silly question about male puppies

I feel silly asking this..... how long do male puppies pee by squatting? Steve is 8wks old and has been squatting to pee. It looks like he started to lift one of his hind leg (ever so slightly) from today. This is my first time having a puppy and my friends don't remember what their dogs did when they were puppies so I'm curious to know what other corgi and puppies owners experienced.

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Permalink Reply by Becky S on February 8, 2008 at 4:10pm

Well, Brody is 20 months and the first time he lifted his leg was 2 days ago... I think it was because we had gotten over a foot of snow and he hadn't "stomped" it down enough TO squat!. The funniest thing I saw with him was when we took him on a trip out West last year -- really hard to find grass in Nevada, AZ and New Mexico. At one gas station he kept walking around until way around the back he found one little weed he could pee on. He got over pooping on the rocks or sand, but just couldn't bring himself to not have something "green" to pee on. Guess we'd better not move out there, he might have a tough time!

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Permalink Reply by Viviana on February 9, 2008 at 10:04pm

my corgi is 5 months and he just started lifting his leg to take a whiz lol

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Permalink Reply by Little Bear on February 12, 2008 at 10:00pm

Mine started at about 3-4 months. I was totally baffled when he first did it, I thought he was marking his territory. Nope. Just peeing!

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Permalink Reply by ♥ AdEle on February 17, 2008 at 2:41pm

Skye does that too... the partial leg lifting ...;0)

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Permalink Reply by brooke on February 13, 2008 at 10:00pm

brodie took 6-9 months. i thought he'd never do it and one day it happened. i actually called my mom to tell her that he had lifted his leg for the first time : )

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Permalink Reply by Brian Davis on February 14, 2008 at 10:13am

Hope Brynn never does this ! LOL

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Permalink Reply by Raincatcher on February 16, 2008 at 11:17pm

My boy, Remmy, is almost four years old and he still doesn't lift his leg. :)

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Permalink Reply by Yogi d'Corgi on February 17, 2008 at 1:36pm

My yogi is 2 yrs old and the way he pees varies. I think it depends on his mood. Normally when we walk him and I think he samlls another male dog pee, then he pees with his leg up. When we walk him with his beagle Mallow (girl), then he pees on her pee squatting down. At the house, he just pees standing up. It's weird now that were thinking about it. :o)

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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on March 30, 2008 at 6:35pm

Our corgi Lance is 2 1/2 and he still squats most of the time, he has since he was a puppy. I noticed as he got older he finally started lifting his leg here and there but I believe he perfers to squat. I also noticed now that he is 2 when we are on walks he will lift his leg to leave his mark!!

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Permalink Reply by CassieD44 on April 3, 2008 at 3:32pm

Hunter has lifted his leg a couple of times, only he does it AFTER he has already peed. Very funny. He doesn't really squat, he just kind of stands and spreads his legs wider. Although earlier today he was SITTING on one foot and peeing! I thought he was just chilling on the floor and then I realize he is peeing on himself. Good times.

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Permalink Reply by Melosimine on April 4, 2008 at 5:02pm

My dog is 3 years old and has always squatted. lol anyway not to worry my dog still does it!

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Permalink Reply by Apryl on April 5, 2008 at 12:08am

My pup never squatted. It was like he peed standing up. I feel like he started lifting his leg after he saw another dog do it... He also started kicking dirt around (after pooping) when he saw another dog do it. It's hilarious.