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01-23-2013 at 8:50 PM
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Pets as gender predictors?

My best friend mentioned to me that animals can sense gender. I just read about it and totally laughed at the insanity...but I haven't seen anyone on here post about it...

Female dog clingy=Male baby
Male dog clingy=Female baby

Cats clingy=Male baby
Cats unclingy=Female baby

I must be having a hermaphrodite because my male and female dogs have been ridiculously clingy...my male dog has started worrying about me. He follows me everywhere, and even lays outside the bathroom. My female dog as become super protective.

Anyone hold true to the theory?!
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01-23-2013 at 9:06 PM
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I don't think this is a thing.
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01-23-2013 at 9:14 PM
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...it's not serious or meant to be taken that way.
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01-23-2013 at 9:35 PM
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Gotta love how some people react to these...

Anyway, I have two male dogs and a female dog.  They've all been mostly ignoring me since my FIL arrived since he feeds them people food and I don't.   None have been overly clingy.  At night the female always tries to sneak into bed with us, but that's nothing new.

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01-23-2013 at 9:38 PM
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It's true that animals have a "sixth" sense and can tell there is some change going on with you, which can cause them to be extra clingy. 

Otherwise, this is total nonsense. If it were true, every cat owner would be having a female baby, because cats are typically not clingy at all! ha

 

 
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01-23-2013 at 9:56 PM
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Hee. This is as ridiculous as the drunk vs. sober sex thing.

I have conflicting results. My female dog is being super needy and my cats don't give a fuckk. Stupid animals.


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01-23-2013 at 10:20 PM
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This is funny.  We have a rabbit and a parrot... any predictors there? However this evening, my female parrot has been super clingy and she typically likes my husband more.  I think it is just because she does not want to go back in her cage for the night. haha
 
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01-23-2013 at 10:44 PM
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I have two female big baby dogs that our my shadows but that is nothing new but since hubby travels lots I get ignored when he comes home. My male parrot favors me more but always has since I am home the most. My reptiles don't care LOL
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01-23-2013 at 10:59 PM
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That's funny. We're having a boy and my cats actually have been super clingy lately but I think that's cause I gave them wet food a few times recently and they want more.
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01-23-2013 at 11:04 PM
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When I got pregnant my cat got SUPER clingy and followed me room to room and slept with me every night! As far as gender goes this wasn't accurate by any means based on my cat but it's funny to think about!
 
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01-23-2013 at 11:07 PM
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With DD none of my animals would leave me along.  I have a female cat, a male cat and a female dog. 

This time my male cat is all up in my grill, but that's about it.  I don't know the sex yet. 
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01-24-2013 at 3:00 AM
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My dogs always sense when I'm pregnant, but as for gender I personally just think that's silly. I don't even they my dogs know their own sex.
 
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01-24-2013 at 5:44 AM
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My dogs always sense when I'm pregnant, but as for gender I personally just think that's silly. I don't even they my dogs know their own sex.


Hahahahha. Ain't that the truth...

It was just funny reading all the stories I found about it. With the crazy gender posts last night I thought it was good timing to bring it up : I think if someone said there is a theory if you stand on your head and drink water you will find out the gender of your baby...people would do it. Fun stuff though!
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01-24-2013 at 7:14 AM
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I thought this was funny!! We have 5 (indoor) cats, the have all been pretty clingy since I found out I was pregnant. It's kind of odd to have all 5 around me while watching tv or on the computer.
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01-24-2013 at 7:20 AM
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Never heard this OWT, but I have about as much faith in it as I do in the rest of the OWT's
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01-24-2013 at 8:13 AM
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I can't believe LO #1 came out a boy... I had one clingy cat and one aloof one at the time... apparently the baby should have been of mixed sex.
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01-24-2013 at 8:21 AM
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I've never heard this before. We are having a girl. My male dog is clingy, but he has always been clingy. My female dog has gotten more clingy than before but not as much as my male dog.
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01-24-2013 at 8:29 AM
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That's funny!! My neutured sp? dogs were super clingy when I was pregnant with DS and the same now but I'm pregnant with a girl. So who knows.
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01-24-2013 at 10:51 AM
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This is cute!

Both my male and female dogs are clingy as possible to me so it doesn't help me there. 

My female cat on the other hand who is normally aloof has been my shadow since we found out I was pregnant. So there it matches!

I love hearing all the crazy sex predicting stories, they're good entertainment.

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01-24-2013 at 12:19 PM
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I have a male and female dog.  They are both clingy.  They are also clingy to my H. 
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01-24-2013 at 2:36 PM
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I only have female dogs and there clingy no matter what unless there is food to be fond. Thinking this predictor not true
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01-24-2013 at 3:05 PM
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lol i have two male dogs and they are just clingy with or without baby :) 
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01-25-2013 at 2:45 PM
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Well I used to go to bed and the cats would pile up on top of me throughout the night. Now I just have my one cat sleep at the foot of the bed. They might hover around me, but they definitely don't cuddle as much as they used to.

Saying cats aren't typically clingy really is stereotyping. Each cat has a different personality. You have lap cats and you'll have sit-beside-you cats and then there is always the hidden cat. If there is a sudden behavior change, it's worth noting. 
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01-25-2013 at 3:32 PM
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Not sure how true it is, but with my friend my female dog was really attached to her and she had a girl both times lol and with me she is even more clingy than average. ive had her for 5 years and she always followed me and stayed in the bathroom while i showered but since i was about 4 months she keeps jumping into the shower. mind you she's not a "let me take a bath" dog voluntarily lol. She would even sit in the shower soaking wet till i got out. But time and time again dr reassures me im having a girl.
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