Owning A Dog – Do Male Dogs Require A Lot Of Maintenance
by Kenneth Soon
Filed under Dogs
Selecting not only the breed but the sex of dog can make a big difference in how easy a time you will have in dog training. Male dogs are generally more difficult to handle and get into fights with other dogs on the street more often than not.
Housebreaking a dog will take time and patience. Female dogs are mostly easily trainable compared to male dogs. They also fair much better when brought to dog training courses. The reason for this that male dogs need to be more aggressive to survive on the wild. The more aggressive the dog the higher the survivability rate and the higher its chance to become the alpha male that gets to breed with all the females in the pack.
Getting a female dog will be better for you if you are worried about your home becoming turned upside down – males will chew through almost anything until properly trained.
Male dogs are inclined to be wanders as well. Most of the dogs in lost dogs taken to the dog pound aren’t normally females. If you have never owned a dog before, or you aren’t good with dog training consider a female dog as house breaking will be much easier. Females will very seldom urine mark as that is the territorial nature of male dogs.
Sometimes owning a male dog can be quite embarrassing, especially when visitors come over to your house. Male dogs are known to be more aggressive towards visitors and are also renown for humping or sniffing the lower regions of your lady friends.
A few studies have shown different responses towards handlers – while female dogs don’t appear to show any particular preference, it seems that male dogs may go to female handlers more readily than they do to men.
Males tend to start urine marking their territories at a fairy young age. Once a puppy reaches adolescence (which takes about 3 months), they will begin to lift up one of their legs to mark locations like wall corners, couches or lamp posts if you’re taking them out for walks. They will also yelp a lot less by this time as it is an inbuilt mechanism for survival so they do not attract larger predators. In addition they will also turn extremely curious and begin wandering around so you will need to keep a sharp eye on them.
Dogs urine mark to leave their scent trail to let other dogs in the area know of their presence, especially the female dogs. The scent marks the boundary of its territory and basically warns intruders that if they cross that line, there will be trouble. While females also drop their scent marks, it happens much less often and is designed to let the males know how receptive she is to mating. The mating seasons for a female dog usually only begins 8 months after birth.
A female will only pique her interest in male dogs after she reaches her first season for breeding, and will not show any signs of interest or attraction prior to that. Female dogs will remain in puberty for about seven to ten months, while really large breeds of dog will only reach that point after two years.
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