Why does my lab poo and pee in his kennel at night?
He’s a 2 ½ year old lab and sweet as he can be, even when he is his alter ego, Kleenex Destroyer. However, he pees and poops in his kennel at night. The kennel is near my bed, so he isn’t alone. He, unfortunately, after he as no longer a cute puppy, relegated to an outdoor kennel for his first year, not me, former owner. I wonder if he just learned that if you need to go, you just go. I’d like to be able to stop this behavior. I’ve always been told they won’t ‘go’ where they sleep, but he evidently didn’t read the manual! Any help is appreciated. I love him to pieces and I will not relegate him to the outside, nor will I give him away, that’s just not me. I just don’t relish cleaning up poop and pee every morning for the rest of his life.