Leg Lifting - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Higgin's Mom · 05-24-2004, 03:22 AM

Well, Don and "the boys" (both dogs) just came back from their morning walk in the the rain. Don reports that Higgins LIFTED HIS LITTLE LEG for the first time!!!!! And promptly fell over! I'm sorry, Higgins honey, but I haven't stopped laughing yet.........

bettyeanne · 05-24-2004, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom

Well, Don and "the boys" (both dogs) just came back from their morning walk in the the rain. Don reports that Higgins LIFTED HIS LITTLE LEG for the first time!!!!! And promptly fell over! I'm sorry, Higgins honey, but I haven't stopped laughing yet.........

That is tooo funny!! Poor baby!

I had a "flashback" to my Amanda's cocker puppy when he was learning to "lift" ... I happened to be looking out the window just in time to see him about to do his little hike at the hugh "spanish bayonet" in the front yard! YEP!! Poor little Zach tipped in mid lift and his painful yipping haunts me to this day!!!

Sorry, but it was the funniest thing! He never went near that thing again! Tell Higgins to hang in there .... his balance will improve!

Puppy kisses!!

Junebug · 05-24-2004, 05:27 PM

Otis is four years old and I have never seen him lift his leg once!

He pees like a girl.

bettyeanne · 05-24-2004, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junebug

Otis is four years old and I have never seen him lift his leg once!

He pees like a girl.

That's tooo cute! Does Otis have an identity crisis?

Higgin's Mom · 05-25-2004, 04:23 AM

Junebug, does Otis "mark" a lot? You are so lucky to have a squatter if it curbs that tendency. So far, Higgins doesn't mark much. They say if you have them neutered just before they start lifting their leg that they won't pee everywhere. Higgins will be 6 months old at the end of June and we were planning on having him fixed then, as well as any teeth needing to be removed and also having him chipped. I hope that isn't going to be too late if he really starts to lift his leg! Will check with my vet........

By the way, it looks like it is going to run around $250 to have the little guy fixed!!!! Yikes!!!!! I am calling another vet today to get their prices........

fasteddie · 05-26-2004, 03:48 PM

$250 seems a little steep to get him 'fixed'. Yoda didn't mark or lift his leg to pee for at least 5-6 months. Then all of a sudden, we take him on a walk, and he goes near the power pole lifts his rear right leg and pees on it. Ever since then, he's loved to mark his territory...

Higgin's Mom · 05-27-2004, 10:39 AM

Funny how one day they aren't doing something, and then the next they are doing it all the time! For the longest time, Higgins didn't jump up on furniture or off it, then one day he just started to FLY! Up, down, and all around!

bettyeanne · 05-27-2004, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom

Funny how one day they aren't doing something, and then the next they are doing it all the time! For the longest time, Higgins didn't jump up on furniture or off it, then one day he just started to FLY! Up, down, and all around!

Poor baby! He and Toto must think alike .... she doesn't view anything as impossible!

The first time she thought about jumping, I am so thankful I was looking! She just adores our Kayla [14 yr. old granddaughter] and she wanted to sit on the loveseat with her. Although the loveseat is very low ... when she took her little "running start" and made her jump she just hit full bodied against the front of it and landed on her back on the carpet!! It was really sad but much like the coyote in a Roadrunner cartoon ... I'm sorry but I laughed until I cried!!

fasteddie · 05-27-2004, 02:59 PM

Poor Toto! And to have Mom laugh after she falls!

Just kidding, Yoda used to be fearless and do crazy jumps up onto a guest bedroom bed. It must have been at least 2 and a half feet high. But he's make it most of the time. I know he's jumped off our bedroom bed too at times (probably 3 feet high) when he thinks there is some emergency going on. At least the carpet in both rooms is pretty soft, though I prefer him not to jump from high distances. His poor little legs have given out at times and he's limped like he twisted it or something. But he's been fine for a while now... I still need to get to making those steps like MikeM made for Otis!

bettyeanne · 05-27-2004, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fasteddie

Poor Toto! And to have Mom laugh after she falls!

