Your morning adorable: Bark softly and carry a big stick

Submitter Arabia explains that Igby the dog "loves going into the backyard and finding sticks to chew on," bringing them back into the house through his dog door. The fateful night this photo was taken, Igby hit the mother lode -- a 4-foot piece of old fence. "I couldn't stop laughing," Arabia says.  Nor can we -- he just looks so proud of himself!

For more photos of our animal friends at their worst (or to submit your own), check out the album Pets Behaving Badly at the Times' photo-sharing site, Your Scene.

--Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Arabia / Your Scene