Is there a difference between females & males?
Collies are loyal and affectionate making them excellent companions regardless of gender. Their sweet natured dispositions are not gender influenced – every Collie is an individual with a unique personality. Some people believe that females are more affectionate and easier to train. Such individuals generally have little actual experience to base such an opinion on. In my broad experience I can tell you that this notion is absolutely misguided and completely false. The rumor that females are supposedly “easier” to train does, however, seems rooted in the old folk-lore mentality that females are more desireable because they can be bred to generate a monetary return from the sale of their puppies. The simple fact is that males are no less affectionate than females, and very often males are more affectionate and even easier to train than females. Remember, the dogs who starred as Lassie in the classic Lassie movies were usually males and not females – though this is due to their thicker c
