I have two boys, and I absolutely love them!! They are both very loving and affectionate and just so sweet!

I'm not looking for another yorkie right now, but I honestly wouldn't mind another boy. I do think about a little girl, but I just love the dispositions of the boys.....or, at least my boys.:)

:confused: did i read someone saying they don't like male yorkies cos their penis covers most of their underside????? Buddy has a serious complex now, lets just say he is NO WAY anywhere near that well endowed, WOW what sort of yorkies are you breeding over there if it covers HALF their underside! :) As for leg lifting yes Buddy does (never indoors) but he's far to lazy to hoik his leg up high, its normally just a waggle in the air barely off the ground and i think even if i had a female yorkie i'd still want to wash their underneath everyday anyway.
I love the boys, they definately seem to be cuddlier, Buddys not happy unless he's cuddled up with one of us, and personally i find it easier to cuddle and love a boy dog (dunno why)
And for those of you with a'penis phobia' i hope you're boyfriends or husbands to be don't read this! lol :p

I would LOVE a biewer their beautiful!!! maybe one day I can afford another yorkie!!

i love, love, LOVE my little boy but would definitely look for a little girl next. i like variety! but when i am ready to add another yorkie to my life, i will choose whichever one i fall in love with. i was looking for a little girl when i got dexter too!

Add me to the list of someone who would only own a female dog. All my reasons have already been mentioned by other posters.

I do have two kids that are boys but for pets, I'd only ever own a female.

I got a female Yorkie because I wanted a princess, so we could be girly together. I would like three Biewers to breed (2 females and 1 male). They would all have to be within standard but I do not want any tinies Yorkie or Biewer (I consider tinies 3 1/2 pounds and under). I know boys are loving but, in the Yorkie breed especially, I prefer the females because I think they have the whole Yorkie personality since Yorkies are such a matriarchal breed. Now if I was getting a Boxer, I would probably prefer a male. But if you wanna give me a little boy I would be glad to take it.;)

I've had more boy dogs then girl dogs. I'd take a boy biewer. Did you want to send me one of the leftovers cuz they only want the girls. LOL ;)

when i got skoshi i had the choice between him or his sister and i picked him!! he was way cuter! and sweeter! i now have a female and she too is way sweet! i dont know what her temperment will be like when shes older but right now she is very loving! way more than skoshi was when he was her age!

i would love to have another female but if i found a boy i fell in love with then i would get a male!

We got really lucky with skoshi he doesnt mark anything in the house any more (knock on wood lol) but he did have his time! he will be a 1 year in December and he doesnt mark anymore!

I would be scared if i got another male i wouldnt be as lucky tho!

but females do have more options when looking for cute accessories!

so i guess it would be just whoever i fell in love with hahaha!

Growing up we always had males, shelties and they were never neutred, (back in the 60's I guess peopel edidn't do it that much) My first Yorkie was a male and he lived at my parents house and marked everywhere, Then I got Zorro, he didn't mark as much as much but did some. He was the sweetest little guy. Then I decided to switch to females and got Gracie who was a real sweetheart too. She had accidents too but not like my males did. So I stuck with females and have Maya, Cali and Pixie and Maya is very good about not peeing in the house, Cali is pretty good at using the pee pads, Pixie is not very good at housebreaking, but getting better. I would absolutely get an adult fixed female in the future, that's what Pixie was.

I personally think the boys are the sweetest. Sebastian is the most loving dog I have ever had. He never leaves my side. I personally think a lot of people do like the girls because they can dress them up. When I still had Penny I dressed her all the time, but that didn't take away from the handsomeness of my boys. I would suggest from personal experience not to overlook a boy just because you can't dress them up. It might be the biggest mistake you ever made.

I'm partial to females because of the "marking" issue. I know that not all male dogs mark but I'm not willing to take the chance. That's the only reason I'll only have females.

My girl is the one that marks...:( Thankfully, it's only outside though..

Our first Yorkie was a little girl...We did not pick the sex....My best friend bred her Yorkies and Emmi had a little girl which was given to my daughter. Then when my friend bred again(3 yrs later) they had 1 little boy and I got him. That was Marshall. He had problems though and passed away. Well, when I finally decided I was ready for another, we drove for hours to meet this Yorkie girl that was looking for a home....She was a teapot but that did not matter to me....She was 9 lbs I think??? We saw HUGE RED FLAGS..So we left as fast as we could....I was willing to take her but Hubby said no way was he giving that lady any money...BTW, size was not the issue...In the truck on the way home, I was on the laptop on YT and saw where Lisa had posted about these little boys....I begged hubby to go look at them. So we had to drive an additional 5 hours....We visited for a good while with the breeder and her pups...Barney came right up and plopped down on my foot and started licking me....The other one hid behind his pen....So we took Barney....A couple weeks later was talking to breeder and she mentioned they still had Bennie...So after some begging to hubby...We made another road trip and got him too....

I am the only female in a house full of males now that all the kids are gone....I would love dearly for a female to dress and love...But I have decided if the right "one" comes along then great...Be it male or female....I am just going to enjoy and love my boys til then...

Sorry this is so long..

Joyce

Funny but I would probably get another male dog if I could get another one!!

Dawn

For me, it is several things.

