Originally posted by Pam
I have only had one male dog and he lifted his leg. As he got older we noticed he started squatting. That was in his "teen" years. We figured it might be because of arthritis and it was painful to get that leg up any more. He lived to be 17 and was a sweetheart. Pumpkin I miss you!
Awe that's so sweet, Pam. I am sure you made Pumpkin smile just then

The only time I have seen Graham squat is after his major orthopedic surgery, as it was just too hard to keep his balance, being that he could not use his left front leg for anything. He's a leg lifter. When I adopted him he was about 9 months old and I called to make an appointment shortly after, and they didn't have any openings for a couple of months so Graham was close to 12 months old before he finally was able to get castrated. If you get them done when they are 6 months old, they are less likely to lift a leg and more likely to squat.