An Australian couple’s DIY plans took an unexpected turn when one mischievous family member got in on the action.
Jackie and Craig, who live in Melbourne with their dog, Roy, were installing shutters when they realized vital screws and tools had vanished.
In a viral video on Instagram, Jackie, who didn’t give a surname, shared how she had blamed her husband for the missing items during their DIY install.
“When you make a whole scene about him misplacing the screws and losing his tools… then you watch back the install footage,” the text overlay said.
Initially baffled by the missing items, they later discovered—thanks to footage from their DIY reel—that Roy had been secretly collecting the misplaced items.
“He is incredibly cheeky and always up to mischief. I had no idea he was behind it until I watched back the video while editing my Instagram reel,” Jackie told Newsweek.
In the footage, the one-year-old Pug was caught “red pawed” interfering with his owners’ tools and screws, leaving Jackie owing her husband an apology for blaming him: “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a humble apology to make…” she joked in the video caption on Instagram.
As the video gained more than 137,000 views since being posted to @my_friend_jackies_house at the start of this month, people couldn’t get enough of Roy’s mischievous antics, sharing their reactions in the comments.
“This is the equivalent of my dog ate my homework,” laughed viewer @homestead.on.hibiscus.
While @ourlittleaussiehouse said: “This is the funniest.”
Instagram user @morspacemelbourne said that Roy had been “caught red-pawed!”
While viewer @sherwinwilliams stood up for the young pup and joked: “He’s not stealing, he’s collecting for his secret workshop.”
This isn’t the first time a dog has been hilariously caught out for cheeky antics. Like the pup who was caught enjoying a slice of cake in a coffee shop when he thought nobody was looking, or a mischievous young golden retriever who pretended to be asleep when their owner found they had chewed up one of their sandals.
There is also previous evidence that dogs and DIY don’t always mix well. In 2024 one dog owner proved that pets and home improvement aren’t great bedfellows when he opened a can of paint, only to return and realize that his dog, Ted, had relieved himself in the bucket of bright white paint.
Another viral video proved that dogs can be made to help though as Delilah the pup was given a head-torch to assist her owner in some hammering at home. “What a supportive diva,” said one commenter on the viral video.
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