..my guy walks thru the tallest grass to get it thru his back legs, trying to leave his pile on top of it. I was told its a male dominance thing, leaving their scent the highest. Ive seen Coyote and Fox do the same atop stumps,etc...
But the real question is: Do any of you out there have a male who will lift his left and then take a crap at the same time? Mine will not always do it, but it seems like he is trying to multitask more and more lately.
My oldest has always done this. Thanks for letting me know why! I have actually seen him poop on a basketball while hiking his leg and peeing all at the same time. Poor nephew came running out of the house a few minutes later and grabbed his basketball without looking.:razz:
But the real question is: Do any of you out there have a male who will lift his left and then take a crap at the same time? Mine will not always do it, but it seems like he is trying to multitask more and more lately.
My Golden always liked to back his rear end up to tall grass to do his business and my buddies lab does the same thing. We just thought they were shy....
My yellow doesn't exhibit any such behavior as of yet.
I have a 13week old puppy who got baptised the second day home! He walked underneath the older male as his was lifting his leg! Kinda funny and only happened once.He looked at me as if to say moms belly never did that.
All 3 species of wild canids that I have worked on (Red Fox, Wolf and Coyote) were very selective about where and how they defecated and urinated much of the time, especially when near boundaries of their territories. They chose places that were prominent and near junctions and near noticeable objects. It was not uncommon to elevate their poop on structures as well as mark high with urine. They also would scratch and produce a visual marker much like a buck's scrape. Note deer scrapes and rubs and scent-marked over-hanging branches are similar. It's all about advertising.
Some of my males were more into this than others. I have seen bitches do it also. These dogs may be dominant(in their minds in relation to other dogs) but not necessary in relation to you.
So when we see these behaviours in dogs, it is just normal behaviour typical of canids.
I know a fellow who was locked up in the drunk-tank one night in the City Jail in Birmingham, AL. He was in the cell with approx. 10 others who were presumably under the influence. Well, this fellow who was causing trouble ended up being placed in a cell all by his lonesome directly across the hall from the above- mentioned offenders. Well this guy took off his sock, urinated in it and then commenced to swinging it toward the guys in the cell across from him, SPRAYING THEM WITH URINE! They immediately hovered in the back of the cell, however not quite out of reach of the spray! Maybe this was his way of urinating on the highest location, marking his territory?
My oldest male does this. Now I know why!!! The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. He's the most dominant male (attitude wise) I've ever seen. Learn something every day.
Maggie is very selective about where she goes the other two run for 2 min and they empty it all out Maggie will shop and shop for the right spot, so at HT she will urinate when I aire her but it is usualy on the 2nd retrieve she squats on the way back - I hate it but at least it gives the judges something to complain about when she is running;-)
I once saw a sharpei actually stand on his front legs and walk a couple steps on them so he could spray pee higher. Freaked me out when I saw it. I'm not kidding.
These being boys that do this, I have always just assumed that something about it feels good.
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