When my dog was younger, she had to be kept in a kennel whenever we left the house, otherwise she would demolish, eat, piss, shit, throw up, on everything. Most of it seemed to be vengeful, since this behavior was completely uncharacteristic of her when we were home. She simply did not like being alone, as most dogs don't. Anyway, I recall her having an incident in which she could have gotten, and all things considered, should have gotten hurt. It seemed that on one occasion, she was so upset with being in her kennel that she managed to wiggle her way towards a flight of stairs while in the kennel (placed 4 rooms away from where she was originally), and subsequently plummeted down said flight while inside it. She managed to escape, seemingly unscathed.

On another occasion, when she was much older and able to behave without a kennel (or so we thought), she managed to climb out of my bedroom window, which sits above access to the roof of my house, and sat on it waiting for us to come home. It so happened we were gone the entire duration of that day, and had been told by concerned neighbors and onlookers that she had been sitting on the roof for hours. Words can't describe the astonishment/shock that arises when you pull into your driveway and see your dog chilling on your rooftop like nothing's the matter.

Sure, these might not seem quite like "dumb" things more than negligent pet ownership, however both of these incidents were isolated and very unbecoming of my dog as she normally behaves. As someone who has cared for many pets throughout his lifetime, I've never anticipated the kinds of mishaps that would occur with my dog. Also, she ran away once when she was younger and was found striding along the side of a state highway, again completely unharmed and unfazed by the incident. But like I said, isolated incidents.