Are your dogs or cats often mistaken for the wrong gender?

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Tango is almost always mistaken for being a male dog, I don't know why, maybe its her coat colour? Maybe its her name (Tango is seen as a male name it seems)? She looks pretty feminine to me, but maybe that's just because she's my dog. I rarely have anyone know that she's female unless I specifically tell them (and even then, some people don't seem to 'get it'!). Morgan is sometimes mistaken for a male, but not often. Winston or Tia never are. It doesn't really bother me, just kinda confuses me sometimes I guess. So, are your dogs every mistaken for the opposite gender?

[cali]

Happy is ALWAYS mistaken for a boy. not one single person has ever called her "she" without me saying she is a girl. mostly I think its her name, its sounds pretty gender neutral to me, but I guess most dogs named "Happy" are boys lol

Blair is very often mistaken for a girl, also because of his name. I can only think of it as a boys name because I have never heard of a girl named Blair, but apperntly there was an old TV show staring a girl named Blair or something.

the rest are pretty clear as far as male-female goes.

[Jessika]

everyone always refers to both of them as "him". Hahaha.

[joanofark]

I voted no.

Duke: he just LOOKS like a boy, I don't know, but no one has ever thought he was a boy. Also you can tell when he barks, I think.

Ace: Nope, he just looks like a boy too ;) and, like Duke when he barks you can also tell he's a boy because of his deep pitched voice. :)

Hobo: He can be mistaken as a girl.;) but you can tell he's a boy because he hasn't had his 'snip' job yet;)

[sammy101]

Some people call Lucy a 'he' even though she wears a pink collar and leash. :rolleyes: She doesnt look like he at all,and Kodie looks like he for sure.

[Kfamr]

Sooooo many people think Kiara's a boy. I think it's the black dog syndrom. So many people assume black dog = mean boy dog. :rolleyes:

Simba is usually a she.. but I can see why since he's so prissy.
Nala is the only one who isn't mistaken often.

[binka_nugget]

Kai's always referred to as "she". I think it's cause of his fluffy coat.. it makes him "pretty" apparently.

[cali]

lol I would have guessed the other way round! I would not they Kai could possably be mistaken for a girl because his head is so broad and male looking..Kaeden on the other hand I could see mistaken for a girl because he has a finer head.

[dogzr#1]

Molly is sometimes mistaken for a boy. I'm not sure why though. Prince is sometimes mistaken for a girl, because he is small and I guess his patriotic leash and collar make him look 'feminine'. Astra ,luckly, has always been called a she.

[sparks19]

Sometimes people mistake Teddy for a she but for the most part I am always talking to him when someone is near. So they often hear his name before approaching us :D Plus I think he looks like a boy lol

but we do get the odd person that says she.

For me... for some reason I always refer to the big dogs as he and the small dogs as she lol. No idea why

[Miss Z]

everyone always refers to both of them as "him". Hahaha.

Yes that happens to my two aswell, lol;)

[lute]

EVERYBODY calls Gracie a boy and Beanie a girl! even my mom mixes them up all the time. :rolleyes:

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Yeah, everyone just says "he" about all the dogs unless they ask first- it's kind of hard to tell what most dogs are at first in my opinion though!

[cocker_luva]

people always used to call Jesse a boy, because of her name.

[Zippy]

Zippy is alwas called a boy.She has a pink collar on.

[lute]

Zippy is alwas called a boy.She has a pink collar on.
haha. some people don't use their heads.hehe

[moosmom]

Well, not so much gender, but species. MooShoo, who as you know is a hairless cat (Sphynx) is VERY often mistaken for a Chihuahua. A lady in the park the other day was looking at Moo when he "meowed". She looked shocked. :eek: and started laughing!

[shihtzulover850]

Snuggles isn't usually. people automatically think that a toy dog is a girl around here and that a large dog is a boy :rolleyes: Occasionally a kid will come up asking Can I pet him? I was with a friends maltese puppy holding the leash and someone came up saying can I pet the poodle? lol it was funny! :p :D

[shihtzulover850]

Well, not so much gender, but species. MooShoo, who as you know is a hairless cat (Sphynx) is VERY often mistaken for a Chihuahua. A lady in the park the other day was looking at Moo when he "meowed". She looked shocked. :eek: and started laughing! Oh my gosh that is hilarious!!!!! ROTFLOL! a chihuahua meowing!!! too funny!

