That was my thought, but I haven't owned enough male dogs to generalize. Always had females, as both a kid and adult, until now, of course.

IMO its the natural order males are head strong because they have balls & wanna subvert the alpha. Females tend to fall into the roll of beta quicker. Less distractions.

Dude, ya gotta think about this in human terms: Go out, pay for, and enjoy (or at least try to enjoy) the full line of services of a male prostitute. Then, pay the same amount of money for a female prostitute and see what ya get.

Yes, it's that simple.

My first try training a bird dog was with a male. He was so difficult and took so long to train I was thinking the problem was me. Then my next bird dog was a female and she took to it so much easier I never switched back.

Good way of putting it.

but its not like that when you are talking about top shelf canine stock.

You cant think of it in human terms.

A proven stud is worth its weight in diamonds.

50K a year is a drop in the bucket. you get one or two litters a year out of a bitch. peanuts.

Makes a lot of sense.

Damn. If I had $400 to waste.

Can you send me one UPS? Just stick im' in one of those over-sized envelopes.

J/K