You know people have always wanted to say Good Boy to dogs regardless of boy or girl. And with cats they always think they're girls.
I've said good boy a couple times accidently to our girl Onyx.
You're not the only one.
So I have had a few dogs come through here since last year . I have my dog Bo and my other dog Bear who help out with training of the other rescue dogs . All the other dogs that have been here have gone to other homes with people who wanted them . Kaiser , the German Shepherd I rescued last month , has gone to Phoenix with my niece and her family .
All of those dogs were all male . "GOOD BOY" flows out of my mouth like Thank You and Yes Sir . Sometimes I slip and say it to a student ! (ugh!) Well now I have Cookie a female mutt that's going to stay . And I find myself saying "Good Boy" to her during her training !
So my question is .... do you think it matters if I say Good Boy and not Good Girl ?
Drummer Opinions Matter ... so chime in .
Rudy .
You know people have always wanted to say Good Boy to dogs regardless of boy or girl. And with cats they always think they're girls.
I've said good boy a couple times accidently to our girl Onyx.
You're not the only one.
You should tell your sister cookie 'identifies' as male
Well its does matter...hate for them to have an identity crisis!
all the best...
Here's one for you, my wife has a service dog that only responds to his name which is Buster..... call him boy or dog he just looks at you.
Jim
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Maybe she doesn't speak English.
My Frosty, who is female, answers to Frosty because she thinks there is something coming, like a cookie, after I say it.
She doesn't sit around thinking that it's her "name", and for all I know, she doesn't speak English, she might speak Maltese.
Just be glad that, as humans, (although I wonder about some) we don't have to find our friends and family by the sniff test.
People always call my German Sheppard girl " boy" because she is big and no matter how many times I correct them they still call her boy
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It really doesn't matter to the dog if you call it boy or girl . They don't get hung up on such nonsense and they don't sit around feeling sorry for themselves over it . Only humans do .
She identifies by her name . "Cookie sit" , "Cookie down" , "Cookie come" . And when I praise her I say "good boy" .
Rudy .
There's an old Far Side cartoon that addresses your question. It starts with, "What you say" - "Good girl, Cookie. You're such a sweet doggie Cookie." What they hear, "Blah blah Cookie. Blah blah blah blah blah, Cookie."
I had a English bulldog named Grace (RIP) but her nickname became "Gracie-Girl". Then we dropped "Gracie" all together and just called her "Girl". Whenever we took her to the park, people assumed she was a male and they would always ask if they could pet him. I'd chuckle and say ..."the dog's a girl". I finally got tired of correcting folks when they'd ask how old "he" was and I'd just reply with a smile..."Girl's 11 years old".
The dogs don't care, but they do want praise.
If they have been neutered identifying them by there gender is sort of irrelevant anyway.
-Mike
"We don't stop playing because we grow old.
We grow old because we stop playing."
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Who would think dogs would go bonkers over peanuts?
For a night time treat they get shell peanuts. They crunch them open and eat the peanuts out, leaving the shells on the floor. Luckily the cottage has wooden floors. Easy to sweep up.
all the best...
Really ? Peanuts . I'll have to try that with my guys . I feed my dogs raw (chicken and beef) and as a treat I'll give them marrow bones or ham hocks . They do get a raw egg occasionally . they eat/lick the inside and then eat the egg shell . It's good for their coat .... makes it shiny .
Rudy .
I have 3 dogs: 2 boys, 1 girl. My girl acts and looks like a boy (not sure how I determined that) and I just refer to all of them as boys. She doesn't seem to mind
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