[Mike Schoonbrood]

Male vs. Female - What is your opinion on these statements? And would you say these statements could be true for a GSD but untrue for a different breed such as a Mal or Dutchie? Or are these universal truths? Or is this bullshit?

1. Females are a little easier to live with as a house dog

2. Females never (or very very seldom) get dominant

3. Females want to please their handlers more than males

4. Males are tougher, it is extremely rare to find a female who can do serious work or police quality work

5. If you want to compete at the top level of sport buy a male, very very few females can cut it at this level

6. As a general rule, males are harder than females and can take a harder correction

 

[Mike Schoonbrood]

7. Never make generalizations. :lol: :lol:

I pulled that stuff off this page:

http://www.leerburg.com/pupqa.htm#female

I was just curious whether there was any merit to this, because alot of people have told me they love working females, but those statements would lead you to believe that a female is worthless as more than a puppy vessel lol. I've also been told the phrase "dominant female" many times by various dutchie breeders over the last 6 months. My pup is supposed to be a dominant bitch as she grows up, but the page above would suggest that it's unlikely that she'd be dominant. Or would those statements only apply to the lines bred at this kennel rather than a generalization for the entire breed or all dogs in general?

 

[Mike Schoonbrood]

I don't know how my pup compares to other pups, but she's an aggressive psycho at less than 13 weeks n throws tantrums worse than my craziest ex.... if her bitework on the field is as good as her bitework on my legs then I think she'll be alotta fun. The only problem I have with breeding is that I'd wanna keep all the pups... lol. But I'd like to breed her one day if she proved her worth and I were in a situation where that'd be a good idea :lol:

As for why I got a female... I have a male that hates other males, but loves females. I played the odds and got the sex that is most likely to work long-term. Maybe I'll get another male one day, but not before I have the escape plan of being able to seperate the dogs... seperating them 100% of the time would be very difficult for me right now, so I went with a female

 

[Mike Schoonbrood]

Re: Male vs. Female - What is your opinion on these statemen

my opinion and experience :wink:

Hah, I laughed out loud when I read this. Way to put it up there, alpha lady!

Dutch experiences are way different than the american ones, I guess.

I watched 2 females work today, I was gonna work one of the females (an X MH) but didn't have time. Any doubt I may have had as to the working ability and intensity of a female dog is completely gone now. Perhaps female GSD's are different, but the Mal's I saw today were very very nice dogs!