"_G O D_" wrote in message
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One site said that dogs mark their territory by urination and the
scent will be more pronounced the higher that it's away from the
ground. Also, a higher marking suggests that it was made by a bigger
dog. That's why we see little dogs really trying to elevate their
emissions.

Another site said that both male and lady wolves lift their legs.
Huh??!!? No further explanation was provided.

Anecdotal evidence follows.

background
Heybeli Island in Istanbul, where we used to live, is home to a colony of
pariah dogs. To cut a long story short, one of them, a bitch that we named
"Gluey", attached herself to us (her name derived from our inability to be
rid of her) and followed us around incessantly. Kanyak was in his prime at
this time and he mated with Gluey on more occasions and in more
(embarrassing) settings than I care to remember.
/background

In our (Kanyak and my) walks through the Heybeli forest, Gluey and some of
her progeny would accompany us. During these excursions Gluey would
frequently urinate on trees. She had this singular technique of backing her
butt against the tree and then using her forelegs to move backwards and
lever her butt it as high as possible. I figure she must have been able to
reach Kanyak's shoulder-height (a dobe GSD mix) even though she was a
mongrel whose shoulder reached my knee but not much more.

/anecdote

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Bob
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