When do male dogs learn to 'cock a leg'?

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Probably a daft question but this is the first dog I have ever owned.

We have a six month old black lab/border collie cross. He still squats to wee. Is this normal? My only concern is that he is a fair degree of force. The wee shoots through between (and over) his front legs! He is bathed regularly.

Will he grow up to be a 'stand up' wee-er or will he always sit down?

Our cocker was about a year old, but often just leans forward to wee. Sometimes he'll cock his leg half way through like he's just remembered he's supposed to :)

My dog is 18 months and still squats, I had him castrated a year ago, was a little worried there was something wrong with him, until reading other messages on here. Maybe having them snipped stops them being dominant as lack of testosterone drops seems like one of the causes. Good to know he's not on his own puts my mind at ease. At least he wont be stopping every 2 minutes to cock his leg up...

Mine cocks his leg to poo. No idea why and not much help to you OP.

Our spaniel never did and he lived till he was 8!

My nearly 5 yr old still squats To pee. He does cock his leg to mark territorio though. The younger one also squats, nearly 2 yrs

Betty mine are snipped and it hasn't stopped them marking.
Teddy would mark every inch of the garden and surrounding área if I had the partience to stop every 2 seconds.

My 14 year old, who I lost last year, never bothered cocking his leg. He didn't even squat, he's just take a couple of steps forward with his front feet then go.

My two boys who are 3 years and 18 months mostly cock their legs, although the older one will sometimes just squat if he's feeling lazy.

The youngest is 7 months and he's mostly still squatting and weeing all over the back of his front legs

My bitch has perfected a combo squat-and-cock which she uses on walks. It involves squatting like normal but holding one hind leg as high in the air as she can. She's pretty masterful and has better aim than the boys

One of my girls does that Castilian, I'd never seen it before.

I had my dog neutered at 12 months. I read that it's best to start one month after they start cocking leg.

Dog cocked his leg and he was suddenly a rampant male - howling at certain gates, mooning at lady dogs and marking his territory every three inches.

After neutering - has never cocked his leg since and is a pleasure to walk.

How often should a pup of about 5 months be weeing? Mine seems to go very often still, although touch wood he does go to the door when he needs to and runs outside to do it.
I'd say he goes very hour sometimes more still. Thought it would have reduced by now?

My 8 year old black lab doesn't cock his leg at all. He wees like a girl .

My nearly 6 year old Springer always squats to wee

Unless it's marking his territory-weeing on a lamppost, then he cocks his leg