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Comment by Beth on November 7, 2009 at 6:45pm

I think Waffle would be a great name for a tri-color!
We went looking for a female and the breeder said she had two pups that matched our lifestyles in personalities, and both were male. She brought out the first one and we fell in love and brought him home, and she was so right about the personality! He is as close to unflappable as a dog can be. Kinda stubborn and bossy, but man, nothing phases him in the slightest. He's good with everyone and everything. Personally I think a male is better for your lifestyle for two relatively minor reasons (personalities can go either way; our female is more cuddly than our male, but our male is more "in tune" with my moods).
Anyway, the two benefits to a male that I see are:
1) Males in general are much less choosy about potty places and will generally pee on the first patch of grass or weeds they find. Females (in general) get more attached to a single potty place and if you are somewhere different they will sometimes hold it forever, or drag you around in the rain til you get to their spot. Since you are likely to move around a lot in your dog's first five years, this could actually become a major issue. The flipside/downside to that is a male, even a neutered one, is a bit more likely to want to mark inside in a strange place.
2) Neutering/spaying: the timing is much less critical for males than for females, and the recovery is much easier for males. True, once a male hits adolescence, if he is intact you need to keep an eagle eye that he does not get out. But with a female, you really have a small window of time between the time they are old enough for most vets to want to do a spay, and that first heat cycle which you want to avoid. And what if you are in the middle of finals and moving for the semester in that window of time? A male really is pretty safe to neuter any time between 6 months and 1 year, before you are likely to start seeing any really pronounced adult male behaviors. And as I said recovery is easier. Jack's only instructions were to keep the incision area dry for a couple weeks, while Maddie was on restricted activity for 10 days to 2 weeks with her spay.

Comment by Kathryn Graham on November 7, 2009 at 6:28pm

I thought I wanted a red/white female and came home with a tri-boy! The females in the litter were already spoken for, and the breeder thought the best personality mix for us was in two of her tri-boys. She had us spend a lot of time with the two of them, and she was so right. We picked ours and someone else was lucky to have Madoc's brother. Loved the "burnt waffle"! I think red/white is dominant so there's usually more of them in a litter. I've heard that you need to breed in tri-colored corgis or the red gets too washed out and pale. Any truth in that? I know whatever puppy you bring home you will ADORE!!

Comment by Deanna on November 7, 2009 at 6:00pm

Well, since you're "waffling" more on the name -- LOL -- not the sex of your new arrival, personally I like "Waffle/s." It rolls right off the tongue/lips much easier than "octane." Try it out, you'll see what I mean -- and it may come necessary to be able to "spit" his name out quickly as he's teething and chewing on something you don't mean for him to have -- hint, hint!

Comment by Jane Christensen on November 7, 2009 at 5:49pm

Yes, John is right...my warped mind goes...3 items...the waffle, the butter and the syrup and so what if the syrup got a little dark???? As for the sex...it's totally up to you but what are you going to do if you have 2 dogs one of each and the female claims you??? That's what happened when I got Wynn and I suggest to people to see which dogs seem to come to you as they also may choose...Wynn definitely chose me and I wanted a female!!! BUT he's the very best!!!!!

Comment by Nicola Porter on November 7, 2009 at 5:20pm

I also prefer males over females, though with two males now ( a corgi and a chow/lab mix) we'll get a female next.

Comment by Aj on November 7, 2009 at 4:26pm

I also prefer males over females...it's just a personal taste. Like John, I believe that you should totally keep the name.

Comment by John Wolff on November 7, 2009 at 4:19pm

Hey, waffles come in all flavors. What's wrong with a tricolor waffle? And you've invested many of your dreams in this name, so why not keep it?
There MIGHT be something to the stereotype of males being more cuddly -- Al is a bit more cuddly than Gwynnie -- but you'd have to talk to a LOT of dog people before making this stereotype an assumption.

Comment by Michelle on November 7, 2009 at 4:15pm

How exciting.....I do not think that having a male/female preference is out of line. I had not owned a female until we got AJ, Just always had been a boy dog person. You might enjoy have an older puppy around rather than an 8 week old or so. Lets face it if you go see those babies YOU ARE GOING TO BE HOOKED! They had you at ruff!!!!! The breeder sound very promising...good luck.

Comment by Rachael & Waffle on November 7, 2009 at 3:47pm

We had a Firefly marathon this summer... I wasn't particularly fond of it. If I had to name a dog after a Firefly character, it would be Jayne! I'm more apt to name a dog Dr. Horrible or Capt. Hammer. I was seriously debating "The Prince", after The Prince from Katamari, but I'm afraid most everyone would confuse it for that singer guy. lol.

Comment by Mal Schaal on November 7, 2009 at 3:45pm

Actually my female corgi humps my female pyrenese mix's head.

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