Weird stuff.
Earlier this week I got after my girls and punished them for trashing their room. There were books, toys, clothes, trash thrown everywhere and we had just cleaned the room together the night before. They swore this time it wasn't them. The thought they had the audacity to lie about it made me even angrier. I made them clean up the mess and sent them to bed early.
I was out running errands today and I got back around 1pm and heard a bunch noise coming from my daughters room. It sounded like the room was being ransacked.
Since I was the only one home, I pulled my pistol out of it's holster and quietly climbed the stairs not knowing what I was going to find when I got there.
My heart racing, I slowly pushed the door open with my foot ready to ventilate whoever or whatever was in there raising hell.
What did I see?
My miniature dachshund Marvin (he's on my banner) had dumped the trash can, ripped all the toys off the shelves, had opened a deck of playing cards and scattered them to the 4 winds, had emptied the toy box into the middle of the floor and had pulled the covers off the beds.
This 11 year old crippled 6 pound dog had totally wrecked my daughter's room.
I put the gun away and couldn't decide whether to laugh or get pissed off.
I couldn't believe the little bastard could be so destructive.
When I picked up the girls from school I told them what happened and they about fell over laughing. I helped them pick up the room and reminded them to keep the door closed from now on.
They weren't even mad at me for not believing them.
Labels: Weird stories
posted by Bill Rowland @ April 14, 2009
23 Comments
23 Comments:
I hope you bought them ice cream for the unwarranted punishment!
That's an amazing dog. Now if he would only use his powers for good instead of evil.
What Terri said.
You have some great girls there.
DOH!
They probably didn't say anything because they knew that their silence on the matter was better punishment for you.
BWAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!
Wonder what got into Marvin???? That's pretty ambitious for an older guy like him :)
Glad your daughters are so forgiving (or maybe Charlie was right about the silent treatment....)
Ol Marv was probably bored, or punishing you for some dog perception of being attention deprived. They are a lot of company,and become a real family member,but can drive you crazy.
Dont sweat it. At least they get punished if they actually do something wrong. There are a lot of parents that let their kids get away with murder. You should see some of the kids that come into the bank. Of course I am not saying a beat down like some of the ladies that I have seen at Walmart. Where they beat the hell out of their kid in public then drag them screaming to the bathroom.
Guess he might have some abandonment issues huh?
Little bugger.
I might've shot the dog, and said it was an accident. Which it would have been, a rage accident.
very strange, I thought you had stopped blogging and just saw you on unraveling mysteries! (formerly stepping o. the junk). I changed my url last in november for privacy reasons.
you carry a pistol?
Ah yes, our furry "children".
If my cat can touch it, he there for owns it and MUST distroy it.
My cat has one mission... push all the DVDs off the shelf and sneak-fart in my face.
Yeah, that's two. Cut me some slack, I'm pre-coffee here.
Jeez Hammer, I hope you did apologize to the girls. And I am glad to hear that you have a calm nature because I would have bust into the room and started shooting...asking questions later....
Give that dog a beer!
"They weren't even mad at me for not believing them."That just means they've gotten away with lying to you about something else and figure it's a wash.
Like someone else commented, smart girls. ;)
Terri: I bought them a big bag of gummy bears :)
Admiral: They are very forgiving when it comes to dad and dogs.
CD: I think they are just happy I didn't find out what they really did :)
Barbara: marvin has been testy ever since we got the new puppy.
Diller: yep you nailed it. He was looking for a hidden candy stash
and when he didn't find it he got pissed.
Michelle: I have to be consistent with them because otherwise they would be hellions.
Jeannie: jealousy, greed, boredom..the dog is indeed a bugger.
Becky: I was just relieved it wasn't anything more serious.
movin: I wondered where you got to... yeah I started carrying one when I stopped being indestructible. :)
Maeve: Cats are portable shredders.
leeann and dump over every cup they see...
flyinfox: Yeah I told them I was sorry and bought them some candy.
We'll see what kind of nursing home they put me in. ;)
Jihad Gene: Nah beer makes him rowdy ;)
Dan O. you nailed it..I'm sure there's something.
they are smart girls.
they well never EVER let you live this one down.
It's so nice to see our pup isn't the only one dog demolition team around :D
Dogs... We love 'em even when they're crazy stupid dogs. I guess that's why our wives love us too. But you are a great dad and your girls love you.
i had my signs all ready to glue to my posterboard yesterday and ran downstairs to do a couple of things before leaving for tea party - when i got back upstairs, clawed and mewna (terrorist cats) had shredded them! bad thing - i didn't save them in my documents so had to do them from scratch.
Ha! Good post!
I haven't even had the desire to blog about Misty, our Siberian Husky pup, because like you I don't know whether to laugh or get pissed off or pull out a gun when she tears the place apart!
I'm glad your girls don't hold grudges. :)
The last dog we had here -Hercules -was the most destructive little beast I thought existed but maybe you have his mate there! Herc once snagged the Advantix camera older daughter had given me for Christmas from my computer desk (he was not a tall dog, so how he did these feats is beyond me) and he chewed it, mangled beyond belief! (It was a mere two months old.) He got into my yarn for a baby afghan I was crocheting and had it strung all over the living room and dining room, wound around the legs of the table, chairs, etc. so getting through the house was like walking in a labyrinth. Another time, he managed to lay siege on a rice pack -one of those cloth bags filled with rice that you can nuke and put it on a sore shoulder, back, etc. My aunt had made this, sent it to me and I had just received it in the mail that day before going to work. When I got home that nite, I was greeted with rice strewn all over the first floor of the house. It's amazing how far two cups of rice -uncooked -will reach in a fairly large old house! He destroyed the cushions on our sofa too along with a goodly number of shoes and many other things! Sometimes, I think its a minor miracle the house itself is still standing after some of his rampages. (We ended up giving him to a lady who was home all the time and could give him all the attention he wanted!) And here I am, wishing I could get another puppy. Please tell me I have to be insane.
You might be a gun nut when.....
....you read the story above, and the only thing you can think to say is "What kind of gun did you have on you?"
James
Marvin is lucky he didn't get ventilated! I bet he had a good time trashing the room.
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