Most people don’t realize it but when you adopt a pet you lose freedom because your life will always revolve around it. This is especially true for dog owners – you have to make sure you feed them, take them out to potty, and walk them several times a day. You can’t really spend the entire day out unless you have someone else at home taking care of your dog or a big backyard to leave your dog in. With that being said, some dog owners dread coming home to an unattended dog because there’s always that slight chance that they destroyed something (or everything).

But of course no dog ever really owns up to his or her mess. Instead, they like to either look the other way and pretend they didn’t do it or stare at you with their big sad eyes to get you to pity them. And at the end of every day, they know you can’t stay mad at them (and so do you).

#1. When you come back from the movie theater to this wonderful mess.

#2. Magazines are tasty.

#3. I’ve been lying here the entire time.

#4. You just missed him, the culprit ran out that door!

#5. Ok ok, I’ll take the blame for this one. Just leave him out of it.

#6. I swear I didn’t break anything.

#7. Nope, wasn’t me.

#8. You see, what had happened was…

#9. You can’t prove anything!

#10. But the cat did it.

#11. What mud? This is a part of my natural coat!

#12. Obviously a cat did this.

#13. Oh no, I was just rearranging the furniture.

#14. What are you talking about, I made this sandwich.

#15. Didn’t see anything, I was sleeping.

#16. Don’t look at me.

#17. I don’t even like cotton!

#18. I was good the entire day.

#19. It wasn’t me, it was this guy.

#20. Close your eyes and they won’t be able to see you.

#21. Oops.

#22. Have no idea what happened here.

#23. Innocent until proven guilty.

#24. I thought you were going to be out all night?

I was going to clean up before you got home! Not my fault you were only gone for 10 minutes.

#25. I’m just going to lay right…. here.

Thanks man, you always make such a great pillow.

#26. I think I’ve finally found my calling, ma.

How much do you think an expert shoe destroyer could make?

#27. Oh hi honey, welcome home. How was your day?

Oh this? I just decided to do some remodeling. Do you like it? I think I’ve found my calling.

#28. Move along, there is nothing to see here.

What? Underneath the pillow? I said it’s nothing! What do you mean whose legs are those?

#29. I decided to take care of that paper shredding for you guys!

No need to thank me, just give me a few treats and we’ll call it even.

#30. Where did I put that gosh darn bone.

It’s got to be in one of these dirt piles.

#31. Sorry bud, I gotta go when I gotta go.

And as of this moment, you just so happen to stand exactly where I gotta go.

#32. Oh… you’re home early. I swear, I was just trying to get an early start on cooking dinner.

Don’t mind that suspicious looking steak off to the side.

#33. What? It was really cold, and you didn’t provide me any blankets.

What else was I supposed to do? Maybe if you turned on the heater…

#34. You kept telling them that I ate your homework, so I finally did.

Be careful what you wish for, because it might come true.

#35. I was just trying to reach the almond skins and salt at the bottom.

I didn’t know I was going to get stuck…. 10/10 worth it.

#36. Do you like it when I step on your ears?

Next time I’ll step on your face if you don’t start respecting me.

#37. Don’t give me that look of disapproval.

How would you feel if someone else was always hogging YOUR bed?

#38. How many more times do I need to show you who the real boss is around here?!

I’m the one calling the shots, capeesh?

#39. I broke all of this because I love you. Just look at my face.

Ignore the back of me and just focus on me.

#40. Yay, you’re finally home! It was starting to get kind of boring around here.

Now you can clean up my mess, thanks you’re the best.

#41. Please don’t leave me to go to school. You don’t even like going there.

Or look, you can take me with you. I can fit into this thing!

#42. There’s nobody around… let’s take a bite of some of that delicious food!

I can just blame it on the cat later.

#43. Oh, hey guys! There you are. Where have you been.

I’m not overly attached or anything, I was just wondering what you guys were doing that I couldn’t be included in on.

#44. He’s stuck inside, HAH! Sucks to be him.

See ya later, wouldn’t wanna be ya. That’s what you get for snitching on me earlier.

#45. Don’t worry. There was a spider, but I got rid of it.

No need to thank me, I was just being a good Samaritan.

#46. That’s right, this is what I do and I am not ashamed.

I’ll do it again once I’m off of time-out. Watch your back.

#47. Omg, did you see the window?! I wonder who’s the culprit.

Hmmm, what? There’s nothing in my mouth. What are you talking about?

#48. An earthquake happened and everything fell over!

I’m obviously too small to push such a big thing down.