Bob will be 8 months old in 4 days time and he cocked his leg on our walk today! Only the once, just a little bit.. but he did it! Scary! My little boy is growing up too fast! :'( :'( :'( :'(
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Aw, becoming all grown up Obi only cocks his leg outside our backyard. Inside our yard he still always wees like a girl. No need to continually reclaim your own yard I guess....
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Aww....I remember the feeling when Benson first started cocking his leg, about 8 months old. Never really cocks his leg very high, and like Obi, still sort of squats at home. Casper however....feels the urge to cock his leg so high he often has a strange hop to try and maintain his balance! ;D
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Nearly a big boy! Charlie often wees like a girl (he's two) but not if other dogs are watching. Then he "dog ups" and does macho wees. ;D ;D ;D When over excited, trying to wee on big things, I've seen him do a front paw stand to manage. :
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! I am envious.....my Cooper is 13 months old and still squats! Will he always squat? Truly, it doesnt matter to me but guess it's instinctive at some point? Yours are certainly growing up....maybe mine will remain a 75 pound puppy forever......actually, that would be really nice!
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Lilly cocks her back right leg for a wee, particularly if on a walk :
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! [quote author=JulieT link=topic=10520.msg155660#msg155660 date=1428699246] Charlie often wees like a girl (he's two) but not if other dogs are watching. [/quote] No he doesn't When girls wee they are 1cm off the ground. Boys simply 'dip' a bit and wee, no comparison! ;D
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! [quote author=Boogie link=topic=10520.msg155678#msg155678 date=1428701789] [quote author=JulieT link=topic=10520.msg155660#msg155660 date=1428699246] Charlie often wees like a girl (he's two) but not if other dogs are watching. [/quote] No he doesn't When girls wee they are 1cm off the ground. Boys simply 'dip' a bit and wee, no comparison! ;D [/quote] Are we being pedantic? ;D ;D ;D ;D Well, I think you'll find there is a great deal of similarity between a squat and a dip - I mean, a squat and a dip are practically brother and sister, next to each other, on the position to wee scale. A great deal closer than a dip and and cock, which are simply poles apart! On different continents of wee position really.... ;D ;D ;D
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Nah! You clearly need a girl pup to appreciate the difference!
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Certainly one must concede that a dip and a squat are more like each other than either is to a cock. We're saying that the boys wee like girls, in a manner not dissimilar to girls, rather than in a manner indistinguishable from girls.
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! [quote author=Yvonne link=topic=10520.msg155674#msg155674 date=1428701535] I am envious.....my Cooper is 13 months old and still squats! Will he always squat? Truly, it doesnt matter to me but guess it's instinctive at some point?[/quote] Definitely length of leg cocking potential in Cooper's future. Obi didn't start till he was over 16 months (maybe older...I can't remember).
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Shadow cocked his leg today, too! Although I think it was more to do with the bush being in the way.... I have noticed he's going a little more regularly now; he has one big wee early on and then a couple of mini ones, which seem to be more to be like marking. Awww, growing up!
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! I think the squat and the dip are only different due to the different position of the weeing apparatus! Boys have to rick forward on their back legs while girls go backwards..... Now Riley is secure in his masculinity he has returned to a frequent dip if there's no obstacle that requires a leg cock ;D
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Ah Dexter was about 8 months too...congratulations Bob on your first leg cock ;D
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! The boys can be so funny with the leg cocking - Charlie is just so keen to mark on busier areas of the Common. He gets quite carried away getting his pee as high as he can. There are lots of large logs on one walk, and first thing in the morning he'll jump on them, jump down with his front paws, then try to cock his leg with his back paws still on the log - that doesn't quite work and so he'll attempt a front paw stand to pee on top of the log. Makes me laugh everytime. Ah, love my boy - I reckon he's a bit of a doggy twit but so enthusiastic. ;D ;D ;D
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! When my brother-in-law's dog (a working cocker) cocked his leg for the first time he over-balanced and fell over!
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! I was so proud when Pongo first cocked his leg! : He squats at home when he really wants a pee, but cocks on walks or if he needs to leave a pee-mail message for one of his mates.
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Such a big growing up moment when they first cock their leg ;D. Puppyhood coming to an end :'(
Re: Cocked his leg for the first time! Max started cocking his leg around 6 months old! He's now 9 months and marks fairly often when he is off lead. He still squats/dips for proper wees though.
