Calling to all male boxers

[paula carter]

Beau doesn't squat, he just stands there on all fours and pees. Sometimes he lifts his leg, but not often. He's 2 yrs. old.

Well when i think about ruce dosn't squat very far to the groun say if were walking along he will just stop and bend his legs a bit but he'll still be in the standing position

 

[Scorpio]

Ryker (7) never squats, Ozzy(3) usually squats, now and then he lifts his leg sometimes high sometimes very low to the ground. My friends female lifts her leg. How is Bruce by the way?

 

[pyermoli]

Yes, he's 4 and still squats or just stands (he's pretty lazy)

 

[ruger45]

ruger is 9 months and he still dosent lift his leg, sometimes he tries but he dosent lift it very high.

 

[Kosmo's Mom]

I wonder if lifting the leg is a learned behaviour. Vegas is 2 now but up until about a year or so he would only squat. Then we were babysitting a friends male dog. We were in the back yard and the older dog lifted his leg on a tree. Vegas was watching him, them did it himself in another area of the back yard. So it wasn't like he was marking his territory over the older dog, it looked like he learned it. Ever since he lifts his leg, although he still squats sometimes when he is lazy. Does anyone think this is a learned behaviour or just a coincidence?

robinette - I think I remember a while back my DH was concerned that Kosmo was not lifting his leg so at the next vet visit I asked about it and my vet said that it is a learned behavior but then again I am sure there are boys out there that lift their leg on their own without being taught. They are all so smart aren't they?

 

[Rikansolja]

20 Months and still does not lift his leg. I wouldn't say that he squats though. He just kinds of walks outside stands up and pees. Its funny to watch

 

[Putermom]

It all depends...

It all depends on his mood...and how bad he has to go!

If he's held it for awhile....he'll immediately squat as soon as possible. But he'll retain a little so that he can find a part of the fence that he wants to bless while he lifts his leg.

If he doesn't have to go too badly, he'll just run around until he finds a spot to lift his leg.

BTW...Otis will be 18 months on Jan 11th. Sigh...my baby is growing up!

 

[jray]

Oskar is 20 months and has only lifted about 5 times. I prefer the squat!!!

 

[paula carter]

Ryker (7) never squats, Ozzy(3) usually squats, now and then he lifts his leg sometimes high sometimes very low to the ground. My friends female lifts her leg. How is Bruce by the way?

Bruce is alot better thanks for asking He goes to the vets tomorrow night so i'll tell him bout it all

 

[crashsmom]

Crash is 4 months old and just started squatting. Before that - he just stood there. Half the time I couldn't tell he was going potty. I thought he was just staring off into space.