The biggest one is the peeing bit. Even if girls dribble a little pee pee here and there, it is one thing to get a little off your floor, it is another to have it soaked into the side of your sofa :eek: . The other part is that I have two sons. I wanted a girl, and I gave it two tries. So my girl dog is the daughter I never had. I get to put dresses on her, bows in her hair, and just enjoy the fact that she's a girl.

Interesting responses. I really thought it was the dressing up issue. Not the marking or the boy parts issue.

So placing 3 or 4 girls should be easy; why does it feel so difficult?

I'm sorry you're having difficulties. Females usually go so much faster than boys unless the boys are priced a lot cheaper.

No it is hard making a decision --when every one is saying they want a girl because boys mark; and they want to dress up a girl--looking for something more constructive maybe.

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I'm confused... if you have 5 females people will be standing in llines for them. Do you mean what if you have five males... because no one would want them?

We only have girls and that's because Dan wanted girls. I guess it's because we don't have any children of our own, and Dan is more of the "Daddy's Little Girl" kind of guy more than "That's My Boy" type of guy....

Personally, for me, I don't have a preference weather it's a male or female it's more about the personality of the puppy. If we could have one more pup, I'd take Freddie in a heartbeat!

She started the thread with a hypothetical question. I think as a breeder she was curious what made people want one sex more than the other since it seems that more people want females more than males.

I found all the responses just as interesting. I didn't realize the male parts or leg lifting was such a huge issue to many people.

I think to be honest..I think it's because all of our lives, we've been told females are easier to housebreak(which I've found not to be necessarily true), boys mark(which I have found again not to be true..My mom took a little boy pup from me years ago, everyone told her what a mistake that was going to be, do you know out of all the dogs she's had in her life, he ended up being the sweetest, smartest, well behaved dog she had ever had..people had to eat their words..she had him house broke within 2 weeks after getting him, and until about a year before he died, he would never even think of peeing in her house..it's just when he got to be 14, he couldn't hold his bladder anymore, and you could tell it embarrassed him when she had to put his little pants on..she called his belly bands his pants, if she called them his diaper he wouldn't come over to her..I have the one dog(and as I stated, it was my hubby over me), I have never had an issue with Fritz on housebreaking or anything else, he's sweet/loveable, and less of a barker than my females..heck when I got Ginger, I was actually going to get her brother, until I got a boy and girl..I really wanted the little guy, my hubby is the one that wanted the girl, again, I think all the myths you hear about boys all your life, stays with you...?

I've never heard of boys pee being stonger smelling. I have both and don't smell a difference. Any dog may try to mark or hump, the sex doesn't matter there, my females are better at humping than the males I have. :eek: Honestly, I don't have a 'favorite'. I think women like the girls because of the dressing up issue (throw back from childhood) but on the whole my males are more lovable and cuddly than my females. With Lida I wanted a girl because my little Sophie had passed and I wanted another like her. I had no idea they were so different!

I would take either, I have no preference towards boys or girls. I got a boy first because that was what was available. I would probably get a girl next because i've never had a girl dog and I think it would be nice to have one of each. As for a Biewer, I would take whatever I could get, they are so gorgeous, the initial price is the only thing keeping me from getting one, or another yorkie for that matter. Hubby is still looking for a good job and my boss lost his election, so in January I may be out of a job, I doubt it, but it could happen.

P.S. I would especially like to have a Biewer from you!!!! You have gorgeous dogs and do such a wonderful job! :)

Vinnie's mom, thanks for the compliments.

I did start this as a hypothetical (sp?) because almost every inquiry or phone call starts out with: "I want a girl." So I wanted to hear from folks not buying a puppy from me this minute, what influences your choies. I am really finding this informative.

And yes, when I do have females, it is very hard to decide on placements--emails, pms, and phonecalls begin the day they are born--and there is 10 applications for every girl.

Now, I am just as concerned about where the boys go too. The buyers interested in boys have a different attitude; almost a different mood if this makes sense. Less competitive.

I actually wouldn't mind a boy. I have 2 girls now and a boy but before was looking for a girl to add to the family cause i like dressing them up, i love fashion but next i think i might get a boy to even it out. I love my boy Teddy, he has the best personality and he is 8 lbs, the perfect size. If i get a boy though i think i want it a little on the smaller size for other reasons.

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I thought you were saying what would you ever do if you had 5 girls.... and I was going to say... I would be so happy to have 5girls to place. I can be choosier w/ my girls. My boys I almost have to place w/ whoever wants them... and I don't want that! I have had one ... he was born in March... and I can't find anyone that wants him that I would let him go w/ because of his size... when they are bigger... I feel like I have to just let them go sometimes so I am not stuck w/ a bunch of boys... when EVERY SINGLE call if for girls... the boys are always bought when girls are gone or I lower the price way way down.

London does too, only outside. I wonder why they do this:confused: She only does it on trees or grass, it's so funny she does a little handstand

AWWWW ! I will take any little boys you can't place. My teddy is an absolute doll, he melts my heart every time he looks at me. I think I'm partial to boys because I have three skin sons and a skin daughter, and honestly, the boys were 100 times easier to deal with (still are).:D

Mikayla and Brooklyn both mark too. Maddie and Sophie don't...they just squat. It does look hilarious watching a girl lift her leg and pee on something...lol