I have noticed in my puppies that the females learn quicker, use their heads more in figuring out things, much more interested in investigating strange sounds, are more curious about new things, alarm bark sooner (when they see, hear odd things), and also have much cleaner habits (pee/poop much less in the wrong places) etc.

Yesterday I had bommi inside the house and some men had come to fix the Airconditioner. There was a lot of activity and I took bommi and put her in a corner and said "relax" (long down/down stay). It was almost 45 minutes later that I realized that I had put her in a relax. She was still there looking at me with those sad eyes. I was upset with myself for ignoring her for so long. I have never done long downs with her for more than 5 mins, usually when I go to brush my teeth or take bath.

I find my female dobe Helga, much brighter than my Male Kaiser in learning tricks. Kaiser is cute and all but I dont see that light bulb go off in his head taht often.


Both helga and Bommi will go and investigate any noises/people at the fence with out being yappy or aggressive. While the boys will bark and make a ruckus but will not bother to wake up and go investigate a small noise. It is as if the females are a bit neurotic about strange things more than the males, in a good way.


Does my observation of female pups being more smarter (for human reasons) than males have any credence?

 Quote: Ramachandran Subramanian

Does my observation of female pups being more smarter (for human reasons) than males have any credence?

Sure! It's just like human females vs. human males!

leih

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It's just like human females vs. human males! leih

Must be the right vs left brain utilization.

My male Mali is much better at problem solving than my female. He is much less frantic. He will fail at something and try and try again to find a solution. She will get frantic and give up.

They are equally clean. He alarm barks more than her.

In the end, he is easier to live with (calmer, more thoughtful). He is also better with other dogs. She is better with people.

Different but both amazing.

I'm not sure that I see a difference between males and females as a whole, more as an individual. If anything the females that I've had seem to be on the more independent - aloof side: maybe I just have stereotyped them into those descriptions.

I have only one male dog. He's a husky mix of some sort and I find him very independant. He learned everything the "hard" way as a young dog and then figured out there was an easy way if he would just give up on being stubborn! Now, he is really smart and an awesome thinker. I taught him how to go around a chair in the middle of the room, left and right, how to crawl under and how to get onto it in just an hour using a combination of luring and shaping. He is the quickest dog to bark at a strange noise or person coming into the house, but the last to bark at something outside.

My female husky is also very independant, not as great of a "thinker" but very obedient. She is extremely quiet and rarely barks, and when she does it is not an alert bark but more of a "can I play" bark. My female Leonberger is attached to me at the the hip, not as much of a problem solver, but once she gets something, she gets it. Extremely territorial against strangers and strange dogs, but if I bring another dog/person onto the property she has never been aggressive with them. It's actually amazing as she has some spacial aggression off the property (like at training) she doesn't mind any of the dogs, and can be put in a downstay next to any dog, but if the dog tries to play with her she will tell them where to go. She is VERY serious about her work. But if I bring that same dog who tried to play with her home, she will actually play a little with them. I rarely have to repeat anything with her. My newest pup, a Shepherd, is an awesome thinker, not too independant, but not stuck to me either. She even figured out to put her mouth to the fan in the truck when it's hot to breathe in the cool air. She was only 4 months old! She get's everything really quick and then wants to move on to a new challenge.

I try not to stereotype between the sexes or breeds. It is obvious to me though that my husky mixes are both independant, which is a trait of most huskies. I think it just depends on the individual dog. There is so much variation between the dogs of a given breed and then more variation between the dogs of a given sex.