We have a 10 month old Giant Schnauzer. He is unaltered. We are working through Ed'd first DVD's on obedience. Here is my question - when he urinates, he squats - he still does not lift his leg. This really isn't that big of a problem, but if he REALLY has to go, he will sometimes spray the back of his front legs and then I end up needing to hose him off. Is this something he will eventually do or is this a learned behaviour? I have done a little research and there seems to be differing opinions.
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We have a 10 month old Giant Schnauzer. He is unaltered. We are working through Ed'd first DVD's on obedience. Here is my question - when he urinates, he squats - he still does not lift his leg. This really isn't that big of a problem, but if he REALLY has to go, he will sometimes spray the back of his front legs and then I end up needing to hose him off. Is this something he will eventually do or is this a learned behaviour? I have done a little research and there seems to be differing opinions....Any help would be appreciated.Thanks! ...Lindsey
There was a thread about this a while back, but I can't find it. I remember it, though.
The consensus was that it doesn't matter at all if the dog squats, but there were a couple of dog-owners who were dealing with dogs who were getting themselves pretty wet each time (including mine).
What I did was actually physically lift his leg when he was about to go, then praise like heck when he did it. It took some watching on my part, but he caught on fast.
It also felt very silly, and I never would have done it (or cared) if he hadn't been wetting his long fur all the time.
Some dogs take longer than others. Some are 6 months old and some are two years old before they start lifting. Take it from me, I have had all ranges LOL. My black male was 6 months old, my older sable male was 15 months old and his son just turned two and just started to lift his leg. He walked up to a tree and lifted like he had been doing it all along, it just clicked one day. I did nothing to promote it becaue I knew eventually it would come. Each male matures differently. Give it a few more months and I bet he'll be lifting legs. If you want to try to help it along take him along bushes and trees to potty, especially where other males have gone, that might stimulate him to lift his leg. Good luck <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I've seen dogs start lift at different ages as well. I wonder if any one could confirm from experience but to me it seamed like it was usually the more submisive dogs that took longer to start lifting.
Also, a little unrelated. I know 2 dogs who will lift their leg when pooping, some times will even back up into a tree and poop on the tree, still while lifting the leg... has any one else seen that? I always thought that was the oddest thing ever.
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My male is 2 years old, and he still does both. When we're walking on the trails he lifts his leg to pee, but when he's in my backyard, he squats. I wish he would just raise his leg all the time because it would save me having to keep watering that one area of the lawn almost everyday so that it doesn't burn <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
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