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When is a puppy not a puppy any more?

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  • 24-02-2011 5:57pm
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    Taceom
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    When we got our male Golden Retriever puppy last August someone said to me that he will be a puppy until he lifts his leg to pee. Today at just over 8 months old I noticed for the first time that he raised his leg to pee. Does this mean I should no longer refer to him as a puppy? Does it also mean he is sexually mature now?


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    Shanao
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    He is sexually mature by now, but at the moment, he's a teenager, so still a puppy really. Golden retrievers aren't adults until they are fully grown, between 15-16 months of age. It differs with different dogs, for example the beagle is the breed of dog that matures the earliest, at around ten months of age. While a dane is still a puppy until two years old despite being a small horse by ten months:D


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    TooManyDogs
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    It's not a case of simply cocking his leg means he's not a puppy, it'll be behaviour too and how mature he is. If it was simply cocking a leg then my JRT would be a 3 half year old puppy :D


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