on EVERYTHING. Like marking her territory. Total weirdo.

Males are Hard Headed but fearless when it comes to Protection.Females are easier to Train and more dependent on their Master.

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In our experience the males are too hard headed and are NOT as fearless as the females. Our females have been very territorial and protective.

After my husband's bird dog (Lewellyn Setter) we swore never again about males.

But, we just bought an English Shepherd puppy at the first of the year and I swear she is the most hardheaded dog we have ever had and she cannot control her bladder. Just goes as she is running.

Countrysunshine, I bought an english shepherd last spring and have regretted it ever since She's almost 11 months old and is reliably housebroken now, but wow for a breed that's touted as being so "biddable" they sure don't train very easily. You're right, they're hardheaded and stubborn and oh my goodness if she were a child she would be put on Ritalin. And to think the breeder told me she was the most calm pup of the litter

Oh dear! I had hoped I just picked an oddball. My husband likes her but frankly I don't even like the dog. The funny thing is we always have had collies but couldn't find any that met our needs. The English Shepherd breeder told us they had considered Collies but had picked ES because Collies are too high strung and agressive. Definitely not my girls but Bonnie, our ES, WOW!

Highstrung and agressive are definitely her!

Spot on! Males get into more trouble IMO,love em both though.

My male GSD would like nothing more than to eat a prowler,my female would prefer to keep them at bay from the getgo.

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I actually had someone that wanted to buy mine and I fully intended to sell her to them until I found out they had 4 year old twin girls. Well, I knew that was a recipe for disaster as Bree is like a bull in a china shop and just too crazy to trust with little ones that young. But should a more suitable buyer come along, she's outta here.

Same here.