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What things have worked for you, even if only for a short amount of time? We've been taking his food away on an evening as per the comments above and things have improved, but he's still doing it on certain nights. It's hard to truly judge though as we've had a busy couple of weeks and his usual...

We take him out for a walk. If we just let him out in the garden he doesn’t do anything. It’s a pain though especially at this time of year, especially when he already gets 3 walks a day and it was never needed before. Hopefully once we try out some of the suggestions we’ll not need to take him...

Thanks both, interesting. I'll try reacting differently and see what that does. I didn't think of him doing it on a night specifically so that it was when we're not around to see him. The change in his eating habits pre-dates this current issue (he was ill last winter and changed his habits...

I've only 'told him off' for it a couple of times, when he's been out just before bed and still done it during the night. Other than that he just gets a disappointed look or comment. From the very first time he did it, he's always known it was bad and he's incredibly sheepish when we come down...

He used to eat his food as soon as it was put down, but now he eats some of it and then comes back to the rest later, which could be a factor. Might it be worthwhile us taking his food away after a certain time? Or not feeding him until later so that he's not 'ready' to 'go' until the morning...

Hi, first time poster on here, hoping someone will be able to help. Our Fox Red Lab is 18 months old and we got past the usual house training when he was really young. Never had any other problems in the house....until randomly a couple of months ago. Now we come downstairs to a 'treat'...