Male or female?

[arby]

Other then the obvious differences is there a difference between male and female Rotties?

Bert is now 5 months old and we have noticed that he is a little more loving and affectionate then Brandy was. Is this something with the males or is it just their individual temperaments.

[Diva'sOwner]

It's all about the individual. There are gushy boys and there are gushy girls.

[arby]

Are there any differences between males and females?

[Diva'sOwner]

I think someone who was getting a rottie asked this question recently, so you should do a search with male and female in the title. I don't want to generalize, so I won't say what I think the differences are. Okay, well, I do think that the males mature slower than the females. But do the search.

[SABELLESMOM]

Personally, I've found each to be more of an individual in their own right. It's a very unique breed. Part of what I love most, actually..."personalities +!" As opposed to male/female differences. I've known stand offish dogs of both sexes, and I've known more affectionate dogs of both breeds. Intellegence isn't a male or female tendency, but I agree that males sometimes take longer to mature. Sometimes they may seem more clumsey and unaware of themselves, but then...not always.

But as mentioned, do a search. I remember lots of discussion.

[bfiney]

Every dog is an individual but....

I've had 2 female Rotts & 2 male Rotts in my life. All were rescues so none were related. I currently have 1 older female. Hopefully, she will be with me for quiet a while longer but when her time comes I will definitely get a male. Just in my experience (not only mine nothing statistical), my males were much more loving and snugly with me than the females. The females were still great dogs - everybody loves my Penny. Maybe it's just me & my personality.

[BostonRott]

I've raised 4 female pups and 2 males, 3 females to titles, 1 male (so far). I think the females mature mentally faster, tend to be a bit less clingy/mushy and are MUCH easier to housebreak (females must sniff for the right spot, boys just let it rip!).

One of my males is not very interested in working when food/reward is not immediately evident, the other seems to have excellent work ethic (but then, I made a more knowledgable choice in bloodlines with #2 than #1). 3 of my 4 females have also been excellent workers, the other was so-so....but she's a repeat breeding of Male #1, so that shouldn't surprise me. She however, did have better work ethic than her full brother (but was my husband's dog, so no titles on her).