I have also heard that Males tend to protect property (territory) more and the females their family (pack). I wonder how this is in the "working world" from what everyone has seen.
Pittbulls vary considerably in size and weight, but in a given litter, the male will be bigger. Aggression also varies between dogs. As to aggression towards people, Pittbulls should NOT have ANY towards people. If they do, It's a dog with lousy temperment and/or lousy training. I've been around a lot of Pitts. There are two in my family now. It's their great temperment around people that makes them poor candidates for protection/guard dogs. A lot of the IDIOTS breeding them now, unfortunately, are breeding for aggression. I think they could make a neat sport dog, but there is absolutely no reason to bring out their defence. IMHO.
Andy,
Almost all my dog owning friends and family have had some form of pit for as long as I can remember. I never saw any difference in behavior between male and female. IMO they are all, like Earthdog said, very pleasant generally and kind. All of them seem to crave physical affection.
Size I think varies wildly, since different breeders breed different types of pit. I never noticed a difference in gender size. Both sexes I know show equal desire to do terrier harm to small furry things found outside.
Amstaffs run small, and they often sell as 'pit bulls'. Comparing a female amstaff to a big male pit of another type would make it seem like a big size difference.
I agree with alex, size and temperament depends more on bloodline and very little on sex. a well bred APBT won't be territorial or defensive-it's very common for people with pits to have dobermans or other guardians to protect the pits from being stolen.
The only differance between the two sexes are there sexual organs. APBT's are very differant compared to other breeds. As far as the APBT doing protection work, I say don't even think about it. While there is always an exception to the rule the APBT was bred to be a reaction dog and to never show aggression to humans. The best thing about APBT's is that they have NO genetic faults. Now I am not talk about the street bred dogs. Back to the original topic, I would go with a spayed female for the fact that you don't have to deal with the horny male. Even if male dogs get neuterd at an early age they are still a pain in the rear. Now if you go with a female and don't spay her,..... well you know what she'll do when she gets her..... uuuu you know..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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