Yeah, I'm probably biased. My mother's dog, that I referenced above, was the
greatest dog I have ever known, and he was a male.
He once dragged a sheet or blanket out of the bedrooms to the living room because my mom was telling him "no" when he went to get on the sofa. (She liked to have a covering on the sofa if the dog was going to get on it. The dog put two and two together. Amazing.)