An observation

I was always under the impression that the cocking of the leg and scent marking behavior of males was related to testosterone and that this behavior would be suppressed in a dog that had been neutered. (Especially if he had been done before sexual maturity). I had visions of my boy piddling like a girl forever. Over the last few weeks however, I have been watching Tyson with interest as he first started to * his leg and then moved on to smelling and marking on every tree and every post he past. Although it is no way scientific, I am thinking that the trigger for this behavior may well be instinctual and not at all related to hormones.
What are your thoughts?

My old boy always cocked his leg up, he was neutered .. vinnie is neutered and he rarely does but will on occasion * his leg up lol .. Depends on the dog i think

I think it varies. Jack is just over a year old and intact but he'll do a combination of leg lifting and squat peeing.

Its dominance/territorial females will do it also if their dominance is high enough, got nothing to do with their nuts.

Buster is only 6 months and does a combination my last gsd was intact and he always squatted and he was 7 yrs

billy used do this so much before he got done, now on a walk he will only do it once or twice

MissRogue wrote:Its dominance/territorial females will do it also if their dominance is high enough, got nothing to do with their nuts.

Yes, it's a display of scent marking & letting all the other dogs know he's there. Not much to do with testosterone, I'm afraid!

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Rocky is about 2 years old and has been cocking his leg for about the last 9 months or so. He has been done (by the rescue centre).

Buster and botha just squat! In front of a smally jack russel that * his leg they still squatted

Gav

Believe it or not, bitches also scent mark The only reason they don't lift their legs as much as dogs is that anatomically it doesn't work as well!!

Yep its all about scent marking, thats why males will try to pee as high up as poss (Max almost topples over sometimes ) so their sent will stay, and cover the last male that was there