Pick of the litter - female or male?
This question should be well thought and talked over, before a decision
is made.
In general I would rather give a male dog to a handler, because male dogs can be very
dominant at times and since they get much bigger then females, they are of course a
lot stronger. They do need a consequent leader. A not experienced owner will definitely
run into problems. If it does not happen while he is a puppy, it will happen for sure
after the pup turns into an adult dog, if manners were never taught to him, or you
as the owner never showed him who the leader is. If we just imagine a woman walking
her 90 pound Long-hair Shepherd down the street. Maybe she runs into another dog or
her dog wants to go in another direction as her. Maybe he wants to chase something
that moves etc. The dog will not listen on command, because he does not know no better.
The bigger the dog gets, the harder it will be to handle him. If this happens a few
times, then it is common, that the owner wants to give his dog away, because he is
not capable of handling him. To avoid this, we try to make the right decision before
the new owner picks up his pup. We recommend to buy a lot of good material and read
about the breed and how to raise the pup in a proper way.
Copyright Dagmar Anderson 2001