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Originally Posted by mayers Lifting is not a learned behavior. They lift their leg to direct the spray when they are marking with the urine. Rambeau only does it when he finds a dandy piece of grass to mark, otherwise he squats. Bigger dogs seem to do it most every time but I still catch my three year old labs squatting if they are just in the middle of the yard.
Melissa and Rambeau (It has to be just the right piece of grass!) |
maybe romeo was learning to mark when he smelled the other dogs urine and that is how he started leg lifting.