Do you get annoyed if someone misgenders your dog?!

[DrMeredithGrey2023]

I was talking to a woman at a village family event the other day, and called her dog 'she'

Her facial expression instantly changed, and she quite curtly said 'um, he' and then the vibe changed.

Can't say it offends me in the slightest if someone calls my dog a girl, to the point that I'm even sure I'd bother to correct them in the situation we were in - chances are I'll never see her again 🤣

Does it bother you?

A lot of people assumed our lab was female as a young puppy. He’s not, he’s male. Doesn’t bother me in the slightest.

Picture of RiverPup for reference.(approx eight weeks old in picture)

No of course not although it's hard to mistake ddog as his doggie private parts are rather visible, plus he's a chunky muscular boy #proudfurbabymum 😜

I find it really weird when I see dogs with bows on their heads. I mean, gender norms are all sorts of messed up anyway, but imposing one on your dog?

the bows on heads aren’t actually gender/sex specific. Traditionally in the show ring certain breeds have certain ways they present- ie the daft poodle hairball look.

Yorkshire Terriers have to be shown with a red bow holding their long hair out to their faces, for both sexes. Has to be red as well so no pink/blue indications. It’s purely functional.

My dog is bother female sex & gender so it does bother her a little bit. I have unintentionally given her a gender neutral name so it does get confusing. I do correct people for her in a joking way.

My other dog is male sex and his balls are quite big for a little dog so never gets called a female.

No, I might correct them but I don’t get offended. Dogs don’t look male/female facially and when they’re as hairy as mine you can’t tell easily by glancing down.

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I love those dogs, just gorgeous. I meet a beautiful standard poodle everyday and wow she's is stunning, the chap says he gets asked all the time is she a doodle mix, he gets quite prickly 🤣 xxx

You knew what the OP meant!

Can't get worried about it myself. The dog gets upset about lots of things, but never about being misgendered.

I was joking on my first post but my dogs the same.

You can call her what you liked as long as you gave her a fuss and even better food.

@VWHoliday

I was more referring to other posters, one of whom thinks that a pink lead = a female hound.

OP mentioned she meant sex in a later post.

Apart from anything else it behoves us all to call out the use of the word gender when sex is the correct term.

Mine gets called a boy all the time. Except by a lovely old lady in the vets who enquired 'is she a bitch?' Amused me no end since she can be annoying! But no it doesn't annoy me. And ddog loves any attention. And doesn't speak english so no offence taken by either of us.

Mine are both boys, I find generally most people call dogs boys anyway. Can't see how it could offend anyone really. I find it quite hard to think of big bulldog type dogs or St Bernards as being girls as they look so boyish.

TBF to the OP, in the good old days (about 3 years ago) gender and sex meant the same thing so I think them saying misgendered is fine as everyone knows what that means.

I find it quite hard to think of big bulldog type dogs or St Bernards as being girls as they look so boyish

how does a dog look “boyish”? Are you just working on the principle that bigger= male? Do you also think small dogs look “girlish”?

Only when my mum does it. Makes me irrationally angry 😤

Our new neighbour referred to our (normally indoor) cat as 'your animal' when I introduced them. I never felt quite the same way about that neighbour again.

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I'm weak. You're all effing nuts

I don't know why purple think they can accurately assume to know the sex of a dog unless they're in the business, i.e. someone who knows a breed well will make an educated guess. I have a female who always gets called a male, its because she's burley looking, which is silly!

Sometimes I think the dog sex you have is the one you mostly likely assume others dogs are.

I always think they are male until told otherwise. But I have tended to have male dogs and think that is why.

unsure about gender… but my lab 100% identifies as a bin….

No.
Aren't all dogs 'good boys' and all cats 'good girls' anyway?

I sometimes (irrationally) feel a little huffy when my very pretty dog is referred to as 'he'. She has a more slender build and finer features than males of her breed and to me she looks 100% female.

It's just my opinion and how I see it, they are not particularly dainty looking dogs 🤷‍♀️

My small dog is a pug, he does not look dainty/girly in the slightest so no to that.