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    Hi, i am new to this site and looking for some input. I am getting a puppy in 6 weeks. I have always owned female labs. One female English lab that was a very good dog. Well I was on a waiting list for a female English lab puppy and turned out the litter was all males except for one female that the breeder wanted to keep to bread. So I get first pick at a male. I have never had a male so I'm not sure what to expect. Ex: marking territory in and out of the house. If you guys could give me some of your own personal examples that would be greatly appreciated. And I also know it's a touchy subject but also what you think male vs female. This is going to
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    Welcome to the forum! We are hunters, and we have a male black lab, Bacon. Personally, I think gender is the hunter's choice. Bacon has been an absolute dream, quick to the mark, a strong swimmer, and a high drive for hunting. We have never had any issues with marking. Bacon is not a dog to mark anywhere, however I know that some dogs may do much more marking. As long as you do good potty training inside the house, you shouldnt have issues of marking inside the house.

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    Rocky is a 6 month old male. He's my fourth male dog and have never had a problem marking in the house, they probably do find a favorite tree or shrub outside, never thought about it much. Obviously I don't have any first hand opinions on male versus female, but never heard it matters much. I would have no problem having either.
    Now.......get ready for; high energy, smart but stubborn, all on or all off, lovable, cute, pain in the butt, fast growing puppy. Oh did I mention high energy?
    Best of luck to you and love him as much as he'll love you.
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    Welcome, Buddy's 18 months and not neutered (yet). We've never had a problem with him marking in the house. He's a big ball of loving energy. We've had both male and female labs and I'd take either. Have fun!

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    Welcome!

    If you really want a female, try a different breeder or wait for a litter from this breeder that floats your boat. Personally, that's what I'd do. How can she know that she wants to breed the female if they are only two weeks old, anyway?

    I love my boys and if my breeder had all girls, I'd wait it out! I've had five males. Three marked, two squatted, none ever marked in the house. I know plenty of females that mark. I've never had a humper with the exception of one that humped his bed when he felt he wasn't getting enough attention. The female air humped my male. My friend's female comes over and humps my dogs on a regular basis. She even humps my cat!

    I think, from my experience, the biggest differences in the sex CAN be size, males tend to mature slower than females (physically and mentally), and I find that my males are big mama's boys while the females have often tended to be a tad more independent compared to the boys, but that is my experience. Some will say otherwise.

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    Welcome. As already stated, with proper potty training, marking is not an issue in the house. Rio is intact, and occasionally when we go to my mother's house, he will mark where my sister's dogs have gone in the house. So I just leash him for the first 15 minutes in the house, give him a quick yank when I see him make his move, and we are good for the rest of the stay.

    Rio is not a humper, and I am not sure if this is true of all male dogs, but he is up in DM's crotch every opportunity he gets. When we say leave it, he does, but 30 minutes later he will be right back in there.

    I've had both males and a female, they both have their traits. I think the females look much more sleek and beautiful, but I also love how broad Rio's chest is. He looks like a bruiser and he's only 77lbs.

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    welcome

    the personality of the actual puppy as an individual is more imoprtant that sexe of the dog. no matter what generalities are made on female VS male, the personality of the individual pup will trump all that. even when it comes to hunting.

    Hopefully the breeder has done all the health clearances on both parents - especially if you want a hunting partner (or evn just a pet really) you want a health y one. Labs are unfortunately so overbred the breed now has many horrible health issues. Luckily tehre are tests that can be done on the parents prior to deciding to breed to ensure the parents have the least likelyhood (or no likelyhood) of creating puppies with these issues (tests for hips, elbows, eic, cmn, heart at minimum).]

    Marking in the house - i have fostered many males and rarely had marking issues. you can train a dog to not mark all over the place. And to be fair - some females mark too! my smaller pup Penny is an annoying marker so we are working on that haha.

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    I prefer males, I have found them to be less independent than females I have had, I love my mama's boy, lol! I have had both males and females. None of my males have been humpers or markers. I also find it a bit strange that the breeder has already decided to keep the only female for breeding this early. Most breeders I know rarely choose their pick puppy before 6-7 weeks of age.
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    They said they wouldn't know until 6-8 weeks if there going to keep the female.

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    I've had 5 males, 4 that were intact. I've never had an issue with marking in the house. I've also had 5 females. I can't say having one or the other is better. I think that picking a pup should be a matter of personality and energy level, not sex or color. If possible visit the pups several times and see which one has the personality/energy level that suits you.

 



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