Behavioral urination?

Question
Hello.  I have a 1 1/2 year old female toy poodle.  I just moved to a new location with a new roomate.  So, she's been moving around a bit and out of sorts (stayed with my mom for a bit of the transition).  So there are 2 main issues with her.  The first being urinating on my roomates things.  She is above satisfactory as far as going on the puppy pads, especially when she's in my part of the apartment.  When she doesn't hit the puppy pad...she hits very close (as a result of walking around while she's urinating).  I always praise her when she's on it.  In the past week she's gone into my roomates room and urinated on her bed and today she urinated on her comforter, jeans, etc.  She has never done these things to me.  I know she really likes her based on the fact she gets so excited when my roomate arrives home.  Is there any plausible explanation for this?  

Also, when I leave the apartment she howls (not a bark) like she's going to be left alone forever.  My schedule varies and at times I'm around a lot and other times I might be gone for the day (but a normal work day).  Lately I've been sitting with her and spending a few minutes telling her she's a "good girl" before I leave and that seems to lessen the howling.  Any advice?  

I feel awkward about having to explain her behavior to my roomate and feel really bad about her "things."  HELP!

Chris

Answer
Moving is very stressful for a dog.  Adding another person is stressful too.  Just what goes on in those little heads is often hard to say.  It is possible she will settle in and all this will quickly go away.  It could be as simple as closing the door to the roommate's room when she isn't around.  She could compensate by finding and urinating on anything of the roommate's outside the rom.  

If none of that works, you may have to crate her.  Other dogs may
not be as bad as the young Labs I am plagued with.  Still your house and dog
will be much safer with the dog in a crate when you are away.  The dog may be
happier in its den than loose in the house.  It relaxes, it feels safe in its
den.  It rests, the body slows down reducing the need for water and relieving
its self.  Dogs that have been crated all along do very well.  Many of them
will rest in their crates even when the door is open.  I think the plastic
ones give the dog more of a safe, enclosed den feeling.  They are harder for
dogs to open too.  Metal ones can be put in a corner or covered with
something the dog can't pull in and chew.  Select
a crate just big enough for the full grown dog to stretch out in.

Leave it some toys.  Perhaps a Kong filled with peanut butter.  Don't leave
anything in the crate the dog might chew up.  It will do fine without even any
bedding.  You will come home to a safe dog and a house you can enjoy.

A dog that has not been crated since it was little, make take some work.
Start out just putting its toys and treats in the crate.  Praise it for going
in.  If you have been able to trust it with any bedding, put that in the crate.
Feed it in the crate.  This is also an easy way to maintain order at feeding
time for more than one dog.