To not tell DH what the dog has done.

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We have a dog. He's my dog which DH never wanted but I insisted.

He loves him now, but he's still definitely my dog.

DH works from home and his office is off our living room.

I'm always telling him to keep things off the floor etc but it's completely full of crap.

Recently he bought a limited edition print. It wasn't super expensive (£25) but signed and he was really pleased with it and it can't be replaced.

It was in a poster tube in his office waiting to be framed.

The dog took it into the garden this morning and has eaten it. Both ends of the tube (and print) chewed.

I swiped it before DH could see and tried to get a replacement but they are sold out.

Shall I just hope he forgets he ever bought it? Or fess up?

You will need to be honest with him as it will come out eventually.
Is the dog still a puppy?

Hm, tricky. Is there really any chance he will forget he's bought it? My DH buys all sorts of crap on a whim then forgets about it so I could probably get away with it! How long has it been there waiting for framing?

Is he likely to notice its missing? If not I’d keep quiet and one day in the future when he realises it’s gone you can just feign ignorance. Things get lost in houses all the time don’t they?

You need to tell him. I would be pissed if something of mine got destroyed and DP covered it up, regardless of who/what did it.

He should keep his office door shut if your dog is prone to chewing random stuff. Is the dog still a puppy?

Is it at the ends of the print? Can you guillotine them off and stick it in an ikea frame for him?

I doubt he'd just forget so you obviously have to tell him.

Unless he’s going to forget you have to tell him, can’t see any advantage to not doing really. He will just be annoyed if you hide it when it’s going to find out anyway. Probably easier to keep the dog out of the office rather than saying to your DH not to keep stuff on the floor, the dog doesn’t need to be in a work space.

How ruined is it? If you took it to a decent framing place, could they work a miracle?

Hopefully, it’s just the ends of the sheet and not the print itself. if the print is ruined you’ll have to confess 😱
Don’t try to trim or frame it yourself in case you make a mess of it through sheer nerves. Take it to a good local framer, get them to put it in a frame with a complementary double mount to distract from the inevitable shrinkage around the edges. Even if the image is damaged they might be able to restore it- an invisible repair across the back, then digitised and any visible marks filled in electronically before it’s reprinted on archival paper of the same weight as the original. Frame it.
& prop it up somewhere in the room.

As I say to my kids, if you leave stuff on the floor and a mess it will be stood on and broken. He needs to clean up not leave his shit on the floor and close bid office door. My retriever is a shredder and I know socks, paper etc will be shredded if left - he ate my sons passport as a pup but it was left lying on a settee in reach I hadn’t realised or would’ve moved it. But adults need to take care of things and if they are important move them.

id shut his door every time I see it open, my son doesn’t like the cat in his room but leaves his door wide open all the time. It’s not hard to close a door or lift something of a floor. Especially if your dog is a bit naughty

Tell him and maybe he'll learn not to be such a fucking slob. When you put your stuff away, things like this don't happen.

If its his work space, separate from the rest of the family home, then he can keep it in any state he likes. The dog shouldn't be in there.

This. He may not open it for a long time

It's not the dog's fault. If you both know he chews then it should have been out of reach or the office door kept closed. I'd just tell him.

The print is ruined. He's chewed the signature!

The dog is only allowed in our main living space (not upstairs etc) but DH's office is directly off it and he leaves the door open.

The dog is 18months. So not a puppy but still a bit of a pain in the arse.

Oops

What an idiot to leave a cardboard tube where a dog can get to it, especially a dog known for chewing!

What would DH's response be?

rant & rave (or worse)

threaten/demand the dog goes?

Depending on the likely outcome (him sulking - fine, him getting abusive -not fine) I'd tell him he'd been warned to keep his shit off the floor, so he only has himself to blame & to STFU about it.

if I was scared he'd get abusive or keave, then I'd be looking at the much bigger picture, hide the poster & line up the ducks!!!

I presume, as you're worried about him finding out, it wouldn't be calm
acceptance that he's been an idiot??

IF he'd be upset &/or annoyed, but accept he shouldn't have left it there, I'd tell him & offer to sort it out with professional fixing & framing [ not that the cost of the print really justifies hood framing but because MY dog destroyed it] but I would also tell him it's a one off, he needs to keep his crap off the floor [and if there is one/can be one, shut the door!!]

also, a signed print for £25 is not going to be massively irreplaceable. There may be some compromise like a slightly different print, but it's not going to have been something rare!

There is every possibility DH will forget he bought it.

He will be cross about it. Not abusive or demand we get rid of the dog, but will complain a lot and there might be some sulking.

He's not good at being responsible for stuff and loves someone/something else to blame.

I don’t see what good can come from keeping this from your DH. And I’m always amazed at how poster here encourage one another to lie! TBH, you got a dog against his wishes I think the least you can do is fess up to what your dog did.

I've contacted the site he bought it from in the hope they can get me a replacement.

As background, DH is struggling with his mental health at the moment and very much feels everything is against him. This isn't going to help.

I’d not mention it unless he looks for it. Then I’d probably say something like “ah yes, dog chewed it. I figured it didn’t mean that much to you since you left it on the floor for dog, so didn’t mention it at the time”.

I would have left the chewed print exactly where it was - on the floor with the door open. When DH finds it and rants, shrug and say you warned him what would happen. This is all on him, not you or the dog.

Do not confess. Say you have no idea where it is.

DH is still searching for the shoe that BastardSpaniel#2 shredded in the garden over two years ago.

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Cross posted with you.

of course he chewed the signature, tastiest bit!! 🙄🙇🏻‍♀️

18 months is still very young! And actually somewhat irrelevant. Some dogs still destroy stuff, no matter their age.

DH is a grown man, he knows the dog 'has form'. He leaves crap on the floor & doesn't shut the door.

unless you're seriously worried about abuse or him walking out**, I'd be doing the 'YOU were know he chews stuff, YOU left it on the floor, YOU left the door open. YOU are supposedly an actual adult human. YOU should have more sense & you've only got yourself to blame'

i presume he's working in what was the dining room? Do you have glass doors? Glass doors or the door left open... and he's got crap all over the floor? The dog chewing the odd thing would be the least if his worries if I lived there!

Do you have a box room that's not being used for a child's bedroom? He'd be up there if I had to live with the messy TWAT.
if it's 'too small'. TOUGH

See what happens with trying to get a replacement and then just tell him. I’d probably say I’d buy something similar for him to replace it. Another signed print etc etc but that game could prove expensive!!