Hmm do I encourage or not?

Kobe has decided he wants to pee like Max (our dog) on the grass. While i dont agree with him going outside to go to the toilet when we have a perfectly good toilet in the house, it is teaching him to stand up and pee and to hold it etc...without it making a mess in my bathroom.

Is it really gross that he does this and should i be discouraging it and making him go to the toilet? I should say he doesnt do it every time, has done it maybe 5 times all up and gone from squatting like he is on a toilet to now standing and holding it properly but it just doesnt seem right him going on the lawn!

ETA: Kobe is fully toilet trained, day and night and will go to the toilet everywhere else and here at home too, just sometimes he has this novel idea to go like Max

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I think I wouldn't, but... gosh it's tempting to teach Max to go in the toilet!

lmao Liz! I let Ella pee in the bushes or next to a tree etc, out of the main pathway.. if there are no toilets around.

Robyn, I don't really see that much wrong with it.. as long as you teach him it's only okay to do #1's out there.. would be a bit yuk if you stood in a #2 outside

thankfully its only #1s, he hasnt even attempted to do #2s outside. I just remember my SIL's nephew used to pee anywhere and everywhere and i thought it was gross. who knows what you end up walking in when you go outside! Silly thing is Ive tried to get him to stand up and pee when we are out and there is no toilet (like in a bush or something discreet) but he refuses so we always have to go find a toilet. Maybe this is just a phase and he will forget about it in a couple of days.....hopefully

I wouldn't worry about it. Like others have said, it's probably just a phase.

Maya isn't shy to drop her knickers behind a bush if need be, which is actally a good thing coz the odd time we have been caught out (like in this cool park in Whangarei that is great except it has no toilet!) she has been happy to trot off behind a bush.