Heh, kinda makes her a convenient scapegoat, though! "Honest honey, it wasn't me, it was the dog!"
Reminds me of that scene in "10" (I think it was "10"). Aging housekeeper breaks wind and the dog cowers in the corner.
Homeowner explains. "Every time Mrs. Johnson breaks wind, we beat the dog."
OMG! That is one of our oldest family jokes. If somebody committed a social indiscretion, my father would look at their Siamese and say in a shocked tone, "Nifi! How COULD you?" The cat would get all confused and guilty looking "What did I do?" and everybody would laugh. Poor kitty! We do that to our cats now, they react in a similar fashion.