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Moby, Our Amazing Gender Changing Dog!

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:20 am
by Curly(SO)
We took Moby to the vets last night as we were concerned that his 'manhood' didn't seem to be developing along with the rest of him (nearly 6 months old now).

We said to the vet that we thought maybe Moby was the runt of the litter (he was the smallest) and his privates hadn't developed properly or that his testicles hadn't descended, or even that he may be a hermaphradite! We were not prepared for the vet to say 'he's a girl!' Ed replied with the immortal line 'in what sense is he a girl?!" We were stunned :shock: :oops:

This is weirder than finding out about Ed CDing...we were so used to Moby being a boy...now we are having to re-educate ourselves into saying she and her!

How stupid to we feel?! We took the breeder's word for it when they said he was a boy. I can't think how they got it wrong. Our excuse is, once told, we had no reason to have a close inspection of our little dog's privates. Moby was fom a very large litter so maybe they didn't check properly. When we went to choose a pup, there were six pups left. Five boys and one girl. They wanted to keep the bitch, so they put her away and let us choose from the five 'boys'. Maybe they put the wrong pup away and have kept a boy by mistake! Anyway, I instantly fell in love with Moby, she was the first pup to come up to me and Ed, being a big softie, said we'd go along with my choice, even though he thought we should have got a bigger pup, and one that didn't have a mottled nose. (we'd already decided we wanted a boy) At least, now we know she isn't a runt and we love her to bits, regardless, she is beautiful, though she will always be a bit tomboyish in our eyes, I suppose :)

Love,
Curly(SO)

Re: Moby, Our Amazing Gender Changing Dog!

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:18 am
by DonnaT
I reckon she's the perfect pet for y'all. She's keeping it in the family. :mrgreen:
Curly(SO) wrote: When we went to choose a pup, there were six pups left. Five boys and one girl. They wanted to keep the bitch, so they put her away and let us choose from the five 'boys'. Maybe they put the wrong pup away and have kept a boy by mistake!
Wait until they try to breed "her"! :shock: ..rofl..

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:05 am
by Virginia
Ain't the mysteries of the universe beautiful?
Virginia

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:54 pm
by Kyra
=D> =D> A truly transgendered family! =D> =D>

:mrgreen:

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:06 am
by CJ
Hi all,

Curly, I mean, c'mon! Didn't you know? Couldn't you tell? Female puppies stop for a moment, take a look around, and stand firmly on all fours when they take a leak; male puppies just do it anywhere, any way, even while running! :mrgreen:

Love,
CJ

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:15 pm
by Curly(SO)
Yeah...I know...we should have worked it out. I did say to Ed 'when will he start to lift his leg to pee?' He said he would do so as he got older. You are right about her stopping and looking round, she does that every time, it is so cute! She seems so much like a girl now, that we can't believe we thought she was a boy. I guess it goes to show how suggestible we are. We perceived her as a boy just because we were told so, despite evidence to the contrary. Of course, we were starting to notice things were not quite right in our dog's trouser department, but still didn't twig 'he' could be a she :oops: She even does this really cute feminine paw lift when she stops running, never really noticed it till now!

Love,
Curly(SO) :)

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:48 pm
by SilverLady(SO)
Hey, Curly - - don't worry that you never noticed Moby was actually a 'she' just because Moby never hiked a leg to pee! My parents once had a male dog, Zack, that had been abused by previous owners, and the dog was 7-8 months old at that time. Zack never hiked to pee until my parents got another male dog, Bashful, 2 years later; the dog in between the 2 males was a female, Queenie, so of course poor Zack had no male role-model! Zack quickly overcame his lack of education once Bashful came into the household - - but we had a million laughs at his expense in the meantime!!