Female German Shepherd - Some Pros And Cons

When a man decides to keep a dog as pet surely once he must think over the German Shepherd dog.GSD by nature is determined, suspicious, strong, agile and well built with capacity of working hard as it carries genes of herding breeds. They are also obedient and loyal if handled and trained properly from puppyhood. Choosing a German shepherd needs to consider several factors like, health, strength, attitude, temperament, appearance, inelegancy, whether carries any hereditary disease. Another important factor is the gender. Selecting gender is completely a personal preference and if someone is biased to male dog he should not need the rest of this article. But if you don’t have any inclination then should learn if there is any big difference in male and female GSD in respect to appearance, temperament, dominance, behavior etc.

Instinct
Female German Shepherd, as they give birth, is more protective to their pack and in this case the owners’ family, where as male counterpart are more protective for their surroundings. Females are more affectionate to their owner and family members especially to children.

Size
Female dog in general is shorter in size and musculature and instinctively more feminine in nature. Having a female GSD is advantageous for an owner with small living space.

Reproduction
One problem (if one thinks so) associated with female German Shepherd is their estrous cycle like female menstrual cycle. Owner must be ready to face this twice in a year. But this also associated with their ability to give birth. One positive point of having female GSD is the owner could able to sell pups with quite high price if his dog is from a good blood line and the mating partner is also from a good lineage. If someone is not to intended to breeding or don’t bother estrus cycle he may go for spraying his bitch GSD ,this in general associated with operating out two ovaries and as a consequence the bitch will have no estrus. My experience says it may lead some physiological problem in future.