Bailie here at the keyboard today. Mom and Emma said I should be ashamed of myself and part of my punishment would be to tell the world what I did this time. I just can’t help my habit of destruction, and honestly, I don’t feel real regretful either. Because of my destructive tendencies, I’ve been kenneled a lot when Mom is not home. I get to stay out when she is only gone for an hour or two, or later in the day. Because I’ve been really good lately, Mom left me home without being in my kennel while she went to work for five hours. The two days prior to this latest “event” I was home for three hours one day and four the next with no destruction but it was later in the day.
Mom came home from work and this is what she found. My bed was inside out, but there isn’t much left of it, so not much fun to destroy anymore. I went upstairs and got the round cat bed I used to sleep in as a small puppy and brought it down to the living room to “work on”. What terrified Mom was the cable lying there. Had I been dealing with electricity?
The first thing Mom did was run through the entire house in a big panic to see if any electronic stuff was destroyed or if she could figure out where the cable came from. The photo above is the same kind of cable I “worked on”. Eventually, Mom remembered she had left such a cable lying on a shelf in her office. Sure I took it, I won’t deny it, but what is the big deal? She never said I couldn’t take stuff off the shelves, geez!
I removed the ends because they were the best to chew on. You can see what they looked like after my work compared to the boring look beforehand. My teeth and jaws got a real nice workout. Sure, I had antlers and stuff I could have munched on, but this cable was a lot more fun.
Back to the cat bed. I didn’t really get around to doing much with it. I did destuff one side and left most of the stuffing scattered about.
I guess for now I have to be in my kennel the mornings that Mom goes to work, except for the day I go to daycare – what a drag that is! Mom says she is just thankful I was not hurt or injured. Emma and Katie tell me I’m really dumb to do these things as they never did stuff like that and they were done with kenneling by the time they were ten months old. I don’t really care. I’m the family baby and I will quit my wave of destruction when I feel like it. Life without bad dogs would sure be boring!
I am joining the Monday Mischief blog hop brought to you by Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog, My Brown Newfies.
Oh my goodness, that looks like someone had some fun, and it wasn’t the Mom!
Bailie just can’t stop her naughtiness!
Separation anxiety can cause all kinds of bad behavior. I had to crate my dogs for quite awhile before they learned to be okay while I was gone. Two of my previous dogs were always crated–and they actually learned to like it.
Wags (and purrs) from Life with Dogs and Cats.
She doesn’t have separation anxiety. She just has a lot of energy in the morning and gets bored. Afternoons and evenings she does just fine. Mom hates crates because they take up space, and are a real pain, so we are hoping she loses her naughtiness soon!
OMD! You are one very destructive girl, Bailie!
Amazing, such a sweet looking little one can do so much damage.
Wow, Bailie, you and I should spend our days together- I, too, have some destruction “issues” that we deal with as well. Hopefully you ate a cord that wasn’t super essential! I ate the humans’ Dyson vacuum cord- now they’ll never be able to clean up my stuffies’ mess ever again! *Evil laugh* There’s hope, though, that someday we’ll be good dogs! 🙂
You sound like the perfect match for Bailie! The cord was for the laptop, one of the $8 or so cords, but it was just a spare. Mom has never had a destructive dog, so it is tough for her to deal with, but we know some day Bailie will start behaving!
Bailie- are you sure it was you and not someone else. Don’t be so quick to take the blame. It could have been anyone including the cat!
Oh we know it was her because she was sitting proudly in the middle of her destruction when Mom came home. Katie and I have never done stuff like that and the cats don’t have the mouth power to crunch cords like that.
Our Harlow doesn’t make the best decisions either during the day. She has to stay crated too.
Monty and Harlow
Now that is a wonderful way to put it! Love that!
OMD now that is some mischief indeed. Bailie lucky you didn’t hurt yourself. Have a marvellous Monday and try and be good.
Best wishes Molly
Mom was just glad it wasn’t a cord that was plugged in, but cat bro Bert is the one that works on those cords.
Bailie, that look on your face says it all. Yes, I did it and I’ll pretend I have remorse, but secretly I’m proud of it…
You sure can read that dog! She never has real remorse!
