whiskyshaver

update. I ended up getting a male amstaff, had him for just over a month now, he's 11 weeks old and gets along with the older bitch without a problem so far. The two of them wrestle and play until they get tired and lie in the sun. So far so good, the pupp is not shy at all and has responded well to obedience training, although he's a bit stubborn and likes to do his own thing.

Looks like I'll have to go with a male then, Thanks everyone :)

Yeah just trying to cover all angles I guess, like I said I've never owned a male and I'm not too sure in the differences

Any thoughts on the favouring strategy ? Ie. establishing the old girl as the alpha ? feed her first, play with her first etc In theory this sounds like it'll work, does any one have any experience in using it ?

Does anyone have any dominance issues with their male dogs ? Or is there much of a difference in handling them ?

Do you plan to breed? possibly will breed the pure amstaff when he/she is old enough, but probably not the older girl

All the dogs I've owned over the years have been guards, I'm not a fan of letting animals live in the house. But don't get me wrong, even though I train them as guards they double as family pets and I never allow aggression. I just like them to bark at strangers approaching the house

The problem is that I've only ever handled female's, and personally I find they make better guards. Most of the males i've encountered through friends and what not, have a tendency to push the boundaries and become far too distracted around bitches on heat. Im hoping that my current girl will take on a sort of 'mother' role to the younger pupp ? (she in not desexed and I don't plan on desexing the pupp either). Also I've heard that favouring the older girl and giving her priority will establish her as dominant and hopefully the younger wont challenger her, provided she knows her place. Any thoughts on the tactic ?

Im thinking about getting a female american staffy pupp and currently I have a 5 year old female, german shepard x amstaff. I've been looking around the internet doing some research and a lot of people are saying not to go with two bitches, personally I think my current dog will get along fine with another addition because she's been raised around cats and other animals and doesn't seem to have a problem with them. she is quite intelligent and very obedient but at the same time she's also independent - as in, she's contempt playing outside, entertaining herself. I just wanted to hear everyone else's thoughts in this, should I go with a male amstaff pupp or risk it and get the female ?