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unless you see them pee

You mean see/not see the “pebbles”?

Or do they tend to pee differently? I know dogs typically pee by raising one leg, but sometimes they just crouch by both back legs and just release. Is this what you mean?

I vaguely recall when I was a teen we had a dog (he/him, and a mutt) and he would usually do the “this lamp post is mine now” pee but when he really needed to go he would just crouch and leave a big puddle.

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technomage@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Generally speaking, male dogs tend to lift a leg to pee while the females tend to squat. It’s nowhere near foolproof, of course, but you can usually say for sure that a dog is male if it’s lifting a leg. That said, I know plenty of male dogs that squat, or do the “lazy lift” where you can’t quite tell. So y’know…

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HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
if you own a female dog you can tell the difference between the pee and poop by the arch of the back. A male dog doing a puppy pee also looks different. Its possible female dog owners can tell easier.

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- netvor@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  i … i don’t know how i left you with the impression that i can’t tell poo from pee. … i must have done something horribly wrong. 🤣
  
  Actually I think for pretty much all mammals it’s as easy as telling liquid the difference between liquid and solid.
  
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  - HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    with a female dog its a bit hard to tell. At night I often have to check the area she was in just in case. So if you see them pee then you know the sex. I was not commenting on your ability to. You know I sorta took your question to be a general thing. Like can people in general. I had someone comment like I was making a definitive statement about the human capacity to tell the sex of a dog at a distance.
    
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