Just kidding, Yoda used to be fearless and do crazy jumps up onto a guest bedroom bed. It must have been at least 2 and a half feet high. But he's make it most of the time. I know he's jumped off our bedroom bed too at times (probably 3 feet high) when he thinks there is some emergency going on. At least the carpet in both rooms is pretty soft, though I prefer him not to jump from high distances. His poor little legs have given out at times and he's limped like he twisted it or something. But he's been fine for a while now... I still need to get to making those steps like MikeM made for Otis!

There's always the cushion thing, for lack of "Mike stairs"! We were so afraid Toto would injure herself, and since she was so determined to jump up on stuff, we stacked two flat cushions which gave her about an 8-10" boost and it worked well! When you travel, you get very inventive!

Junebug · 05-27-2004, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom

Junebug, does Otis "mark" a lot? You are so lucky to have a squatter if it curbs that tendency. So far, Higgins doesn't mark much.

I've NEVER EVER seen him lift his leg, so I guess he doesn't mark at all. Even when we go for walks, he doesn't pee. He's loyal to the pee pad! One time we took a little road trip, and we had to lay a pee pad on the cement at the gas station for Otis to pee.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom

By the way, it looks like it is going to run around $250 to have the little guy fixed!!!! Yikes!!!!! I am calling another vet today to get their prices........

I paid $300 for neutering plus baby teeth removal. And that was three years ago!!! Did you get Higgin's pet insurance? If you did, it will most likely be covered.

Junebug · 05-27-2004, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fasteddie

... I still need to get to making those steps like MikeM made for Otis!

I was wondering how that was coming along! I'm trying to get Mike to build a third set for my bedroom!

fasteddie · 05-28-2004, 10:38 AM

Err, we got the wood, just need some tools... Though Yoda's Mommy will probably get to it before I do.

05-24-2004, 03:22 AM	#1
Higgin's Mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 852	Leg Lifting Well, Don and "the boys" (both dogs) just came back from their morning walk in the the rain. Don reports that Higgins LIFTED HIS LITTLE LEG for the first time!!!!! And promptly fell over! I'm sorry, Higgins honey, but I haven't stopped laughing yet.........

05-24-2004, 05:27 PM	#3
Junebug *Moderator Emeritus* Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,149	Otis is four years old and I have never seen him lift his leg once! He pees like a girl.

05-25-2004, 04:23 AM	#5
Higgin's Mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 852	Junebug, does Otis "mark" a lot? You are so lucky to have a squatter if it curbs that tendency. So far, Higgins doesn't mark much. They say if you have them neutered just before they start lifting their leg that they won't pee everywhere. Higgins will be 6 months old at the end of June and we were planning on having him fixed then, as well as any teeth needing to be removed and also having him chipped. I hope that isn't going to be too late if he really starts to lift his leg! Will check with my vet........ By the way, it looks like it is going to run around $250 to have the little guy fixed!!!! Yikes!!!!! I am calling another vet today to get their prices........

05-26-2004, 03:48 PM	#6
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	$250 seems a little steep to get him 'fixed'. Yoda didn't mark or lift his leg to pee for at least 5-6 months. Then all of a sudden, we take him on a walk, and he goes near the power pole lifts his rear right leg and pees on it. Ever since then, he's loved to mark his territory...

05-27-2004, 10:39 AM	#7
Higgin's Mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 852	Funny how one day they aren't doing something, and then the next they are doing it all the time! For the longest time, Higgins didn't jump up on furniture or off it, then one day he just started to FLY! Up, down, and all around!

05-27-2004, 02:59 PM	#9
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	Poor Toto! And to have Mom laugh after she falls! Just kidding, Yoda used to be fearless and do crazy jumps up onto a guest bedroom bed. It must have been at least 2 and a half feet high. But he's make it most of the time. I know he's jumped off our bedroom bed too at times (probably 3 feet high) when he thinks there is some emergency going on. At least the carpet in both rooms is pretty soft, though I prefer him not to jump from high distances. His poor little legs have given out at times and he's limped like he twisted it or something. But he's been fine for a while now... I still need to get to making those steps like MikeM made for Otis!

05-28-2004, 10:38 AM	#13
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	Err, we got the wood, just need some tools... Though Yoda's Mommy will probably get to it before I do.