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Originally Posted by Pup-e-Love  I'm sure I would love him to pieces!  I guess what makes me lean more towards getting a female are the issues with having a male dog, like marking, or being territorial. I have always had female dogs/animals growing up, that's all I know! |
I was just like you. All my life we had only female dogs, my parent and my grandparents always had female dogs so I grew knowing only female dogs. I was told males weren't as great as females because they hump, mark or are territorial. So naturally I never liked males dogs and never wanted one.
But then I saw Scampers and fell in love with him. He is the sweetest boy ever. He loves cuddling and just loves everyone. He has never done the humping, he is definately not territorial and he has only marked a few times when in a new surrounding and no he is not neutered. I am so glad I decided to give male dogs a chance. Later on we added Poptart, a male maltese. He is also a cuddle bug, will lay on your lap all day. He has never marked, only humped a dog a few times but it was over dominance issues and he is also not territorial. Maybe not all males dogs have such great personalities, maybe I got lucky but there are others who have males that are such sweeties too.
I am not saying go get a male, just wanted you to know that not all males have boy issues like humping, marking or territorial problems. After you are raised a certain way it is hard to think diferrently but I am glad I took the chance because I found out how great male dogs can be!!