View Full Version : When does leg lifting start?
renfest
03-08-2006, 09:47 AM
Does anyone kniw when a male will lift his leg to pee? Merilyn is almost 8 months and still squats/leans should I worry about him?
rennie
anna_66
03-08-2006, 10:12 AM
I wouldn't worry a bit. Bon didn't do it till he was almost a year old and after he was neutered he's pretty much stopped doing it again. I rarely see him lift his leg.
From what I've heard and read it is done to mark territory. Maybe Merilyn doesn't feel the need to mark.
renfest
03-08-2006, 10:34 AM
Not really worried was just curious he was neutered and he has a mix of them at play group.. he is the youngest and the roughest in the group.
rennie
gemini9961
03-08-2006, 10:48 AM
Why is it a big deal if he does/doesn't left his leg? :)
Jessika
03-08-2006, 10:58 AM
Char has never done it. Maybe ONCE (or maybe that was Jamie??) but I think it was because they were in an odd position in the first place, LOL. He has never lifted his leg and still squats. He was neutered at... seven months and is 1 1/2 now and still squats ;)
My Peanuts
03-08-2006, 11:14 AM
My cousin's Westie was fixed before he started lifing his leg and he never did. I don't think it's a big deal.
luvofallhorses
03-08-2006, 11:46 AM
Buster has never lifted his leg. I don't think it's a big deal to be honest. :)
Lots of male dogs never lift their legs when they pee. Cracker has never done it. He has a manly lean forward hehe. He was neutered at 6 months old. It's nothing to be concerned with and your dog may never do it. I actually prefer it as he doesn't pee all over everything and doesn't stop on walks to mark everything in sight.
lv4dogs
03-08-2006, 12:12 PM
Kaige is 9 months old, in tact & still doesn't lift his leg, hasn't even begun to try to either.
I wouldn't worry, personally I think it's a good thing, there's less of a chance for him to mark. ;)
jackie
03-08-2006, 12:38 PM
Tito never lifted his leg until we got Bella, and then when we ot Bo, Bella started lifting her leg too! LOL
pitc9
03-08-2006, 12:50 PM
When I adopted Buddy he was a year old and intact and never lifted his leg. Untill I had a male dog visit my yard and he lifted his leg to mark and ever since then Buddy has lifted his leg. I wish he never started because I spend a lot of time and money each Spring to replace flowers and plants he has killed by peeing on them. :mad:
But... I guess boys will be boys!! :D
a breeder freind had a male sibe that started lifting his leg at 10months and she also had a sibe that didn't start lifting until he was like 2yrs old!
When I adopted Buddy he was a year old and intact and never lifted his leg. Untill I had a male dog visit my yard and he lifted his leg to mark and ever since then Buddy has lifted his leg. I wish he never started because I spend a lot of time and money each Spring to replace flowers and plants he has killed by peeing on them. :mad:
But... I guess boys will be boys!! :D
when i had Maddy, my first sibe, she killed my yard within a few days! i got a bottel of GreenGrass from Petsmart. you can see it here. (http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444177 8748&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025632&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&bmUID=1141844904356&itemNo=29&Nao=24&In=Dog&N=2025632&Ne=2)
my yard was back to normal in just about a week. i give them to my dogs before we go on a trip so we don't kill grass wherever we stay.
Just be careful about giving treats that change the ph of your dog's urine, it could cause problems with some dogs with their bladder and kidneys.
labmomma
03-08-2006, 02:03 PM
Neither one of my boys lifts a leg yet; one is a year and the other two. I kind of like it because after I come home from the car wash my tires stay clean. Mine also have a very "macho" leaning forward position. LOL
BOBS DAD
03-08-2006, 02:23 PM
I was actually kinda wondering about this too, cause Bob is like 3-1/2 months old and he is still squatting. About a month ago, he started to lift his leg - just ever so slightly - just a little. Often times he would do this a few secs after he started and raise his leg left in mid stream. So I thought, "this must be normal", like a transitional thing. Every week he'll raise it a little more until it was high and prowd!!! Yeah, here it is. I am a MAN and I am not afraid to show it. But I was wrong, Bob decided that he would go back to squatting. He didn't have any insecurities about his manhood and wasn't afraid to show his softer side. So...No big deal. I thought he might start again in the future, but from what I've been reading (and I must add, it has all been rather amusing), he may not. Cool... that's cool. YOU GO... BOB!!!
k9krazee
03-08-2006, 02:27 PM
Micki was neutered at about 3 months old and he has never really lifted his leg and he's 4 years old. Once is a GREAT while he'll do it, but definately not all the time. I'm not sure when he first started though.
Jack was also neutered around 2-3 months and I first saw him lift his leg right after his first birthday.
BORDER COLLIE LOVER
03-08-2006, 02:49 PM
Good question!
Wolfie will be 2 and he does NOT lift his leg. I am glad though. This way he wont mark in the house and if i ever see pee on a chair or couch i KNOW who is the guilty boy!
anna_66
03-10-2006, 08:41 AM
I was reminded of this thread yesterday when I let Bon out.
We live in the country and there is a white horse that lives across the field. If he's out when Bon goes out Bon will usually run to the edge of the fence and bark a few times. But yesterday he went out with his tail straight in the air and hiked his leg on the fence :rolleyes: Yep, I think he was marking his house.
lv4dogs
03-10-2006, 09:09 AM
when i had Maddy, my first sibe, she killed my yard within a few days! i got a bottel of GreenGrass from Petsmart. you can see it here. (http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444177 8748&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025632&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&bmUID=1141844904356&itemNo=29&Nao=24&In=Dog&N=2025632&Ne=2)
my yard was back to normal in just about a week. i give them to my dogs before we go on a trip so we don't kill grass wherever we stay.
Although yellow grass is no fun you really have to be careful with products like those. They work because they change the acidic levels in your dogs urine which can cause some serious even deadly health problems. IF you do have to feed them I strongly suggest you research the product extremely well, monitor your dogs blood work at least yearly and give them sparingly.
Here's a site with some more info:
http://dogs.about.com/od/dogcarebasics/qt/grass_burns.htm
I will not feed them, I think my dogs health is more important than a beautiful lawn.
Watering downt he area well with a hose or the like will help keep your grass green & your dog healthy. Thats what I personally suggest.
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