Bad things part I

Okay, I guess I mentioned this briefly before. After my trip down to Pike Place Market with Maple on Saturday the 22nd, I picked up takeout and made 2-3 more stops. Maple was in her carrier and whined some, but mostly slept. When we got home I fed Maple, but didn't prompt her to go outside. However, her doggy door is right next to where she eats and she's generally very good about using it these days. I went into the living room and sat on the couch with Benjamin to eat our takeout. A couple minutes later, Maple came trotting out of the kitchen, jumped up on the couch, and peed right behind me (and thus, on me). I was speechless. She hasn't peed on the couch since she got big enough to jump down on her own (well, close). We now refer to this incident as her "venge peeing". All I can figure is that she was pissed off about being in her carrier for too long. Keep in mind our recent trials and tribulations of having the couch steam cleaned three times. So I said "Screw this, I'm putting [the cushion covers] in the washing machine." (Note from the future: they came out cleaner than the steam cleaning, and although they shrunk a tiny bit, they still fit and actually look nicer!)