On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:11:13 -0600, USA  wrote:

>
>When I was a kid I had a female spaniel who was a bit confused after
>she was spayed.  She would try to lift her leg to pee like a male dog
>but she always fell over.  Aparently female dogs don't have the same
>natural balance for leg lifting and peeing that male dogs do.

We had a female Malamute that would lift her leg and scent-mark
like a male dog - wolves do the same: "Frequently, both male and
female wolves will raise a rear leg during marking, and rarely,
some females will lift both rear legs off the ground while
marking, supporting themselves by their front legs only."
http://www.wolfhaven.org/animal_care_pages_glossary2.htm


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