The mom says you ARE my evil TWIN! I say ‘girls just wanna have fun!’ Like you I have good days and then some very bad days. I just can’t help it. XOXO Sparkle the PBGV
Fun is what she thinks it is. She just better never mess with my bed! Her bed ended in the garbage yesterday because it was so destroyed. Bailie needs to grow up!
Rut-roh!! I gotta say, you have pretty much topped ANYTHING Dakota has ever done….WOW……….
Bailie has pretty much topped anything any dog of mom’s has ever done.
Oh no Bailie! You remind us of Diesel! We bet you had fun!
I did have fun and I was proud of my accomplishments too!
Oh Bailie….not good buddy. Life would be so much better outside your kennel. Time to grow up I think.
Mom says I am still really immature…maybe because I am the youngest of my fur siblings by lots of years, but I just like to have fun.
Hey Bailie!
Wow, great job! I’m impressed with your destruction skills and I think this is part of our job. Keeps our peeps from being bored or unchallenged. Besides, that’s what we have teeth for! BWAR HAR HAR ahem.
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commissioner
I’m going to tell my mom the police appreciate my work, maybe that will change her attitude! Thanks, Sarge!
Uh oh…
She is one naughty puppy.
Bailie, I told Topper about this and he snickered. He had a period where he would chew up TV remote controls. A few headphones were also turned into neat pieces of plastic. He says cables are good training, but to make sure they’re not plugged in. I don’t agree with all this, but he’s a doggie, lol
I thoroughly enjoyed the plug ends. Cat bro Bert likes cords that are plugged in, so he has that part covered. I don’t know why you humans are so bothered by a bit of fun.
Oh man, you’re making me nervous. Penny is making steady progress on being left out, but I’m worried there will be an inevitable teenage phase. Thanks for the reminder to stay vigilant!
Katie and Emma were never destructive and were without a crate at ten months. I was without a crate at eleven months until fifteen months when I slipped into my naughty phase. I was also a real good puppy but now I have discovered the joy of discovering and chewing and I love it!The bookshelf is my latest great find!
BAILIE… we just do NOT see the problem either… If SHE left it UNATTENDED… it must have been INtended fur YOUR USE… We leave our Toys and Chew thingys and antlers OUT all the time…. fur mom and dad to Use… IF they want to… THAT is what SHARING is all about. If it is not LOCKED UP…. it is YOURS.
You guys really understand what I am thinking! I appreciate the support!
Uh-oh…hide under the bed!
Too big, I don’t fit!
Oh man Emma, hope you’re not in the dog house too long for this one.
It’s Bailie that causes the trouble at our house, not me 🙂
Emma, why do little sisters like to chew bed? Mom had to give up on beds for us for a couple of months. Lilly kept chewing them up! When she was older to know better. Now I have a beautiful bed and no chewing! Hang on, those little sisters do get better. your doodle friend, Dash
So far, she only wrecks her own bed or the cat bed. She better not ever mess with my bed or Katie’s!
Bailey, I at least give you props for being so honest in your report. Find a way to convince your mom that you’re going to do better. PAWhaps she will cut you some slack and allow you out again real soon when she’s gone.
She wants to leave me out, but after a few weeks of hard work, she says I blew it again, so back to square one. I don’t see what the big deal is anyway with a little chewing here and there.
The bottom line is that the companies should not make electronics so darn tasty! Pierre has volunteered to be your character witness. *He is also a renowned toy destroyer so the prosecutor could call him out on that!
Tasty and tempting is right! I don’t know what all the fuss is about anyway!
Bailee that is some very good work on the cord there, couldn’t have done better myself. And the cat bed, well that’s what they are for, I had a cat bed as a puppy and that’s what I did to it. Sorry about the crate but it was your mom’s fault after all. Love Dolly
While moms away, the kid will play!
You got that right and play I do!
Haha! Oh, Bailie you silly girl! I’m glad you were not hurt. Were Emma and Katie watching you do all this?
They just sit there and point me out with their eyes when Mom returns. I don’t know why they don’t join in my fun.
Looks like you had a visit from ‘some other diggy;!
