Yes we finally tested out leaving and coming back after more than an hour. The blinds were destroyed, curtains pulled down, the coffee grounds were on the floor, there was slobber all over my front windows, fur all over my couch, there was pee on the floor of my bedroom, the light was knocked over, and some treats were strewn on the floor…but the house was intact. He had also eaten a piece of pizza, all his food in his dish, and drank all his water.

We left for five hours with him locked in the kennel. We had left the TV on just in case he got antsy and he had his rawhide bone. Apparently about 3 hours after we left he got out, went a little bonkers, and ended up staring out the window at the neighbors for 2 hours. It isn’t the coffee that did it, either. It was decaf. I guess he just thought that we weren’t coming back.

My husband is going to devise a better lock for the kennel door. He fixed the curtains. We have to buy replacement blinds. All in all, he was calm, my house only required minor rearranging, and he is well. In the end, isn’t that all that really matters?

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