TIME FOR BED Y'ALL!

 THINGS PRETTY MUCH UNFOLDED EXACTLY THE WAY I SAID THEY WOULD,

 FROM THE MINUTE I HEARD THE BIG GUYS PALS RINGING THE DOORBELL...

THEY HAD GONE INTO CODE BLUE, STAT, HIGH ALERT, SCRAMBLE MODE,
TO RUSH OVER TO SEE WHAT THE BIG GUY WAS SO CRAZY EXCITED ABOUT...

AND THE BIG GUY WAS BARELY ABLE TO CONTAIN HIMSELF OVER THE PROSPECT AND EXCITEMENT OF CASHING IN ON HIS LITTLE PUPPY'S ABILITY TO OUT-WIT, A NIT-WIT!

OF COURSE,
 YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW THAT ALL PANNED OUT FOR THE BIG GUY!

(IT WOULD BE MONTHS,
BEFORE HE WOULD AIM A CAMERA IN MY DIRECTION AGAIN)

NOW BEFORE YOU GET TO BELLY-ACHING ABOUT HOW UNFAIR IT IS,
 TO PUNK ONE OF YOUR OWNERS LIKE THAT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!
 100%!
PUNKING YOUR OWNER IS AS UNFAIR AS CAN BE!
COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

(AND THAT'S WHY WERE GONNA GO PUNK DEE NOW TOO!)

LOOK...YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND...WE'RE DOGS!
 WE GET TO DO TWO THINGS IN OUR LITTLE LIVES...
GET INTO MISCHIEF...OR SLEEP!

I HAVE YET TO HAVE ANY FUN SLEEPING!
AND IF I DID?
I MUST HAVE SLEPT RIGHT THROUGH IT!
I'M JUST SAYIN...

 SO HERE'S THE PLAN...

EVERY MORNING WHEN DEE WAKES UP,
SHE GOES INTO THE BATHROOM TO WASH HER FACE,
THEN SHE BRUSHES HER TEETH,
 COMBS HER HAIR,
GETS  DRESSED,
AND THEN, SHE MAKES THE BED BEFORE GOING DOWNSTAIRS.
 

 
WHEN SHE GETS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS,
SHE ALWAYS PUTS THE GATE UP, LIKE THIS...

IT'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP US FROM GOING UP STAIRS,
 AND MAYBE GETTING OURSELVES INTO TROUBLE SOMEHOW?

APPARENTLY...IT HAPPENS?

WELL FOLKS...

TODAY... IT LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE'S ON THE HORIZON Y'ALL!

AS SOON AS DEE GRABS HER CUP OF COFFEE AND HEADS INTO THE OFFICE,
ME AND TIKA, ARE GONNA SNEAK UPSTAIRS AND PLAY A LITTLE TRICK ON HER,
 THAT'S GONNA MAKE HER THINK SHE LOSING HER COTTON-PICKIN' MIND!

THERE SHE GOES NOW!

THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA D0,
IS HAVE TIKA QUIETLY PULL THE GATE OPEN JUST FAR ENOUGH,
 FOR US TO SQUEEZE BY...

LIKE THIS!

AS SOON AS TIKA TURNS AROUND AND GIVES ME THE OKAY TO FOLLOW HER UP THE STAIRS, I'LL PULL THE GATE CLOSED BEHIND ME AND MEET HER AT THE TARGET SIGHT!

THERE'S THE SIGNAL! TIME TO MOVE Y'ALL!

I CLOSED THE GET BEHIND ME,

AND THEN BOLTED UP THE STAIRS LIKE LIGHTENING.
 TO JOIN TIKA AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT!

I TOOK ONE LAST LOOK BACK TO TOWARDS THE STAIRS,
TO MAKE SURE THE COAST WAS CLEAR...

AND IT WAS ON Y'ALL!

WHILE TIKA LIKES TO FLOP AROUND ON THE BED, 

LIKE A PET GOLDFISH ON THE FLOOR NEXT A BROKEN FISH BOWL,

I  PREFER TO JUST TEAR THE BED APART ONE LAYER AFTER ANOTHER,
 RIGHT DOWN TO THE MATTRESS, AND GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE,
 BEFORE WE GET CAUGHT RED-PAWDED!

I STARTED WITH THE PILLOWS AND COMFORTER FIRST,
 WHILE TIKA JUST SAT THERE AND WATCHED!

AND WITHIN SECONDS...WENT FROM,
THIS...

TO THIS...

 TO THIS...

AND THEN TO THIS!

ALL THE SUDDEN,
WHILE I WAS KNOCKING ONE OF THE PILLOWS ONTO THE FLOOR,
TIKA STARTS THRASHING AROUND ON THE SHEETS UNTIL ONE OF THE CORNERS OF THE FITTED SHEET CAME LOOSE FROM THE MATTRESS!

 THEN SHE STARTED TUGGING ON THE REST OF THE SHEETS,

 WITH HER FRONT PAWS AT A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR!

AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT...

THE BED WAS TRASHED Y'ALL!

JUST I AS FINISHED  PULLING THE SHEETS OFF BOTH CORNERS,
 OF MY SIDE OF THE BED, I LOOKED UP, AND THERE WAS DEE..
.STANDING OVER ME WITH THE SAME PILLOW I HAD JUST KNOCKED ON THE FLOOR ONLY A MOMENT AGO!

"YOU'RE LUCKY THIS IS DADDIES PILLOW YOU'RE THROWING AROUND!" SHE SAID.

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO DRAG TIKA OFF THE BED,
BEFORE SHE TORE THE WHOLE BED APART,
 BUT SINCE I CAN'T ACTUALLY EXPLAIN ANYTHING..
I THINK THE WHOLE POINT FELL MUTE...

SO I JUMPED DOWN FROM THE BED REAL QUICK,
 AND TRIED TO LOOK LIKE I WAS DENYING HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BEDDING IN QUESTION!

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE THE ONE'S THAT JUST GOT PUNK'D THIS TIME!

WE'LL SEE YA NEXT TIME FRIENDS!