Labrador Duck Dog - Male or Female

I've had both growing up. Female for me. Well mannered and calm compared to a male, in my opinion at least. Never hunted with one, fwiw.

My male is almost 4 and still acts full retard sometimes. I run this piss outta him and he keeps going. Hes really smart, but I'd own a female if I had to do it again

I've got a black female and a yellow male... my yellow male is 10x's more hyper...

Hunted with my female only, she has drive, heart and an excellent nose. In the morning, she would be out in the boat waiting for us to come out of the camp to go... My male was scared out of his whits at the sound of a gunshot...

In general I have seen males to have a higher upside but the training is more difficult. For the average hunter, a female will likely be easier to handle/train and more than enough to accomplish what you need.

I am considering the same. Due to my schedule, I would prefer a female started lab.

six one, half a dozen the other, in my experience

Standard poodle

I've had and hunted over both. My golden right now is my first female. I'm not sure that I'll ever own another male.

Currently have my first lab. Black Female, British Lab. Went thru the same thing wondering which to get M vs F. My grandfather trained labs for years and I always remember him having males. Males have more drive in with tougher conditions (colder, etc). My female is 9 months and plenty of drive. Making 160 yard retrieves off of a remote launcher. 12 hunting trips a year and family dog I'd go female again.

I picked one of the calmer pups from the litter. When people say their lab is calm, they mean calm for a lab. All have plenty of energy.

Get Water Dog or a newer book. I spent a good amount of time on youtube with puppy training videos and gave our dog a great head start. Highly recommend. Train them every time you feed them, even if it's only 2 minutes. Great start to getting them and encouraging their urge to make you happy and work for reward.

I went with a male and couldnt be happier. I'll have black males the rest of my life. I have too many women in my life He's my best friend and hunting buddy. Trained him myself and it was a very rewarding process. Havent had a complaint about his stubbornness and he still has his ballz. (Might be a daddy soon )

I have a seen a female or two lay down on their handler because they didn't get enough praise after a retrieve. Princesses....