Hi there,

I’m asking this question on behalf of my parents who are planning to buy a scottie pup in the next couple of weeks. They currently have one scottie and two miniature daschunds, all neutered males. So we were wondering what sex would be the best addition to the family. Unusually for scotties this particular litter has 7 females and 1 male, so if they are wanting the male they will need to say so very soon, as he is gorgeous and will go quickly I’m sure!
The boys we have at the moment get on really well together, the daschunds are brothers and the scottie, who we had first, acts like their mummy and licks their heads on a very regular basis!

Reasons for getting a boy are:
1. We would worry that they may pester a bitch, especially the scottie as he was a stud dog before we got him, although the daschunds rarely show any interest towards bitches they meet on walks.
2. We wondered if they would maybe be more protective over her when out on walks?

Reasons for getting a girl are:
1. Because there are more of them in the litter
2. They are a nice size when fully grown (our current scottie is huge compared to the mum of the litter!!)
3. A wee change is always nice
4. They may be less aggressive as a ‘pack’ if we introduce a bitch

If anyone has any advice on this matter it would be greatly appreciated, the owners have to make up their mind which one they are keeping – their daughter is desperate to keep the boy, so it may not even be an option but it would be really interesting to hear peoples thoughts anyway. I guess at the end of the day it probably comes down to personality, and as a litter they are all fantastic little characters so I’m sure any one of them would get on fine with our boys providing they are introduced in the right way!
Thank you!

# Posted by szreid 87 days ago