[Queen of Poop]

My girl dog was obviously mistaken for a boy when some woman walked up to us and told me I'd better pick up my dogs poop. I politely informed her that SHE was a girl and was just having a pee. Note, I always carry loads of bags on our walks to pick up poop - sometimes it happens more than once!! :D

[zoomer]

Sometimes people thing my kitty is boy because she sprays on everything :rolleyes:, and some people mistake Alaska for a girl because he has pink and blue on his collar, I don't think people have mistaken Georgia or Buddy before... :confused:

[k9krazee]

I voted sometimes. Its mostly with Shadow though, shes a big black dog, she must be male...even with her pink collar and leash !

Now our big white fluffy cat, Jasper, often gets mistaken for a girl all the time...because, ya know, big white cats area always female. :rolleyes:

[shihtzulover850]

:rolleyes:
EVERYBODY calls Gracie a boy and Beanie a girl! even my mom mixes them up all the time. :rolleyes:You know gracie looks like a girl but beanie looks like a boy. hm I don't know how you could confuse them. Some people! :rolleyes:

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Everyone calls Nacey a boy. I even sewed flowers on her harness and she's still always called a boy. :rolleyes:

Justin's mom always calls all of our pets boys, even Bitsy and she couldn't look any more feminine.

[Alysser]

EVERYONE calls Sassy a "him". They say because she is skinny he's a him? :confused: I don't get that at all.

[shihtzulover850]

EVERYONE calls Sassy a "him". They say because she is skinny he's a him? :confused: I don't get that at all.
gee neither do i!!! sassy is so cute and girly looking!!

[Suki Wingy]

um, not usually, they usually say, "Does he bite?" before aking to bet him. :rolleyes: :( A lot of times people ask what his name is, I say "Niño" and they then have to aske what sex! Yes, I named my female dog "little boy" :rolleyes: :p

[luvofallhorses]

Jenny is the only one mistaken for a boy since she has a deep, loud bark. :p

[wolf_Q]

Nebo is sometimes. I think people associate red huskies as being female (like from Balto I guess?). Many people think he's a malamute and he'd be a small malamute and therefore more likely female. I think he has quite a masculine look.

Sydney is almost always mistaken for a boy. The name can go either way and it seems that people believe all black dogs are male for some reason. :confused:

I don't recall anyone thinking Reggie was a girl.

[gemini9961]

Maggie is usually always referred to as a girl, which she is. I guess because she's small and when I take her out she gets to wear pretty collars and frilly girl stuff. :o Grant I suppose could be mistaken for a girl because of his bark but he looks like a boy to me and he has the ummm well....necessary equipment to be a boy. :D Sadie was called a "him" at the vet's the other day, gee wiz her name is Sadie, that's a really girl name so I don't know what their problem was. :rolleyes: I always try and "see" if it's a male dog and if I still can't tell, then I ask the owner, I never like to assume either way since I don't appreciate it when other's assume the sex of my dogs. :)

[ParNone]

Oz pretty much always gets mistaken for a Girl. I always have him in either a blue, green or purple collar. But I guess he does look sort of dainty, plus add in the blue eyes and long eye lashes and it's an automatic assumption. I don't even correct people anymore.

[IRescue452]

People always call Autumn a boy. Even when she's shaved and its easy to tell. She also used to have a pink collar.

[molucass]

Oh my gosh that is hilarious!!!!! ROTFLOL! a chihuahua meowing!!! too funny!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who found that really funny. I started laughing out loud, and my mom asked me what I was laughing at, and I told her and she said "Well, that's not funny."

[Chilli]

Khaith (my kitty^^) is always mistaken for a female.. and they always think his name is Kate. Well, it doesn't help much when I used to let him wear pink collars. ;)
Frisk... everyone tends to mistake him for a girl. Anyone who knows my fat little boy says that they couldn't picture him as a girl. Maybe his name is a bit feminine? Or maybe he looks a wee pregnant(He's not round enough in my opinion to even come close to looking pregnant, though)?
People get the genders right on everyone else, though. :)

[dionne]

you know strangely enough for me, people call my girl cat a boy, and my boy cat a boy...apparantly some people just prefer to think of all cats as boys or something.....to ME i think it's quite obvious which gender my kitties are, but that could contribute to the fact that i raised them....

