Hi all,
Please be kind this is my first post.
I looking at getting new puppy. I lost my old dog 3 months ago and now ready for another.
People have said to get a bitch so then I don’t compare it to my old dog, but I have a bitch at the moment and people have said they can be horrible to each when they are in season. My bitch was fine with my dog but I have only had her since February and she is abit of a resuce and she has had pups prior to her coming to live with us.
Any advice would be appreciate

For what is is worth I have never compared any of my dogs to a previous dog male or female.  Each is unique.

I started with bitches but now only have males - I love the male personality and their loving nature in my breed.

Mixing males and entire females is not easy when in season either - the male can pine/go off food / howl to name a few things!

Many keep entire bitches no issue but it depends on the age gap and the bitches.  As she is a rescue you may want to be sure she will be happy welcoming in a puppy/ not upset her?

Thanks for your advice.
I have been told bitches are more tranable? I have only ever had dogs. This is the first bitch I have had. We got her off my partners sister cause she could cope with two dogs so know a bit about her history and think she has be passed on and on. So we said she wont go anywhere now. She is 8 and has live with other dogs and bitches before and from what they have said she is fine with both. We are going to get her neutered cause we don’t ever tend to breed with her (think she did a lot of that before we got her)

I think trainability is more to do with breed and the individual dog then it's sex. I have had both sexes
In your situation I would.go for a dog especially as you are having your bitch spayed so u won't have her season s to worry about.

Think I would be tempted to get her neutered and then give her a few months to recover before considering adding a new dog. There are pro's and con's to both sexes and one persons experience of a breed may not be the same as someone else's. Do you have a breed in mind?

Yes I’m getting a Weimaraner.

Weimaraner males can be a bit of a handful. Have you had the breed before?

Yes my dog I had pts was a Weimaraner Dog and I had him from a pup and was 12 when I lost him. So fully prepared for Chaos

Bless him. You must miss him. As you have been 'in at the deep end', whatever you get shouldn't be a problem for you

I was and still are truly heartbroken. Horrible as it sounds don’t think losing a family member could hurt this much. Can now talk about him without crying uncontrollably!!! Still can’t get rid of his bed and bowl. His bowl Still hasn’t been washed since he last ate out of it. I know how crazy I sound.

Not crazy at all. Although a dirty food bowl might be verging on certifiable

I have 3 Weimaraners currently (1 bitch, 2 males), and they are all so different in personality/train-ability that I wouldn't like to make a real distinction between sexes, only dog-to-dog. Just make sure you understand the lines the puppy is coming from as this will be an overarching indicator of type. Mine are pretty much bomb-proof and that is evident in their breeding. An unsteady Weim could be very hard work.

Without sounding stupid. How do you know by the breedlines. My old dog was from showing parents and he was great with people and dogs. Not the most obedient

I would have her spayed well before the new puppy arrives.

I do think bitches & dogs get on better together most of the time than dogs of the same sex as bitches usually rule

There will be good age gap too.

Being a HPR breed, you will know that they need consistent training from the getgo to keep them occupied mentally.

I've not read all your comments, but if you have a bitch now, I'd go for a male puppy which is (usually!) the best combination.    Always remembering that introducing another bitch in there could be difficult ..... dogs fight to mate, but bitches to survive and if one takes against another, generally speaking that's it.    Having said that, since our first two males 10 months apart in age, we have always had more bitches than dogs, usually keeping two from each litter we bred.   And we didn't have more than the occasional short-lived spat (usually over food if I wasn't careful).  In fact the only homing I had to do was with a young male who decided to fight his uncle and wouldn't take no for an answer.   But in general, mine is a breed that isn't normally inclined to fight.

If you have a bitch now, make sure you get her spayed ahead of bringing a male, puppy or no, into the house.  But if you had a male before, with her, you'll know why!!

Just my opinion.

> Without sounding stupid. How do you know by the breedlines.

Your best to visit a few breeders and get on a waiting list of a bitch who you have liked in character and tye, and hopefully meet the sire too.

If your able to get to some championship shows (we have Midland Counties championship show coming up end of October at Stafford and South Wales at the Welsh showground inn Built early/mid October.  You can meet the dogs and see which lines you like.  the catalogue will have the dogs names and their parents, and you may find your drawn to particular kennels or offspring.

You could of course contact your deceased boys breeder as there may be direct reltives who have litters in the pipeline.

we are on our second weimaraner. both bitches. and as different as chalk and cheese.  my first dog was very very special and irreplaceable. my current one has not replaced her as she is a very different dog who is also very very special but different.   they each had their plus points and minus points,  Jodie my first was completely reliable with all other animals and dogs but destroyed the house if did not get what she considered enough exercise. Nell my current dog is not reliable with other dogs but she is very laid back about exercise levels which is a good job as I developed bad arthritis after having her and would not be capable of doing the extreme exercise Jodie had needed.   there are lots of similarites between the two but they each won us over by their unique qualities that they did not share.

The safest combination would be bitch and dog.  No guarantees as it does also come down to individual personalities, but on the whole that combo is the least likely to cause problems as pup matures.

Personally if you already have a bitch, I would get another bitch.  Because I don't believe in early neutering and owning an intact male and female isn't something I'd recommend for the majority of owners...

> Because I don't believe in early neutering and owning an intact male and female isn't something I'd recommend for the majority of owners...

Of course not, BUT presumably the bitch this OP has isn't young and if she's not already spayed, probably could do with spaying now, regardless of whether the incoming puppy is male or female.   If she's spayed (between now and then) there's surely no need to think about castration for the new puppy.

"Still can’t get rid of his bed and bowl"    I found it difficult to remove collar/leads especially as those we lost weren't being 'replaced' (with new litters).   As for the bowls, some time ago I decided it was beyond time to clear out all the bowls I had been reluctant to part with.   So (having washed them )  I took them to our local Dogs Trust.   I was really upset to be told 'I suppose we can put them in our shop'.   Well my dear, IF you had realised what it took me to finally decide to part with them, and so many memories they held, you might have shown a modicum of empathy!!   Never again Dogs Trust.

Current bitch is 8 years old and op is going to have her spayed and I imagine sooner rather than later . So no need to worry about castration before maturity of a new pup as long as bit of time before the 2 events

Sorry, just saw this question. We've met parents, grandparents and in some cases great grandparents of our dogs and they all have solid personalities. We also know quite a lot about brothers and sisters of our  three and they are the same. It's worth doing the research (as far as it is possible to do so). We visited another breeder local to us, met the sire who the owner couldn't control and as a result we didn't take a puppy. We later met people locally who had dogs from this breeder and one said they couldn't walk their dog un-muzzled and another said they were over-excitable to the point of being uncontrollable. Very glad we walked away.

> Personally if you already have a bitch, I would get another bitch.  Because I don't believe in early neutering and owning an intact male and female isn't something I'd recommend for the majority of owners...

This situation because that's already being addressed, I absolutely agree with you.  I've had a few cases where people have taken on bitch and dog littermates then asked me for advice about neutering, and in some cases I have had to advise they be done early because the people clearly wouldn't be able to keep them securely separated or didn't have a backup plan (i.e. somewhere else for one pup to go during a season).  I really, really hate those times because usually I'm advising people NOT to neuter but on balance, the risk of the bitch having puppies when she is still a puppy herself, and of yet another poorly bred litter of pups arriving into the world, is far more important than the potential health risks.  But it's a 'lesser of two evils' situation for me as neither is a good option.

Sorry, that should say "This situation aside...".

I was  a bit confused :) but that's not hard