Bloody Dog

[insanityscratching]

I've got up this morning and thought it had snowed inside overnight. Eric, who is generally as good as gold when he doesn't have an audience has somehow managed to reach a new box of tissues that he's shredded and distributed throughout the living room and not only that he's destroyed his bed so amongst the tissues is the foam and stuffing from his bed
He didn't even have the good grace to look shameful and instead chose to share his joy at my return by demonstrating what fun he'd had making a snowstorm by doing laps and making the mess fly!
Just what I wanted at the crack of dawn to be clearing up his mess and an unplanned trip out to replace his bed although sorely tempted to make him manage with a cardboard box and blankets tonight.

Can you keep him in the kitchen overnight in future? That might limit what he can get at. (We learned to put the kitchen towel up VERY high, out of MehDog's range....)

I'm hoping it's just a blip as it's the first time he's been a pest overnight. He's in a devilish mood this morning so he's obviously pleased with himself today. Dh took him out earlier on a trek and a run so he's settled now.
He's sleeping in a box tonight as I'm not going out especially today and I've no more tissues until I go shopping tomorrow.
I won't put him in the kitchen though as he can open cupboards and drawers and would do if he was shut in there but doesn't because he has free rein. I will though make sure everything goes up even further so higher than the dining table because he can climb and jump like a monkey.

Strewth! What variety of dog is this? I NEVER want one!

He's a poodle shih tzu cross about 9 inches to his shoulder but he can jump and clear the stair gate from standing. He can take treats out of 5' 2" daughter's hand at shoulder height and he's clever enough to move chairs and cushions to stand on to help him climb. Oh and he opens doors by swinging on the door handle and kicking with his back legs. Generally anything you don't want him to have need to be above 5 foot high or behind a locked door.

He sounds adorable. Naughty, unrepentant and likely to do it again but still adorable.

Have you read

Sorry, not sorry how that ended up posting.... "Open the door" in the hairy mcleary books, actually the story is mostly about slinky Malinky and sticky beak Sid - but reminds me of your dog!

Our beagles once, unknown to me, nicked a very expensive Laura Ashley cushion of ours, took it out to the garden and decimated it.

I remember looking out of the window in confusion, wondering why on earth it had snowed all over our grass and nowhere else. It was June.

Does that mean he's a shit-poo?! That is fabulous.
We keep our beastie in her crate over night, she cannot be trusted

Well, exemplary behaviour overnight again although his face spoke volumes when he realised he was going to be sleeping in a cardboard box
He is usually well behaved if there isn't an audience (he's the devil incarnate if he's bored) so it was out of character at that time and to be fair he doesn't usually chew it's more he steals and then hides or attempts to bury.He had managed to unzip the cover (zips are another one of his talents ) and so I think he thought the foam and stuffing were fair game because he unzips bags to remove the contents.
Yes he's a shit poo although that's quite mild to what I called him yesterday

made me think of this....