I may have a split personality, little miss innocent and the master of disaster!
Oh boy, Bailie, no remorse!! I can just imagine the things you and Luke would get into if you were together. So far he hasn’t chewed up any beds or cords….knock wood!! Perhaps he enjoys his freedom and doesn’t want to give it up, even in favor of chewing on fun stuff like that. Or because he’s a little younger than you, he hasn’t worked up to that stuff yet….uh oh.
Bailie was awesome until about 14 months, then the trouble started and it just keeps going. Hopefully she will outgrow it one of these days!
Glad you’re OK! Your mom must have been so worried!
She was petrified when she saw that cable lying there, but when she realized it was a spare and all the pieces were still there, she settled down.
You did a great job destroying everything I think LOL.
Thank you, I did my best to get things just right in my opinion.
Hi Y’all!
I never did much in the way of bad things. Tough going Bailey.
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Katie and I didn’t either, so this Bailie is a whole new animal!
You tell your mom that you are doing her a favor by making she she has stuff to blog about on Mondays! (But… maybe lay off the cords. Cat bed, sure. But the cords? That doesn’t even look tasty, you silly girl!)
On that day at work, she told her coworkers either Bailie would be a super star or she would have a new blog post. Unfortunately, we got the blog post…back to the drawing board.
Bailey, way to go! I’m proud of you! I would have done better , but I’ve got about 10 more years of practice. See, you train them when you are a puppy that you are good , then they let you out. Then you start getting chewing every thing is sight. I didn’t start being naughty til I was 16 months old. Now I am naughty every chance I get ( so I get crated a lot if anyone is gone more than 30 minutes).
Your friend Lucy ( Chablis’s sister)
I was a rock star until I was 14 months old, now I have found the fun of destruction. Mom doesn’t know what to do and I am back in jail. I know she will keep trying to trust me and my sisters tell me I should be a nice girl, but I like the naughtiness.
Looks like you had a lot of fun getting into so much mischief. I’m glad you didn’t chew a plugged-in electrical cord or eat anything that would get stuck in your tummy.
Mom says she hates that I destroy stuff, but as long as I don’t hurt myself we are okay. I’m back in jail now when she is gone.
Oh my Bailie. Brown dawgs are still kenneled when we leave and I don’t think they will ever graduate. They are out of their kennels at night for sleeping. They totally understand Bailie.
Mom has never had a problem dog like me before, so she is kind of bummed about having to crate me, and I hate the crate too. Maybe one day I will stop ruining stuff, but it is so much fun right now.
Yikers honey you are giving Gambler a run for his money. I let him out for 2 hours this weekend after I thought he was dead tired and of course he chewed up a bad that had a coffee mug in it from oysterfest and dropped it on the ground and it broke. I should of remembered to shut the spare room so he couldn’t get in there.
Mom says I sometimes am more destructive when I am exhausted. She doesn’t know what to do except wait out this phase that I hopefully grow out of.
Ruh roh!!!
I know all too well about destruction with my huskies!!!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
I think destruction is pretty common and Mom has just been lucky until recently with her dogs.
Try razor blades. Dey are fun to chew on.
OMD! Don’t give my crazy sister any ideas! Luckily, we don’t have any in the house that I know of!
Bailie, I’m so glad you are ok!! I’m sent to grandpa and grandma doggie daycare so I don’t get into trouble…. Shasta
Mom goes to work three mornings a week and one of those mornings Bailie does go to daycare, but she should be able to hang our with us while Mom is gone the other days. She did for several months, but then she started her destruction. Maybe she will outgrow it.
Wow, you were busy while she was out!!
That’s the problem, Bailie is always busy! Even when sleeping she is kicking and stuff.
Ha ha, you made a mess of that cable! I have to agree with Katie and Emma though – I’d stopped doing anything like that by the time I was nine or ten months old. I’d chewed up a lot of things by then though!
Bailie was such a well behaved puppy, but then around 14 months, she fell apart. We hope she gets herself together again soon.
Oh no, I hope you didn’t hurt yourself chewing on wires!
No injuries, well, the cable is dead, but Bailie is fine.