Little Monsters

Last night Tobey and Jodeo, our two five-month-old puppies, met me at the front door when I got home from work. This is not a good thing... The puppies had gotten out a couple times before, but when they were much younger, and 2 five-month-old puppies are far more destructive than four six-week old puppies.
The puppies had also apparently squeezed out of their puppy pen hours before I got home, as their was debris and piles everywhere - in the basement, upstairs, and throughout the main floor. Fortunately, they didn't destroy anything important. They'd obviously had great fun digging through one or more kitty litter boxes, and digging out everything from bathroom wastebaskets.
Besides the mess, the biggest problem is the set-back in housebreaking, as they didn't squeeze back into their puppy pen to use the dog door when they needed to go.
The puppies spent the evening in a crate, with little attention. And they experienced their first night going to bed without any supper -- I was concerned about what they might have ingested, and wanted their systems to empty out. Do not feel sorry for the little monsters!! I did give them some treats.
So I spent the evening cleaning up instead of doing other things I wanted or needed to do - like posting more interesting entries in my blog. And this weekend I will have to clean carpets. At least the puppies were just fine this morning -- hungry, of course, but didn't appear to have any problems from the stuff they chewed up.
Oh, well. Such is the life of a Zookeeper.