This is my friend Ryan Stanisz’ second video in his pet agent webseries. This video stars my husband, my bathrobe, and my absolutely adorable dog Hans.
(And also, sadly, my arm as I try to hold Hans up and keep him from falling asleep in Ryan’s face. Apparently Ryan’s voice is super soothing to dogs. Just pretend it’s a pillow.)
BUT MY DOG ISN’T HE GREAT?

My dog, Hans, and his “running from the law” spot.
He’s looking at me right there! I didn’t find out what terrible thing he did. It probably involved stealing tissues right out of the Kleenex box.
I have lots of favorite things about Hans, but one of my absolute favorites is that he tells on himself immediately after he commits his misdeeds. If he walks up to you and he’s cowering and he won’t look you directly in the eye, you’re probably going to find shit in the bathtub.
Hans in my robe sleeve during blizzard craziness last week. This shit is too cute even for Cute Overload. Other dogs are jealous of this shit. I’m jealous of this.
Found: Hans’ Stash
My dachshund Hans steals gum, candy, cough drops, mints, tissues, lip balm, etc. from my purse and Jason’s backpack. We find refuse at random in the bedroom, but tonight I found the motherload — Hans’ stash.
I noticed a wrapper underneath the bed while changing the sheets, so I got down on all fours to pick it up. From there, I saw a treasure trove of mint-flavored artifacts. Hans immediately dropped his chew bone and rushed over to stand between me and the wrappers. He stretched his body out and nested on top of the mints to protect them, but I overpowered him. He had used a little square of space to hide his property, and I ruined things by pulling it all out.
Here you’ll see two packs of gum, a Breathsavers wrapper, assorted gum wrappers, and 4 wintergreen mints—the last one partially bitten.

He actually stood up and gave me the sad eyes to get me to leave it alone, but I’m Bad Mommy.

He punished me by grabbing my sock, racing into the living room with it in his mouth, and then shaking his head maniacally while growling.
All things considered, I kind of appreciate that he was organized about it all, and that he placed all of his mint-flavored items together. It gives me a great deal of undue pride.

