Nice pics. Great interaction between the dogs and the kids. Nice. EWO
Nice pics. Great interaction between the dogs and the kids. Nice. EWO
Thanks EWO, Their a big help, it's like free yard hands lmao. They enjoy it so I encourage it..Originally Posted by EWO
Without a doubt. Take advantage now. My son is now 17 and he has so much more on his 'to do list', like most 17 year olds, his list and my list are two different things. LOL. EWO
Anyone feel a difference between keeping a male VS a female in the home? I personally always choose a female over a male. Any time I have ever been bitten or witnessed aggression within the home or someone else's home it has always been if not 100% then 99% of the time, been a male. I've had protective females towards strangers but never malicious towards members of the home. Anyone else?
This depends on many variables IMO but females tend to be less high strung and often are more laid back making them the better choice for a house dog. That's not to say males cant be great in the house too because I have had my fair share of good males that were in the house too but the girls have always been much easier to have in the home. I believe (and have seen it with every dog I've ever owned) females attach to the male of the house and males tend to attach to the female in the home. With Kids, females being typically less hyped all the time and more nurturing by nature , IMO, make the better choice when it comes to living in the home with children. This is a generalization of course and will very dog to dog.
I suppose the blood plays a major roll in how the dogs act as I'm sure some ppl have females that are just an animal hell bent on destruction even in the home. But my experience with my own is that the females are just much more dynamic. They can be outside on the yard and be a dog n wild as hell but come in the house and be as docile as ever. We joke that the males are dumbasses but they are not dumb but just not as attentive and are GO GO GO and just wild animals all the time, hard headed. Age plays a big role with them and not so much the females. I've never been bitten by a female though, of any breed. Always young males.
I have an Eli male that's a house dog. He's been all go since a pup. Was kinda worried about attempting to make him a house dog instead of a yard dog at first. He's house broken and knows he can chew his bones and nothing else. He can be wild and hard headed in the home. At least 20-45 minutes of exercise a day curbs that and makes him calm. Sometimes exercise twice a day. The more the better. Its important for me to read when he needs to unwind his energy. I don't mind it. We walk/jog together a lot and it keeps me in shape too. He's still young and I'm hoping as he matures he grows out of it somewhat. He's supervised around the kids 100 percent. He's calmer around them. But when I get home from work he gets all crazy because he knows its time to work and release all the energy. Never had a problem with him biting or challenging authority.
Out of all the dogs I've owned, I've had a 2 to 1 ratio of females being more stranger aggressive than males. The female in the house now, same as the last one, and a few others, would all just as soon jump on a stranger as opposed to look at them. I'm ok with that living in the middle of nowhere with a wife.
That being said, we don't have kids. If we had kids, I'd have to think long and hard about allowing one of these dogs in the house with them.
Went through this thread and realized all my links were broken and I'm bumping it back up.
This is one of my favorite threads and would love to keep it going. Most of these pictures were already posted here but I organized my albums a few months ago and it broke all my links. So here they are again damn it...lol
This first picture is my first dog with my first born who is now 16
You got some lucky kids. Nice pictures
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