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GIZMO121 · 05-06-2008, 06:08 PM

Hi everyone! I was wondering at what age did your baby boy start lifting it's leg when it pees? Simba is almost six months, and just kind of squats when he pees on his pee pad. He is not crate trained so he has not tried peeing outside yet. If he doesn't see other male dogs pee, will he still have the instincts to do that? Please share. Thanks in advance!

4doggiemama · 05-06-2008, 06:14 PM

Chipper was about a year, and Snowboy has just started lifting his leg. He turns one next month. Don't know if that is normal or not. I know that there are a lot of male dogs that never lift their leg. Wonder what gets them started? Read once that they'll never start if they don't have something to lift their leg on. Turned out to not be true for Chipper. He'd find a blade of grass that was sticking up higher than the rest and use it.

Emmsmom · 05-06-2008, 06:48 PM

If they are fixed before they start lifting their legs then they never will. Diesel started when he was 7 months. I also never fixed him so my baby still lifts his leg! LOL

4doggiemama · 05-06-2008, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Emmsmom

If they are fixed before they start lifting their legs then they never will. Diesel started when he was 7 months. I also never fixed him so my baby still lifts his leg! LOL

Chipper was neutered at 5 mo. and didn't start to lift his leg until he was 1 yr. old. Snowboy was neutered at 3 mo., is now almost a yr. and has just started showing signs of lifting his leg. Guess that rule probably holds true most of the time but I wasn't lucky enough to have furbabies that knew the rule.

Verna · 05-06-2008, 06:57 PM

Max was neutered at 5 months and he'll be 1 on May 12th and he just started lifting his leg. It's so cute.

GIZMO121 · 05-06-2008, 07:00 PM

thanks for the replies! It sounds like if it's going to happen, it will happen when Simba is almost one.

silyjillie · 05-06-2008, 08:02 PM

Meeko is 6 months, just got neutered, and doesn't lift his leg yet.

romeos mommy · 05-06-2008, 08:06 PM

my york started lifting @ 4months. he learned by watching my mom's neutered york.

CricketBaby · 05-06-2008, 08:11 PM

I got my little Paxton when he was 4 1/2 months old....I had only had him a couple days when I was in the kitchen cooking dinner for my family. I looked down and that little stinker was hiking his leg on my kitchen cabinet!

I about died....I had no clue they could do that so young!!!! Funny thing my 5 year old Wire Hair Fox Terrier still squats like a girll!!!

I took all three of my dogs for a walk yesterday and Paxton hiked on everything like a pro! He just turned 6 months and it is time for him to be neutered!

OUCH!!!!!

kuma · 05-06-2008, 08:22 PM

Kuma is almost 5 years old and he lifts his legs when he feels like it, most of the time is other dogs around, if is just him then he squat hehe lazy....

LoveMyJake · 05-06-2008, 08:40 PM

Jake started lifting his leg really early. I think he was only about 3 mos. old. Jackson has been lifting his leg since I got him at 10 weeks.

For My Coby · 05-06-2008, 09:24 PM

Here's my lifting leg stories. Both boys were neutered by 6 mos. Reggie (age 11) lifts his leg outside only.

Coby (1 year) tried twice last year in the park. The first time, he lost his balance and fell into the tree. The second time, he fell away from the tree. "Enough of that!" he said.

A week ago, both boys were out in the front yard. Reggie was peeing on his favorite bush with an impressive leg raise. Coby was about 15 feet away in the middle of the yard, with nothing sticking up anywhere near him. He was STUDYING Reggie as he peed and then s-l-o-w-l-y lifted his leg to practice right there in the middle of the yard! It looked so funny.

Next day we went to the park and he thought he'd try his new skill out again on the tree. This time, he hit his leg on the tree as he was lifting it.

I told Coby REAL BOYS squat to pee.

LoveMyJake · 05-06-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by For My Coby

Here's my lifting leg stories. Both boys were neutered by 6 mos. Reggie (age 11) lifts his leg outside only.

Coby (1 year) tried twice last year in the park. The first time, he lost his balance and fell into the tree. The second time, he fell away from the tree. "Enough of that!" he said.

A week ago, both boys were out in the front yard. Reggie was peeing on his favorite bush with an impressive leg raise. Coby was about 15 feet away in the middle of the yard, with nothing sticking up anywhere near him. He was STUDYING Reggie as he peed and then s-l-o-w-l-y lifted his leg to practice right there in the middle of the yard! It looked so funny.

Next day we went to the park and he thought he'd try his new skill out again on the tree. This time, he hit his leg on the tree as he was lifting it.

I told Coby REAL BOYS squat to pee.

LOL! I think that's why my Jackson started lifting his leg so early. He watched Jake very intently....like he was studying, just like you said lol.

hotpod · 05-06-2008, 09:29 PM

i hate the lifting leg thing and thank GOD none of my boys do it, i have 2. but who knows knock on wood, they will probably start tomorrow.

anyway they both squat for now!

