poochmad Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Henschke has started cocking his leg on people (and anything that is standing still) and there seems to be a differing opinion on whether it's a dominance or a 'male' thing. Unfortunately, I haven't caught him doing it on people yet to tell him off, but I did tell him off tonight when he went to pee on a box inside the house! He stopped immediately. I'd be interested to learn whether this is a dominant gesture or whether it's purely an undesexed teenage thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP* Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Both my male and female went through a piddle on my things stage during adolescence. Not me exactly but close (pillow, bed, clothes). So I would go for the adolescent thing (which is kind of adolescent dominance anyway). Lucky for mine and me they grew out of it. Although, since we have been spending more time at the off lead oval with more dogs (incl entire males) my male (who is now desexed) has been cocking his legs and humping much more - picking up bad behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MolassesLass Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The act of marking something is claiming ownership - so dominance a bit but dominance (or at least giving it a try) is an adolescent thing - so both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roguedog Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 LOL, lucky you!! my boy went through a piddle on everything stage, in his case as he was 4yrs old and a VERY dominant personality, so I knew it was dominance in his case (little bugger!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin-Genie Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 My elkhound, desexed at five months, now 15 months old, never cocks his leg at home and never pees inside. He started doing that at the dog park a few months back. However, he has twice peed on the same person in the dog park. He hasn't done it to anyone else. Why would he do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAX Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 How old is he? Although this is an irrelevant question, peeing on things that belong to us is not acceptable, poor puppy for getting it so wrong. He needs to learn that this is a a big NO NO. Maybe he needs to go back to baby puppy training, IMO it shouldn't really matter if he is desexed or not, he needs to learn that this is a no go. I don't know at this stage whether it is of any relevance as to why? It is just not on, you buy the dog food, you rule. If your can't curb this yucky habit, as it is always suggested, get a Pro in to give you guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arawnhaus Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) Dog of any age should never piss on you or another person. Dominant. Amy Edited March 14, 2009 by Delkerabo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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