Would you choose a boy or a girl?

[SharonSnowbird]

Originally Posted by Parti Peanut

The time will go by quickly during the puppy stage and they change so much. I took pictures of Peanut every week and then monthly and I can't believe how much he changed. I love having those pictures to look back on. Take lots of pictures. I have both a boy and girl. They are very different but so special in their own way. Good luck with your new furbaby.

What a great idea, to take weekly and then monthly photos to look back on at a later date. Will do that! :-)

[Jkpal]

Originally Posted by LoveMyBeowulf

Is it bad when males "hike their leg"? my yorkie pup is 4 months and he does it every time he goes on the pee pad. My boyfriend doesn't want to get him Neutered is this going to be a problem?

Are you in the business of breeding? Because if not, a veterinarian once told me it is more unnatural and disruptive for an animal who is capable of breeding, but never allowed to do so, than it is to neuter/spay that animal. I certainly hope your boyfriend's 'machismo' is not being foisted upon your little guy...! Just tossing out my 2 cents and my opinion is probably worth about that!

[LoveMyBeowulf]

Originally Posted by Jkpal

Are you in the business of breeding? Because if not, a veterinarian once told me it is more unnatural and disruptive for an animal who is capable of breeding, but never allowed to do so, than it is to neuter/spay that animal. I certainly hope your boyfriend's 'machismo' is not being foisted upon your little guy...! Just tossing out my 2 cents and my opinion is probably worth about that!

No, I am not. Yea, he doesn't want to take his "manhood" away. I can't tell him anything I'll have to get a professional to tell him something. I guess I have 4 months to do that lol

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by LoveMyBeowulf

Is it bad when males "hike their leg"? my yorkie pup is 4 months and he does it every time he goes on the pee pad. My boyfriend doesn't want to get him Neutered is this going to be a problem?

People don't want the leg hiking because it can lead to them messing up the furniture in the home.

As for the neutering, I would say that neutering may make him less likely to mark his territory; but that is not promised.....nor is neutering a promise that they won't hike legs. I don't keep any unaltered pets...Heaven knows we have enough unwanted yorkies in the world. I won't be breeding and adding to that number.

[ironmike86]

I got my Moki fixed under 1yrs. Forget. He never hiked his leg....Till I got my girls..But only on the bushes. Never on the pads.

[Shicks]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Not 100% of the time, I was told....but if you get them neutered around 7-8 months old, while you still see him squatting to pee, and his bone plates have reached maturity, he is good to go! I have never had one hike their leg to pee when I got them neutered right at 8 months old....if that little squirt starts to try to call himself hiking to pee, and it is CLOSE to 7-8 months, go with him and have it done!! As Barney Fife on Andy Griffth show used to say, "NIP IT....NIP IT...NIP IT IN THE BUD!!!!"

(Just about any breeder will tell you little boys are absolutely, unequivocally devoted to you, but people think we tell them that just to sell boys, because everyone want little girls and boys are more difficult to move!..Believe me, not true...you will adore your baby boy and he will absolutely idolize you and the ground you walk on!!)

You are so right on it, Yorkiemom's, little boys rock! 🙇

[navillusc]

I doubt I would choose based on gender, but I would not likely eliminate a puppy based on gender either. I might definitely lean toward a male, though...all my babies have been 'mommy's baby' but the boys seem to take it to a slightly different level that is difficult to describe. My boy is the 'prissy' one in my group of three...the girls have an air of independence slightly different from my boy's 'carry me mommy' attitude. I think it is that 'bounce' between 'mommy's protective little man' and 'mommy's baby boy' that is so endearing...and all three of these Yorkies are sooooo devoted and loving. They all love to dress up, and be pretty, and be doted on, and snuggle up, etc. They all know they 'own' me. But, there is something that is 'different' in my boy, and not just this boy...all of the boys I have had...all breeds...that is just a wee bit different than my wonderful girls.

[ironmike86]

I tend to like males also. But after my 2 girls. It maybe hard to make my next a male. The girls are the sweetest dogs my Wife has seen.

[sampsongc]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Everyone is devoted to one or the other, or both, for their own personal reasons and encounters and interactions....speaking for my self, having had both males and females, some whose job was breeder, and some who just shared my heart and soul and bed (the breeders do not sleep with me!), I can say, little boys have a special place in my heart like no other! I adore all my dogs, and would probably fight to the death for any of them, as most of them would for me.....I have a couple of cowards that would probably hide!!!....but these little boys.....they absolutely adore me and worship the ground I walk on....my ladies are like little girls....they will cop an attitude in a heartbeat if they dont get their way...they pout, they cry, they hide....my precious little boys just sit at my feet, looking up at me with the most adoring eyes....I could easily be Athena, or Venus, or ANY stunning goddess in the reflection of their eyes, in their precious little minds, and in their tiny little hearts that just absolutely explode with love and adoration at the sight of ME!!!!! I just idolize my precious little boys!!! My little girls are precious and adorable, until I ask something of them they are not really wanting to give to me.....they want what they want, and they want it NOW, thank you very much! If I refuse, they pout and sulk and ignore me.....I had one little girl that would pout for as much as 4 days, before she warmed back up to me! They are JUST like little girls when they can not have their way or run the show around here....pouty, spoiled, indifferent, unsociable, sassy, stuck up, snotty, sullen, cry babies! But OMG!!! Them precious little boys LOVE, ADORE, and IDOLIZE momma and will turn themselves upside down-inside out for me, and just thrilled to have the opportunity to do so!!!! .....

So funny, you've described my male and females exactly. Ollie worships the ground I walk on. Pixie pouts, and can hold a grudge for days. Also wants love and cuddling only when its HER idea. Bella is a Diva and very demanding. Love them all but I would have to vote male.
Love them

[lovestiny]

For me, they are like children. Each with their own personalities. for me, not a gender thing. That being said, my husband prefers female dogs so we got a female this time (and we adore her beyond words!)

[MY OSCAR]

I don't really have a preference so I don't know the answer to that .. I like both I guess .