A Tale of Two Puppies

I've written here before about bad bunnies, but this post is about bad puppies.  Rachel and Joseph are hereby publicly named as the perpetrators of various puppy shenanigans, mischievous deeds and all around naughtiness.

The two do-badders are in cahoots in their mayhem making merriment.  Joseph opens the door to the backyard and Rachel follows close behind.  Then the pair heads out to find fun in the form of  T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

Digging holes together is a favorite pastime which is made all the more pleasurable with the addition of water.  This pastime becomes even more delightful (say it ain't so!) if the holes are dug in big sister Grace's garden. Taking siblings' favorite toys outside and losing and/or destroying them is another much loved amusement.

Thinking you were going to partake of the nice big newly ripened blackberries yourself?  Think again. Rachel and Joseph have beaten you to those juicy, dark orbs of sweetness.  Playing in the sprinklers, chasing chickens together and running through the one acre yard with Daddy's tools (and dropping them wherever) makes puppies very, very thirsty.

So Joseph and Rachel come back inside to quench their thirst.  Joseph usually gets to the bowl first. That's right.  He lays on his stomach and laps up water from the doggy bowl.  He's gotten in trouble for this enough that he has recently employed a new tactic.  He'll grab a cup from the table and fill it himself from the water cooler.  Water, more often than not, ends up all over the floor.  Then he'll drink what he wants and pour the remainder of his cup into the dog's bowl.  How thoughtful of him.

When the partners in crime have completed their dastardly deeds (at least for the day), they fall asleep together on the couch.  Bad puppiness always leads to puppy crash and burn.