[dab_20]

Sammy is often mistaken for a girl. Some people think he just looks like a girl when he has long hair. He obviously looks like a boy to me. ;) Some people think Oreo's a boy because of her name.

[zanyshihtzu]

My mia gets called a boy alot even though she often wears pink bows and a pink collar.

[Roxyluvsme13]

YES! Everyone calls Roxy he all the time.. :rolleyes:

[cloverfdx]

Yep all the time. Clover is always called "big fella" by strangers hehe, even though she has been wearing/ using a pink collar and lead for the last 8 months or so. Elvis has been mistaken for a "pretty girl" aswell, but he has realy put on some manly muscle in the last few months so he does not look girlie anymore ;).

Everyone else is pretty obvious.

[Zippy]

Pumpkin is called a boy a lot sometimes even after they have been told she had kittens(only happened to my relitives(sp?):rolleyes: Tiger(Zippy's RB brother)was alwas called a girl and Zippy a boy.

[bckrazy]

Kay, that theory cannot be completely true. Gonzo is always called a "she" or "pretty" by everyone! =P I think it might be because he's such a softy. Even 2 ladies on our Flyball team, who we've known for over a year, call Gonzo a "she"... and they have a male BC. It does get annoying, after you've said "No, he's a boy." 10x.

Strangely, everyone knows Fozzie is a wittle boy. He must exude masculinity ;)

Cali, I think the show you're referring to is "the Facts of Life". My best friend is a girl named Blair! So I also associate it with females.

[K9soul]

My current dogs don't get mixed up. Tommy is so large he's just obviously male :p.

But with Willie and Cody it was different. Sometimes both were called she, but Cody was ALWAYS called she. Because he looked like "lassie" I suppose. There may be something to the black dog thing as Willie was called she far less. I still remember one lady's response after I told her Cody was a boy "Oh but she's too pretty to be a boy!" Never forgot that one LOL. Ironic too considering males generally have the thicker/longer coats. :)

[king2005]

my old dog Max was often called a girl.. I even saw people look at his belly & say, isn't she pretty.. ummm that wasn't a nipple lady lol :rolleyes:

I think most people thought Max was a girl because he was so slim & he was fixed. People who don't know squat about dogs don''t understand that the male part is inside the dog & doesn't hang like a humans.

I only think this becasue my mentally challenged friend looked at my dog while he was on his back & told me Max was a girl. When I asked why she said there was no testies (not her words, so I'm cleaning it up a little) & no penis. I said yes he has penis, its right there & she said no, because its not hanging, so it has to be a female.. long story short, I had to teach her about male dog parts. She never mistaken a male for a female ever again after that :D

So if my mentally chalenged friend thinks like that, I'm sure people who don't know squat about dogs, think the same way.

[finn's mom]

I think, in general, people seem to think dogs are male. Not sure why. And, it used to be, before everything got so "politically correct", and it became "he/she", people referred to anything where the gender was unknown as "he." If I remember correctly, that was the "correct" way in English class. I still do that when I'm writing or typing or speaking although people think I am just assuming, when all I'm really doing is going by the way I learned in school, even if it is not as "PC"... I refer to everything as "he" unless or until I'm told otherwise. Or it's something obvious like a feminine name or color or something...but, even then, I've seen people put pink collars on male dogs. I know I'll sometimes just ask "is your pet male or female?" just to avoid annoying people. It has never bothered me in the past, though...my dog Bruno was small, so, I think that's why some people thought he was a girl, but, even then, that didn't happen often. I don't think anyone's ever asked if Finn was a girl...they just always call him a "him." But, it wouldn't bother me if people thought he was a girl.

[chrissycat21]

Snowy has been called a boy several times while wearing a pink collar and pink harness.

Although, it might have been because she has a blue leash... :p

[beeniesmom]

All the time.

[vinjashira]

Yes. Snowy gets mistaken for a boy quite often, even here at Pet Talk :D
a gentle reminder for everybody, Snowy is a girl :)

[kissy73179]

we got a kitten aqnd was told it was a female and wenamed her Nala. # weeks later at her 1st vet visit, the doc told us she was a HE!!! So now we need a new name and have to train our selves to stop calling him she and Nala. Also the pretty pink with stones collar looks silly now..lol!