# Can you tell the gender of a dog from the front? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 13, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-gender-of-a-dog-from-the-front/660943 "2013-06-13T23:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-gender-of-a-dog-from-the-front/660943/21 "2013-06-14T17:36:23Z")
We have two basenjis, and people often assume they are a M/F pair. (They’re not, they’re littermate sisters.) Most people assume Zef is the male - she’s a little taller, and more lightly built, than Epi. We got her a pink collar to help deflect the assumptions, but she still gets referred to as “he” a lot. Oh well. Also, OP, it’s more correct to refer to animals’ sex, rather than gender. /nitpicky zoo educator. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-gender-of-a-dog-from-the-front/660943/22 "2013-06-14T20:08:46Z")
It’s really easy to tell if the dog in question has recently given birth. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-gender-of-a-dog-from-the-front/660943/23 "2013-06-14T20:20:40Z")
LOL! But I think the premise here is that we can’t check under the hood, so to speak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-gender-of-a-dog-from-the-front/660943.md?page=1)