My dog urinates in the house when we are not around
My labrador, Diesel, is 2.5 years old and was completely house trained up until one year ago. We even have a 'dog flap' in the door so he can go in and out of the garden if he needs to. He hasn't been castrated.
One year ago we had new leather settees delivered and he urinates (and sometimes worse) around the settees almost every day. He only does this when we are not in the room or have gone out. We have reprimanded him as soon as we notice what he has done and he seems to know it is wrong but we have never actually caught him in the act of doing it. The fact that he does it when we are not around seems to show that he knows it is wrong.
We have another dog, Dudley, a jack russell/cocker spaniel cross who is also 2.5 years old (we got them at the same time to be company for each other) and they get on well together although Dudley does seem to be the boss.
Would it help if we had the labrador castrated or have we left it too late? Any advice on how to stop this anti social behaviour would be much appreciated.
Many thanks! Rossi