Bad Puppy!

Dear Jackson is in a lot of trouble. My dog has a thing for taking things that isn’t his and chewing it up and then he takes the remains to his “love nest” which is better known as under my bed. The other day I decided to look under there and see just what all he had under there. He had a Barbie doll head, hdmi cables (he’s going to be in BIG trouble about this with my step-dad), random pieces of paper, and an empty pill bottle. The pill bottle was empty to start with thankfully, but still, what is my dog’s problem?! It’s not like he doesn’t get toys to play with. He has about ten tennis balls around the house along with various bones, stuffed animals, and jerky treats so I am unsure of why he keeps doing this. So my lovelies, have any of you had the same problem with your pets and if so, how did you fix the problem?

I just feel bad whenever I get on to him because he crawls into bed and gives me a look like below. This is an older picture and he has developed his sad puppy dog face a lot better but he won’t let me take a picture. He’s too busy playing with the boyfriend and one of his tennis balls. Since the boyfriend is still here and we’re headed to eat dinner, I will cut this short. I just felt like blogging while he was down there playing Guitar Hero and playing catch with Jack.

9 Comments to “Bad Puppy!”

Tara said:

Posted on April 20th, 2008 at 11:47 pm


That is such a cute face! My dog used to take little Barbie pieces back when she was a puppy and eat them. Now she no longer goes into the room we used to play with Barbies in because of that. She’d always look so guilty and sad when she took stuff.

Iúil Áine said:

Posted on April 21st, 2008 at 1:52 pm


Awwe! He is adorable. But my puppy used to do the same thing. We talked to my aunt who trains dogs for people here, and she told us that they do that stuff when they get bored. We take my dog for a long walk every day and not only is she no longer bored, but she is too sleepy to get into things. Maybe that will help?

An said:

Posted on April 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pm


How adorable. I can’t resist my puppy’s big sad eyes when she looks at me like that either. She’s maybe 6 months old, and she has a small problem with chewing, mainly shoes, but her thing is with peeing in excitement whenever she sees someone, lol. It’s a cute but really messy habit that we’ve been trying to break her of.

Candy said:

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 am


my dog did that… but we just had to be extra vigilant in watching her, and we restricted where she could go… now she’s better

B Carter said:

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm


That face is just absolutely adorable, I wouldn’t be able to resist it. Maybe you need a buddy for him. My parents have a Golden that chewed alot when they weren’t paying attention to him every waking hour. They got another Golden and almost instantly he stopped chewing. We’re still not sure if it’s because he now has a pal or if he was afraid of being replaced

Sara said:

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 am


Knock on wood, my dog only chews his toys. He had his puppy stage where he’d chew what he wasn’t supposed to.

Erica said:

Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 3:55 pm


Cute puppy. Mine used to get into everything, too. We could never manage to train her. She’s 13 now and still tears things up like it’s her job.

ladyfrench said:

Posted on April 25th, 2008 at 8:02 pm


Nice site you have here!

Julie said:

Posted on April 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pm


Our dog chews stuff up when we’re not home, it’s part of her anxiety. We used to keep her in a muzzle but then my husband decided it wasn’t safe and she could choke or whatever so now we just leave her outside or leash her in the kitchen where she can’t get into trouble. It’s not solving the problem, but it’s keeping it from happening. Perhaps you need to do the same with your dog. Keep him kenneled cause he’s small and that’s not too hard when you’re not home to watch him and take stuff from him.