The Beasties

So the animals made the pet sitter (CL) work very hard for his money while we were out of town.  Brody was pretty destructive but we expected it.  I think that CL felt bad about it but he went above and beyond to try to stop him.  The dog mostly just peed on the carpet and had to be exiled from 3/4 of the house.  Luckily most of the downstairs is tile so CL was able to contain him there.  He chewed up a couple of stuffed animals but we made sure that the bulk of the kids' toys were closed off in their bedrooms before we left.  The one thing that he damaged that I could probably fix ( IF I knew how to sew!!)  is my Garfield.  I've had the thing for nearly 25 years.  I guess Brody didn't like the little faces in Garfield's slippers:

He just worked them out yet left them all intact.  Crazy pooch.  It cracks me up.

Before we left we got a tip from C's sister, CF, about these dog toys made from fire hose.  According to C, he said that CF's dogs are big chewers yet it took them several years to break through these things.  Brody had 2 for roughly 3 weeks.  This is what is left of the first one:

The second one succumbed to the same fate just last night.  

Rusty the cat also gave CL a scare.  He somehow acquired an infection in his left eye.  It was very swollen and CL had to take him to the vet the day before we returned.  Jetta, the other cat, was the only one who didn't cause any problems.

Dang critters!  It is a very good thing they are all so lovable.  It saves their hides time and time again.