Male or Female pup?

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Hockeybob

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I have a soon to be 7 year old Small Munsterlander. Best hunting dog I've ever had. Getting another SM pup this Winter. So, should I get another male or go female. Not interested in breeding the dogs. I love my Gunner as he is a big strong male and hunts all day. What are advantages or disadvantages with getting another male or a new female? I plan on hunting both dogs together.

Thanks,
Bob
 
You should not have any dominance problems with two males seven years apart.

The difference between male and females that concerns me is lost dogs. A male dog will normally approach strangers. Females may not. For this reason females will work harder to keep track of you.

In most cases that means a closer working dog. Not always. My seven year old female britt will range out hundreds of yards but will always have to see or hear me every ten minutes.
 
Since you don't plan to breed I would assume that if you get a female you would have her spayed. In my opinion a spayed female makes a better house pet if you plan to have the dog in the house with you. Hunting ability, desire, stamina there should be no difference. I've had both over the past 40+ years and my last two have been females and that's all I'll ever have if there are any more dogs in my future.
 
From personal experience my wife and I currently have yellow lab males, #6 Parker (pointing) and #7 Brady (pointing) after 5 yellow lab male flushers. All neutered. We always have two-hence my screen-name. Female dogs' urine seems to kill grass more than males. Before they are spayed you have to worry about them getting knocked up.

For us, it was basically if it worked with the first two, just keep going with males. I'm heading out tomorrow to plant some more "tune-up" chukars for Parker and Brady before heading up to SD on 11/10.

Hope that helps. Little Brady is close to 2 now-need to get some new pics.
 
I prefer females, No marking everything or humping everything....

either way picking a good breeder is the more important thing.
 
Females do seem to be harder on the grass than males. But males rarely pee in the grass, they have a need to lift their leg on something. When I had males we could never have any scrubs in the backyard because the dog peeing on them killed them. So I guess you pick your poison. Have males that kill all the scrubs or females that tend to do more damage to the yard!! :D
 
As a breeder I get asked this question all the time! Here is the advise I give my buyers.
1. If you are going to spay or neuter, get a male the cost of the surgery is significantly less to neuter a male than the surgery for a female.
2. My females are always higher priced because they are easily marketed. I always sell my females in the first couple of days of the litter being on the ground. Once again you can save some money on a puppy with the same breeding going with the male.
3. I choose females for hunting because I feel at times males while out hunting are "hunting" for a place to pee rather than hunting for a bird. Not always but sometimes I see this occur.
4. I can pick out a hard charging go all day female out of a litter and I can do the same with a male out of the same litter. I can also pick mild females and males out of that same litter.
5. If you choose a female and you plan on getting it spayed make sure you don't let your vet talk you into doing the spay before their first heat cycle! I can't stress this enough. The vet wants to do it early because it is easier and everything is smaller. But if they don't go through a heat cycle, SOME female can become incontinent! Meaning they have problems holding their bladder. They need that estrogen to help them develop those muscles a bit more before you take all that estrogen away.
So you ask male or female? Weigh your options, risks, costs, and then go pick the dog you love! I love seeing happy people leave my place with a new pup.
 
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