WhenMy daughter bought her chocie lab the breeder told her that male dogs would bond closer to humans than a female dog would.I have to admit that I really did not believe this statement.However 5 years ago she(the daughter)appered home with another lab a little black girl,now I love them both dearly but I have to admit the breeder was correct.Even though the girl would be very gentle and sensitive it is the male dog that will come and seek us out for company and follow us from room to room,and if out together he would stay closer to us than female which is suprising as she is timid.I was wandering have others come across this with deerhounds?

I don't have any experience of a female DH, however my male DH Ben definately has bonded closely, he follows me around and will come and lay on the carpet in the room I'm in even if it means getting off the sofa. He's definately a great companion dog. I've heard many times that a male dog will get closer and be more affectionate than a female.

I think it depends on the dog tbh,

i only have the one deerhound - a bitch, and she sticks close to me,
she always wants to be close, although she will take her self off to lie in the hall
at times,

with the other dogs ive had, its always been the bitchs that want to be close,
our micky does like affection but dosent realy come to ask for it,
he also gos on a head on walks, few months ago i nealy lost him,
as he didnt follow the way we went, with our bruno - he can never go off lead,
as he just buggers off, last time he was missing for a week - he also just likes to be left alone, he does like fuss - but not that often.

just edited to add.

Layla also has a habbit of always want to lick any part she can find
of me, she also does at times come to bed, as i work nights she does come to bed with me during the day, she does end up getting to hot - so lies on the floor,
if i dont let her in the bedroom, then she whines all day.

i have dogs and bitches,finley male lurcher is my shadow and protector and is always near me!!! always licking me for attetion,but equally skye d/h is mummys girl and is a right pain in neck for o/h if i go out!!! and acts like i have been away for 6 months when i get back,and are d/hounds the loudest whiners you have ever heard??!! or is that just mine??!!

My two borzois are close related, so close that they are not allowed for breeding with each other.
The male is very "sticky" to me, and veru attentive to how I am behaving, he lies close to me in bed, and in this very moment his head lies on my feet. Hee seeks my contact all the time.
The female prefers to investigate the garden, play with my deerhound or steal something to chew.
She is affectinate when I come to cudle her, likes it ans she also comes to me to get cuddled, but only now and then. None of mu male dogs ever tend to stray, if someone goes stray some day it will be her.

lurcherlover wrote:


It's called the "Deerhound Winge". It must be common as I've heard it from many sources.

oh that makes me feel better lol!!!!!! its like a puppy winge that she never grew out of, but now could break the sound barrier!!!!

Always had trouble with bitches for dis-obedience and running off...dog's I have found to be easier to train and more loyal...had problems with dogs fighting though..but then I am a bloke...maybe men get on better with dogs,and women with bitches..just a thought..

Cara is a mans dog, any man will do, she likes me well enough, but men are better

Bryn is mummys boy

Well that theory didnt last long...

Murray is a mummys boy and is very loving while Carys is more inclined to do something naughty or be inquisitive about something. Murray has a habit of burying his head in me and taking a long breath in I have found boys to be more loving and loyal

I find that the boys are definately softer, they like cuddles and fuss anytime. The girls are more idependant and liked to be fussed when they want. As for the whinge, they all excell at that, although I think the older dog here Boy must hold the record for volume

Pam

Since Zippo is my first Deerhound, my exp comes from the yrs with Afghans and Borzoi...but I've always found the boys easier to train, and more fun for obedience trials. The girls made better coursers....hard driven, no nonsense attitude...gotta bring food home to the babes. Even when I used to bike the hounds for conditioning, it was easier to take several boys...the girls werew scanning the open farmers fields...looking for small or large creatures to hunt down, anything from a fox to a moose was fair game. Ah heck, a gopher could get their attention.
Cassandra & Zippo

I would agree with you Cassandra Nancharrow is always watching, sussing out whats going on ,and what her role in the situation is going to be.for instance we came across a crowd on the beach having a party with a fire going Nan approached but stood at a distance away on 3 paws the fourth held up in the air,tail out straight and still, nose high sniffing the air ever so alert waiting for a command..Dylan the boy chocieruns ina sides ways skipping motion head first in to the middle of the crowd like they are all his long lost friends,and of course most people fall in love with him as he is such a character..then takes us 15 mins to extract him from the crowd..then again this also shows the difference of breeding.Nan is of working line Dylan is of show line has excellent stance but ..bless him not alot of brains:--)

I wonder if the difference doesn't begin in the whelping box. I have farm-sitted with 2 litters of deerhound puppies and have found there are some puppies which are more interactive with people and didn't notice a sex difference.
Other deerhound friends have said to me that the males are more needy.

I believe the number of dogs in a household makes a difference as well, since deerhounds really do love their own kind, if a dog is a singleton as mine is they are usually bonded more strongly to their human. When I stay overnight with a pack of deerhounds my girl remembers she is a deerhound not a 4 legged human and has little time for her Mom as long as her day bed is in sight; then she wants me again at bedtime.

I live on the outskirts of a city and was very concerned that my dog be so bonded to me that she wouldn't think of taking off in an off leash area, how much my hand-feeding, taking the dog everywhere with me (even to work) and beginning our relationship very early (visiting shortly after whelping and regularly thereafter) had to do with her sticking close to me or just dumb luck I don't know.
With other dog breeds I've had male or female it absolutely did not seem as close a bond as with my deerhound Cailean, my husband says the same thing about his first deerhound - a male 33 years ago.