Sunnie · 05-06-2008, 09:31 PM

OK now I am going to blow the theory out of the water.... Sunnie is 4 years old. He has lifted his leg since he was 8 months old. He was nuetered a year ago.. Beamer is a little over a year old. He was nuetered at 6 months.. He has never lifted his leg. He watches Sunnie all the time and is showing no signs that he is considering lifting his leg....... Now I have 4 girls and they ALL lift thier right leg as they squat to pee. lol

05-06-2008, 06:08 PM	#1
GIZMO121 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: CaLi Posts: 85	Does your baby boy lift is leg when he pees? Hi everyone! I was wondering at what age did your baby boy start lifting it's leg when it pees? Simba is almost six months, and just kind of squats when he pees on his pee pad. He is not crate trained so he has not tried peeing outside yet. If he doesn't see other male dogs pee, will he still have the instincts to do that? Please share. Thanks in advance!

05-06-2008, 06:14 PM	#2
4doggiemama Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS Posts: 3,290	Chipper was about a year, and Snowboy has just started lifting his leg. He turns one next month. Don't know if that is normal or not. I know that there are a lot of male dogs that never lift their leg. Wonder what gets them started? Read once that they'll never start if they don't have something to lift their leg on. Turned out to not be true for Chipper. He'd find a blade of grass that was sticking up higher than the rest and use it. __________________ Joanne Eli ChipperEva Snowboy Rosie(R.I.P. 1996-July 29, 2013) Cocoa(R.I.P 1998-April 26, 2012):

05-06-2008, 06:48 PM	#3
Emmsmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 989	If they are fixed before they start lifting their legs then they never will. Diesel started when he was 7 months. I also never fixed him so my baby still lifts his leg! LOL __________________ MICHELLE DIESEL "The Weasel" and little brother TUCKER

05-06-2008, 06:57 PM	#5
Verna Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Irving Posts: 230	Max was neutered at 5 months and he'll be 1 on May 12th and he just started lifting his leg. It's so cute. __________________ Maximus & Maggie

05-06-2008, 08:02 PM	#7
silyjillie YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Delray Beach, FL Posts: 1,060	Meeko is 6 months, just got neutered, and doesn't lift his leg yet. __________________ Jill, Meeko's Mom

05-06-2008, 07:00 PM	#6
GIZMO121 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: CaLi Posts: 85	thanks for the replies! It sounds like if it's going to happen, it will happen when Simba is almost one.

05-06-2008, 08:06 PM	#8
romeos mommy YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ Posts: 4,068	my york started lifting @ 4months. he learned by watching my mom's neutered york. __________________ Bernadette & Romeo

05-06-2008, 08:11 PM	#9
CricketBaby YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Keller, Texas Posts: 275	I got my little Paxton when he was 4 1/2 months old....I had only had him a couple days when I was in the kitchen cooking dinner for my family. I looked down and that little stinker was hiking his leg on my kitchen cabinet! I about died....I had no clue they could do that so young!!!! Funny thing my 5 year old Wire Hair Fox Terrier still squats like a girll!!! I took all three of my dogs for a walk yesterday and Paxton hiked on everything like a pro! He just turned 6 months and it is time for him to be neutered! OUCH!!!!! __________________ Carree, Mommy to Cricket and Paxton and Bentley

05-06-2008, 08:22 PM	#10
kuma Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CA Posts: 152	Kuma is almost 5 years old and he lifts his legs when he feels like it, most of the time is other dogs around, if is just him then he squat hehe lazy....

05-06-2008, 08:40 PM	#11
LoveMyJake I love Jackson too! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,905	Jake started lifting his leg really early. I think he was only about 3 mos. old. Jackson has been lifting his leg since I got him at 10 weeks. __________________ Selina, mommy to Jake and Jackson. RIP baby Lily Coming soon: Gracie

05-06-2008, 09:24 PM	#12
For My Coby Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,139	Here's my lifting leg stories. Both boys were neutered by 6 mos. Reggie (age 11) lifts his leg outside only. Coby (1 year) tried twice last year in the park. The first time, he lost his balance and fell into the tree. The second time, he fell away from the tree. "Enough of that!" he said. A week ago, both boys were out in the front yard. Reggie was peeing on his favorite bush with an impressive leg raise. Coby was about 15 feet away in the middle of the yard, with nothing sticking up anywhere near him. He was STUDYING Reggie as he peed and then s-l-o-w-l-y lifted his leg to practice right there in the middle of the yard! It looked so funny. Next day we went to the park and he thought he'd try his new skill out again on the tree. This time, he hit his leg on the tree as he was lifting it. I told Coby REAL BOYS squat to pee. __________________ Diane, and my boys ..... Coby and Reggie !! Striving to be a YTPP - a YT Positive Poster! In Memory of My Beautiful Mother 7/22/28-8/27/08

05-06-2008, 09:29 PM	#14
hotpod Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norman Posts: 167	i hate the lifting leg thing and thank GOD none of my boys do it, i have 2. but who knows knock on wood, they will probably start tomorrow. anyway they both squat for now!

05-06-2008, 09:31 PM	#15
Sunnie Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. California Posts: 4,057	OK now I am going to blow the theory out of the water.... Sunnie is 4 years old. He has lifted his leg since he was 8 months old. He was nuetered a year ago.. Beamer is a little over a year old. He was nuetered at 6 months.. He has never lifted his leg. He watches Sunnie all the time and is showing no signs that he is considering lifting his leg....... Now I have 4 girls and they ALL lift thier right leg as they squat to pee. lol __________________ Sonya, Owned by Ladybug, Tilly, Sunshine, Beamer, Rainbow, Sonny and Righteous RIP Sunnie (11/12/2003-7/31/2009)