I had never had a male dog lift his leg until Jenga, my newest addition.
Natalya, I too thought that it was a learned behavior, and I'm still sure that has some part in it. However, Jenga has started lifting his leg (at 3 and a half months old!) without any leg-lifting influence. In fact, the boys he's met all squat. So, I don't know what to think anymore.
Matthew, I'd just wait and see. I know all about the peeing on the feet though because of my squatters, very frustrating! If you find a solution, let me know!
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I don't know, but the learned behavior thing sounds a little sketchy to me.
I have a Corgi who was a solo dog as a pup and lifted his leg early, and now I have a 7 month old GSD who still squats despite watching the Corgi lift his leg all the time.
I have heard, however, that peeing on the front legs can be intentional...a way to spread more of his "man scent." I have no evidence to back that up, but it wouldn't shock me if it were true.
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Like Amber, I very much doubt it's a learned behavior. In fact it's my opinion that some dogs, after wetting themselves decide they don't like it, and do the leg lift. Some dogs may not care about getting wet. Some dogs never wet themselves while squatting.
I personally don't think it's a big deal. My thinking is what the dog does is what the dog does. My 10 mo old still squats but doesn't wet himself, but if he did, I would probably lead him into a child's wading pool then walk him around for a minute to remove excess water before taking him inside.
A week ago he did move his right rear leg off the ground for a second but hasn't done it since. Whatever he wants to do is fine by me.
My 14 month old GSD will not lift his back leg to pee. I have tried lifting it for him and praising him but he will not on his own. I really would not care if he did it or not, but when he pees he almost ALWAYS pees on the back of one of his front feet. I have to constantly watch him when he pees and move his front legs up so he does not pee on them.
Has anyone ever experienced this before? And what can I do?
Thanks.
I've experienced it and I would do nothing about it. What's to do?
My GSD did not have any "role models" around to mimic yet when he turned about 18 months, he started to lift his leg. Until then, he squatted constantly and nearly always peed on his front legs. I never attempted to move his front legs out of the way. Yuck. I'm sure that doing that would be slightly unsettling for my dog and hazardous for my wardrobe!
My dog's peeing on his front legs was the only part that bothered me about his squatting but I simply wiped off the leg he peed on with a scentless babywipe.
I once had a trainer tell me that some of the most vicious dogs he encountered/trained squatted to pee and some of the most timid dogs he encountered lifted their leg.
I think if your dog is ok squatting (and I'm sure he is ), perhaps you don't have to worry about it much either.
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I don't know, but the learned behavior thing sounds a little sketchy to me.
Right on. You just hear these things and occassionally they make sense at the time.
My boy took maybe 8 or 9 months to start lifting his leg to pee, but it wasn't until maybe a year that he started "marking". He's a pretty dominant guy though.
It's tough to say what's really going on, but I agree with the idea that they'll just do what they feel like they need to do - regardless of whether it looks manly or not to us humans.
Strange. I have never owned a dog who never lefted his leg after 11 months. the Stud i have now started lifting his leg at four months thought that was pretty fast and yes i praised him, but not to teach him to left his leg. i think your dog will figure it out. If he dosn't maybe there is a reason we don't understand.
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