Puppy-hood Memory #2

One day after coming home from work, I found my dog sitting at the door.  He was gazing up at me with his ears tucked back.  His whole body was vibrating because his nub was wagging so hard!  I looked around my apartment, and realized he had behaved outside of his pen all day!  Well, so I thought anyways.  Keep in mind, my dog in the previous weeks had destroyed an entire couch (and that is a story all by itself).  I was overjoyed!  I couldn't believe that finally my dog was growing out of his puppy-hood madness.  I kept looking around my apartment for evidence of bad behavior, and could not find anything.  Then, I remembered!  I went down to rub my dog's belly to reward him for his good behavior, and soon discovered a sticky red and white mess on his neck.  I had thrown away a dessert that morning that had gone bad.  My dog had decided to help himself to the trash can without knocking it over, and flipped the lid all on his own.  Now the question is, if I would of thrown away that dessert earlier, could it have saved my couch?  Who am I kidding?  I highly doubt it!