Before I adopted my golden retriever, my backyard used to be full of lush, green grass.

But just a few months after bringing him home, the ground looked more like a wasteland of dirt than an actual lawn. I caught him countless times digging away back there, but his hilariously shameful reactions always made my anger dissipate almost instantly.

Lexi the corgi has a lot in common with my guilty pup. She was happy to dig some holes in her yard, but once her dad found out and questioned her about it, she couldn’t hide her terrible regret.

Something tells me it didn’t take her long to go right back to digging.

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Silly, misbehaving dogs. It would be easy to stay mad at you if you weren’t so darn cute.