posted 08-05-2002 09:12 AM           

I’m not a vet or anything like that. However, we have a sweet little doggie named
Max (3 years old now) and just thought I’ll share our experience.

Heres a few possible reasons for the problem you’ve described:

a) He may have a problem with his back legs, it might be causing him pain when
he wants to lift his back leg to urinate.
b) Sometimes when it is really cold I’ve noticed that our Max will lift his leg only kind of half way and some urine will squats over his front legs.
c) This might be just a temporary stage and should disappear as he mature.

As for neutering, I was always against it as I think this is purely the dog’s choice
and not us humans…..i really think it is unfair although many will argue health and
behaviour reasons. My wife was arguing the same and we’ve decided that it is just not fair to make this decision for Max and we left him as is. He is just a wonderful friend and family companion. Ho, and yes we’ve bought him a big teddy bear and he loves it A LOT
Check out his picture here: http://www.auspet.com/images/folic.jpg