Having raised one boy (non-Yorkie), and now with a male Yorkie in the house too, I can say that the legs are lifting all over the joint. LOL
Seriously, males DO squat. When mine squats, I know it is serious "gotta go lots, now!" kind of thing. The leg lifting is more for marking territory. So when the big dog runs around, lifting his leg on everything, I know he is not being serious about peeing.
Did you know too that males try to mark their "territory" by urinating as high up as they can? I saw on TV a dog in NYC that literally ran at a tree, jumped up the trunk as far as he could, and peed a little. Repeated this about 3 times. It is a hierarchy kind of thing.
Of course, a Yorkie male would have a harder time "getting up high".
In our home, the boys (2 male dogs and a male cat) outnumber the girls (one female Maine Coon cat)- so I am getting to observe firsthand the differences. It is very interesting! |