Chief is over a year old and still very much a puppy. If there’s mischief or adventure to be had, Chief will always find it.
“He is a really naughty dog that causes all kinds of problems,” Chief’s family member Whitley Hester told The Dodo. “He really enjoys chewing on our rugs.”
Recently, Chief was neutered, so, unfortunately, he had to wear a cone for two weeks. He was not at all excited about the cone and protested the entire time. He tried to chew it off with little success and was clearly waiting for the day when he could finally take it off for good.
“He had to wear it for two weeks but struggled to make it that long,” Hester said. “The first day he was frustrated. In fact, he refused to get in the car or even walk at first if he had it on.”
Chief, on the other hand, handled his time with the cone admirably, and after two weeks, he was free.
Hester came out of her bedroom later that day, the day Chief finally got to take his cone off, and found something unexpected – Chief was wearing his cone again. She instantly set about determining why, and the solution was incredibly amusing.
@whitley_i_guess He did in fact, put it on himself. Hated it so much that he tore it to pieces, but now it’s an accessory?? #fyp #fypシ #puppy #goldenretriever ♬ original sound – Whitley
“I was shocked since I knew my mother had taken it off of him that morning,” Hester explained. “I went to inquire why he was wearing it again, and she astonished me by saying, ‘He’s wearing his cone?'”
Chief had apparently taken it upon himself, for reasons unexplained, to reapply his cone. Even though he’d actively disliked wearing it, he seemed to be okay with it – as long as it was entirely on his terms.
Hester observed Chief as he rolled around with his cone on, eating and playing with it and having a great time. He appeared content, and she had a sense he was probably simply relieved he wasn’t obliged to wear it anymore.
“I think he felt like he won the battle,” Hester said.
After his victory lap, Chief decided he’d had enough of wearing the cone and wanted to finish things on his own terms.
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