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04-25-2009, 07:52 PM | #1 |
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| Someone told me that a male dog would not fight a female??????? Now is this true???????? |
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04-25-2009, 09:41 PM | #2 |
♥ Catherine My Love ♥ Donating Member | Haha, absolutely not true. There is no way to predict behavior based on gender. Each dog has a different personality, and sometimes they fight, whether male or female. I have seen females go after males for no reason. And, believe me, the males always fight back. But, whoever told you that is not correct.
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04-25-2009, 09:52 PM | #3 |
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| Male and female dogs are less likely to fight. This doesn't mean that they will never fight, but they are less likely to fight. If you are having problems with this, it is probably because one of the dogs is trying to dominate the other in order to become the leader. It is up to you to decide who is the leader. Some ways of doing this is to always feed one dog first, to let one dog have the better sleeping spot, etc. I have a two year old male and now have a 10 week old female. Although they get along just fine now, I am taking precautions to ensure that they don't fight. Cash isn't a fighter, but still. I always feed him first. I greet him first when I get home. He gets the better spot on the bed (my spot is the best). The people who said they will not fight is not wrong, it just doesn't apply to everyone. Some dogs have more dominant personalities than others and it is a good idea to make sure that one of your dogs has a dominant personality and the other is submissive. Good luck.
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04-25-2009, 10:16 PM | #4 | |
♥ Catherine My Love ♥ Donating Member | Quote:
I wasn't saying that a male and female WILL fight. But if someone looked at me and said "A male dog will not fight a female" I would laugh. In my opinion, there is as much chance that a male and female who are strangers will be agressive toward each other as there is 2 females who are strangers. Now, there is a higher chance of aggression between 2 males who are strangers to each other. But, like I said, if someone said that to me, I would tell them they were flat out wrong. If, for example, wantayorkie23 is looking to get a new Yorkie, and she voiced a concern about agression to her breeder, and the breeder said that, I would run very far away. The breeder, in this hypothetical, should explain to her the potential issues and how to deal with them, not just shrug it off and tell her that there won't be any problems.
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04-26-2009, 07:32 AM | #5 |
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| I have one male and three females. The male lets all the girls beat up on him, lol Of course this is all in play fighting, no real fights. But he never gets aggressive in his play, he will pick on them also I think he loves all the attention he gets from the girls
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04-26-2009, 10:43 AM | #6 |
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| In 20 years of yorkie ownership my males and females never fought. Now sometimes if a puppy just wouldn't lay off pesting an older male they might retilate but not fight just like 2 males or 2 females sometimes do |
04-26-2009, 11:34 AM | #7 |
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| Puddie thinks he's Alpha, up to and including the 70 lb. Pittie. But that's only because Bella lets him *think* he is . However, if the wee li'l bit of 3.5 lb. fluff snarls to show her displeasure, all bets are off: Bella wins, hands down. And she doesn't have to do a thing other than curl her lip . No one has ever fought. Snap and snarl once in a while, but never out and out fight. I'm very lucky. |
04-26-2009, 11:47 AM | #8 |
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| My Lola puts my male Westie, Kirby in his place whenever he plays with her Pablo. She goes for his neck and he just backs off and lets Princess have her way... |
04-26-2009, 12:18 PM | #9 |
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| I had two male chihuahua's and one female, and let me tell you She is the one who ruled the roost!! She was alpha and let the boys know it in no uncertain terms, and They were 2 years old when she came into the house at 8 weeks. It started from day one.
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04-26-2009, 12:34 PM | #10 |
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