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Well, young male dogs usually find a place, stand, lean forward a little bit (urine falls on the ground) until they have finished emptying their bladder. As male dogs become older, after one years old about, they still lean forward a little but start to lift one hind leg. If you take them for a walk they will mark many things in their pathway. Sometimes it's a little comical.

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