I was reading the following article, and was surprised to read that, contrary to popular opinion, females tend to be more aggressive than males. Is this true?
K-9 Unit is topic of Neighborhood Watch meeting in
Cliffside Park (New Jersey)
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
STAFF WRITER
CLIFFSIDE PARK CITIZEN
CLIFFSIDE PARK – The Cliffside Park Neighborhood Watch Program held its monthly meeting Feb. 29. This month’s program, under the direction of Sgt. Rodney Telleri, included a presentation by the Bergen County Police Department’s K-9 Unit.
Donow explained “A K-9 team will generally work together for 5-7 years, depending on the health and fitness of the dog. When the dog is retired from active service, he remains with his handler and continues to be part of his family.”
Currently, all the dogs in the Bergen County Police Department K-9 Unit are male, as the females tend to be more aggressive, Donow stated. When a dog retires, a new dog is trained to take his place in the unit.
I have never heard that, and was surprised to read it! This gentleman might be speaking from his own experience with a particular line of K9s. It is not categorically true for all GSDs.
I agree with Jennie on this one.
The one drawback for female K9s that I can think of is that they go into heat 1-2 times per year, which could be inconvenient and distracting. Also, they’re physically smaller than males, so if the unit wants a larger dog, that could be a disadvantage. But the aggression thing, I’ve never heard that before.
I think agression is more training and genetics than sex. Having had both males and females, I will say that there is an advantage to having a male working dog. A male is pretty much the same dog 365 days a year where a female’s personality can change depending on where they are in their cycle.
I guess I always thought they would spay a female police dog.
You’re probably right, Lisa – A female K-9 in heat would really create quite a distraction among her male co-workers!
Very similar to the human workplace-LOL
No, females are not more aggressive. An intact male, just by virtue of the fact that he’s intact and producing hormones, is likely to have the edge as far as raw aggression but males are no more or less drivey than females and the drive, not just aggression, is what is necessary for work. Females are used less because if they are intact their heat cycles interrupt work and training, and also people who breed and broker these dogs are going to keep the best females back for breeding. If you have a really outstanding female she should be bred, and breeding takes too much time. It’s just a few minutes of a male’s time but months of a female’s time.
They aren’t called bitches for nothing. They obviously earned that title. 🙂
And you know what “b-i-t-c-h” stands for?
Babe In Total Control of Herself !!!!
Sounds right to me…. definitely an A-T trait… human or dog… 🙂
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