I figure it's a gamble any way you choose to go my bitch just had a litter to a mates male 2 boys 2 girls i am going to keep 1 bitch not interested in the males 1 bitch is black and the other is buckskin my bitch is buck skin and the sire is black so i am keeping the buck skin bitch cause the sires owner wanted a bitch aswell so he can have the black 1 be easier if he wanted a male id be able to give him 2 males and keep both bitch's i want mine needled at 6 weeks old so all the rest are going at maybe 5.5 weeks so the new owner can needle them as they see fit i'm not selling the pup's they are given away to working homes so i don't want to pay other peoples cost's...