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

[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. 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 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!

[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. 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!!

[zoomer]

Sometimes people thing my kitty is boy because she sprays on everything , 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...

[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.

[shihtzulover850]

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

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!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

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

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? I don't get that at all.

[shihtzulover850]

EVERYONE calls Sassy a "him". They say because she is skinny he's a him? 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. 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"

[luvofallhorses]

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

[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.

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. 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. 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. 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.