Alright, I am hoping this doesn't sound like a stupid question..but my Great Dane boy does not lift his leg to pee... he squats (kind of) in no particular place.. we will just be walking and he will stop and start to pee. Every single dog I have owned or have seen, lifts their leg and goes to a tree or a bush, not just right in front of them. Is this just because of their size? I just thought it was really strange.

My dog does that as well. 1 out of 100 hundred he may lift his leg, but mostly he's a squatter. I've never seen anything like it. It's pretty funny.

I don't think this is really anything to complain about. The leg lifting thing always seems to be an ingredient for territory marking, which is not godd in the house.

They only lift their leg to better mark territory, and a great dane would obviously have some balance issues when trying to lift their leg. I know that my dog started to squat, because I think that it is just easier on him.

Is the dog young I think that they do this if they are really young. But then I always thought that they out grew this and starting peeing like a big boy lol.

yea I was young when we had Ceasar ..so I didnt remember him just squatting..but Chester does this too!...makes it really hard right now cuz im training him and cant always tell the difference between him just sitting nice, or peeing!

We had a Lab who did exactly the same. No matter what we tried (and I know it sounds silly be we did) he wouldn't or didn't want to lift his leg. It didn't do him any harm so after a few months we just left him to do it the way he was comfortable. He did this for the rest of his life with no problems at all.

My GSP, Bo, is 9 months tomorrow. He squats. As he has been visiting off leash parks and seeing other dogs marking, he has starting doing the same, but on at the parks.

how old is he?? its takes boys a while before they can lift their leg, so in the meantime, they just squat. this is especially true for such a large dog, he's got a lot of weight to balance and support!
but i definately woudn't worry about it

I have heard of male dogs that never learn to lift their leg. It's best to stop worrying, if you are, that is.

As for my dog, I just wish he would stop peeing on his front leg while he squats.