started lifting his leg?

[Ginger's Mom]

It's funny, I heard somewhere that dogs start lifting their leg when they start peeing on themselves. If they don't pee on themselves they don't necessarily lift their leg (except to mark). However, Taz lifts his leg and still pees on himself.

[chocolatepuppy]

Jake is 10 1/2 months old and has never lifted his leg and I hope he never does. I had a nearly 100 pound Shepherd/Collie who never did, he just leaned and let it fly.

[Jessika]

Charlie never really has. He was neutered around five or six months old and he never lifted his leg. He will on occasion lift it a little if he is peeing right next to or on top of a bush, but otherwise he squats like a girl

[Spiritwind]

I think it just depends on the dog.... I've had 4-5 month old males lift their legs... and I've had some that didn't start lifting their leg until they were 9-10-11 months old... just depends.

[4 Dog Mother]

I was told - and I don't remember by who - that if a dog is neutered before 6 months that he won't lift his leg when he pees. All my males have been neutered before 6 months and while sometimes Taggert and Jack lift their legs they don't do it on a regular basis.

[lute]

Charlie never really has. He was neutered around five or six months old and he never lifted his leg. He will on occasion lift it a little if he is peeing right next to or on top of a bush, but otherwise he squats like a girl

Gracie does this too. Although she is a female. She's just a very dominant female so she sort of lifts her leg sometimes to mark a tree or a bush.

[Jessika]

Gracie does this too. Although she is a female. She's just a very dominant female so she sort of lifts her leg sometimes to mark a tree or a bush.

My in-laws' intact chihuahua female will lift her leg when she pees, but she doesn't pee on anything, she'll just walk out to the middle of the yard and goes as far down to the ground as possible while leaning to one side and hikes a leg up.

[kt_luvs_kitties]

Joey started about 7-8 months old

[K9karen]

RB Cody only partially lifted his leg ever..maybe he started around 2 y.o. Sometimes he just didn't. As long as he peed outside, I didn't care, although, admittingly, I did poke fun at him

Mz Logan, however, is known to lift HER leg at the dog park! She LOVES to pee up against a tree after a male dog did his duty, much to everyone's entertainment!!

[Sevaede]

My in-laws' intact chihuahua female will lift her leg when she pees, but she doesn't pee on anything, she'll just walk out to the middle of the yard and goes as far down to the ground as possible while leaning to one side and hikes a leg up.

Spanky does this but only when going number two. It's really strange!

[luvofallhorses]

Buster never does just because he doesn't have good hips. Rudy doesn't lift his leg of course he's only 6 and a half months old. Rocky always lifts his leg, he always has and he's almost 12 years!

[molucass]

My in-laws' intact chihuahua female will lift her leg when she pees, but she doesn't pee on anything, she'll just walk out to the middle of the yard and goes as far down to the ground as possible while leaning to one side and hikes a leg up.

My moms dog Annie hikes her leg when she pees. She is spayed, but she has done it for as long as I can remember.

Deebo started lifting his leg when he was probably around a year old or so.. We didn't get him neutered until he was 2 - 2 1/2.. I wish we would have had him neutered sooner so he wouldn't have learned to hike his leg up.. But he is so tiny, and has had some health problems in the past, so we were worried he wouldn't make it off the table.. We waited until we found a great vet that we really trusted and had it done by laser... We figured that would be safer for him.

[cali]

Blair started around 10 months, I dunno about Ripley and Rusty as they are both rescues, and I havent had them since puppies. my dads boy Guinness though is a year old and still doesnt lift his leg.