My Pet Peeve

[Herr Rottweiler]

I'm going to get ragged for saying this but I find the women will stick in there and keep training the dogs where the blokes get sick of it pretty quick and pack it in.

[wheres my rock]

interesting thought i havent found this though id say the guys i have worked with have been every bit as keen as the women

[Herr Rottweiler]

I'm basing this on over 10,000 people

[wheres my rock]

yes but in general there are more women at clubs in the first place i wouldnt have a clue how many epople i'd base it on just observation over many years of being associated with clubs

of the 10,ooo poeple to begin with ho many were female and how many were male also did the males find they had achieved enough controla and were satified easier than the women also are the women staying on because they enjoy the social side of going to classes whereas the men are busy with other things.

Do more of the men that come to trianing work longer hours or have other interests to begin with

Edited July 12, 2006 by caninecoach

[Herr Rottweiler]

[wheres my rock]

rofl maybe you just like helping the ladies more than the men lol

[Herr Rottweiler]

DAM! I knew someone would uncover my plot eventually

[wheres my rock]

rofl

but i think its been done before

Edited July 12, 2006 by caninecoach

[Herr Rottweiler]

yes but in general there are more women at clubs in the first place i wouldnt have a clue how many epople i'd base it on just observation over many years of being associated with clubs

of the 10,ooo poeple to begin with ho many were female and how many were male also did the males find they had achieved enough controla and were satified easier than the women also are the women staying on because they enjoy the social side of going to classes whereas the men are busy with other things.

Do more of the men that come to trianing work longer hours or have other interests to begin with

Mostly women come to do training, that's a known fact. Same with show ring etc. Guys usually nick off to the footy or bathurst or whatever. The dog is generally a secondary concern to most blokes, unless it involves manly types of stuff such as schutzhund or working dog.

Of the guys that come to training, which would usually work out to an 80% ratio of women vs. 20 % of men, half of those guys will drop out within 6 months where 80% of the 80% of women will see it through to the end.

[wheres my rock]

thast because the women cant resist that strong muscular body and those big brown eyes

Edited July 12, 2006 by caninecoach

[Herr Rottweiler]

Hmmmm, you must be talking about Dutch

[noisymina]

Same with horse riding - majority women - but the men who do stick with it are very good at it. ;)

[Erny]

Same with horse riding - majority women - but the men who do stick with it are very good at it. ;)

I was nearly going to post the same thoughts, Noisy. I do find a lot (not all, mind) of the men who do stick with it are gay, though. Wonder if that makes any difference to the theory?

[noisymina]

Yeh - well, that's a recent development. ;)

All the horse riding guys I knew as a kid were definitley not gay. Might have been more civilised if they were.

They used to do terrible things to us girls - guess it toughened us up a bit, tho.

Oh Oh We're off topic again, Erny

Edited July 13, 2006 by noisymina

[J...]

I'd never thought about it in a dog sense HR - but you're right! My immediate though too was also horses, if you've ever been to a horse training clinic 9/10 times you will find male instructor/clinician, a group of women, with maybe a token bloke or two......

Funnily enough the only dog workshop I've been to was exactly the same ;)

[wheres my rock]

cant get one past you can i lol

Definately a new thing the horsey gys i know are no way gay lol and th men in the dog worl i know are definately not either i still think its just the ratio makes it appear that women stick at it

[Erny]

All the horse riding guys I knew as a kid were definitley not gay. Might have been more civilised if they were.

They used to do terrible things to us girls - guess it toughened us up a bit, tho.

I remember those days too, Noisy. Although those guys that I knew of then weren't exactly concerned about riding "skills" .... more cowboy types.

Oh Oh We're off topic again, Erny

;) Yep ... won't happen again though, will it? (much)

[Kelpie-i]

HR, I think the problem is that men, in general, have a problem with committing themselves....to anything!

[Erny]

HR, I think the problem is that men, in general, have a problem with committing themselves....to anything!

Cough, splutter .... present company excepted, of course HR. ;)

[Kelpie-i]

present company excepted, of course HR

But of course!

Edited July 13, 2006 by Kelpie-i