This might sound mean, but the only reason I even considered a male at first is because they are less expensive, and I couldn't afford a female... I
really wanted a girly-girl dog to dress up in bows and buy everything pink with flowers, but my breeder sent me pictures of Paddington and I didn't want a girl anymore! After I chose Paddington, I heard that girl dogs tend to have bad attitudes anyway (hence the term derived for people with bad attitudes) and I wouldn't trade my boy for all the ribbons and pink in the world!
This also may sound mean, but I am still going to do his hair in ribbons and bows (more blue and green than pink now, of course)
Everyone tells me "You can't groom him to be all froo-froo! He's a
boy! I think they see the scrappy young pup that he is now, with his shaggy coat, and they don't know the sophisticated young man that he's going to grow into
-O