Let me start by say that Quincy is no longer crated and the crate is only used for time out when he is misbehaving and is very seldom used. My boy Quincy is not a big chewer of things other than his toys, but he does seem to have a thing for hats. The other night we were sitting and watching TV and we noticed that Quincy had left the room and was gone for a while. DH when to see where he was and found Quincy was laying down, chewing happily on DH's hat and had chewed quite a nice hole in it. My DH picked up the hat and asked in a normal tone of voice "Quincy, did you do that"? at which point Quincy walked sheepishly and guiltily over to his crate and waited for me to open up the door so that he could go to doggy jail. I still laugh when I replay it in my head.
The convict has served his time and is presently on parole after receiving time off for good behaviour and being ordered to keep the peace and stay away from hats of all types.
The victim continues to do his job for DH who thinks that a chewed hat is funny and continues to wear it.
Do your doodles know when they and guilty and instigate their own punishment?