After the puppy was revealed, Forest began to play, but not with his new toys. He was playing with the wrapping paper and the ribbons. He was more interested in those than with his toys. The puppy seemed to like the wrapping paper as well. He barked, and began jumping all around it. Forest squealed with delight, and clapped his hands.

"Okay, cowboy," Ralph said, picking up the baby. "Let's go for a ride while your mom and dad clean the place up."

Ralph put Forest on his new rocking horse, and got him going on that. Once his attention was diverted, the others got to work cleaning up. The puppy wandered into the kitchen, trying to get a feel for his new surroundings. Snag went with him. The puppy sniffed around, and then jumped up onto the table to investigate the leftover chocolate-and-peanut-butter cake. It smelled good enough to eat. The puppy began licking at the plate it was sitting on, and ended up nudging it closer and closer to the edge of the table. Snag saw the cake tipping, and was about to run out of the room as fast as he could before the cake fell, but it did, and it hit Snag right in the head.

SPLAT!

The puppy jumped down from the table, and sat next to Snag. He also knocked the plate off the table when he jumped.

CRASH!

Even though, the cake had hit Snag in the head, he did have to admit, the cake did taste good. Unfortunately, the noise the plate made when it crashed, brought everyone into the dining room. They saw the mess and groaned.

"Oh Snag," Cedric sighed.

"So much for taking the leftover cake home," Bert grumbled.

"What happened?" Cyril asked, coming into the dining room. "Snag, what in blazes are you doing!"

"Looks to me like he was trying to sneak a taste at the cake," Ralph said.

Cyril grumbled, and pulled what was left of the cake off Snag's head, and plopped it right into Bert's hands.

"Not much we can do with it now," he said.

"Gee, thanks," Bert said, sarcastically. He walked into the kitchen, over to the trash can, and dumped the cake into it.

"Just couldn't resist, could you?" Cyril asked Snag. "I swear, you are the world's most troublesome dog!"

Cyril stormed back to his office. Snag glanced over at the puppy and growled at him. The puppy just scratched his ear, and ran after the others who were leaving the dining room.

"Sorry about Snag," Cedric said. "I don't know what gets into him sometimes."

"He hasn't been the same since the baby was born," Boyd said with a shrug. Then he and the other two Pigs walked off to their own quarters.

"We'd better get going," Ralph said. "See you later. Bye, Forest. Happy birthday."

"Happy birthday, Forest," Melissa said, stroking Forest's ears. "See you later."

"See ya later, alligator," Bert said to Forest. "Happy B-day, little buddy."

And with that, the Raccoons left. Schafer said his goodbyes, and left as well. Cedric and Sophia then took Forest upstairs to get him ready for bed. Snag and the puppy followed. Cedric had taken an old box from the basement, and put a blanket into it. The puppy jumped into it, and started to make himself comfortable. Snag growled. He didn't like the fact that the puppy got his own bed, especially since he had taken up sleeping in Forest's room.

"So what are we going to name the puppy?" Cedric asked.

"How about Spot?" Sophia asked. "He's got the cutest little white spot on his forehead!"

Although it wasn't a very original name, Cedric agreed to the name Spot. It seemed to suit the puppy. In any case, Sophia put Forest into his crib, gave him his bottle, kissed him goodnight, and turned on his mobile.

"Night-night, sweetie," she said.

"Goodnight, Forest," Cedric said, tussling Forest's hair.

Cedric dimmed the lights, and he and Sophia left. The room. Snag made himself comfortable underneath Forest's crib, and went to sleep himself. He usually slept in Cyril's bedroom, but since Forest was born, he had been going back and forth between his master's room, and the baby's. Tonight, he was going to sleep in Forest's room, just to show Spot that he was the boss dog in the Sneer mansion. It wasn't until midnight that disaster struck.

Spot woke up, and began sniffing around the room. He investigated everything from the furniture to the toys scattered around the room. Snag woke up as well, and watched the puppy like a hawk, making sure he didn't cause any trouble. Spot went over to Forest's toy box, and began to investigate it. He unearthed a stuffed toy aardvark that Melissa had made especially for Forest awhile back. It was one of Forest's favorite toys, and Snag knew it. Spot pulled it out of the box, and began shaking it around. Snag got up, and grabbed the toy's leg in his mouth, trying to pull it away from Spot. Spot thought it was a tug of war. The two dogs pulled on the stuffed aardvark for awhile until it split and both dogs stumbled backwards. Stuffing was flying everywhere. Snag growled at Spot, and started to chase him around the room. Spot dove into the crib, as if that were the safe haven. Snag growled, and managed to squeeze throug h the bars of the crib to get at Spot. Unfortunately, when Snag had jumped into the crib, Forest woke up, and began wailing. He didn't like these rude awakenings. He yelled so loudly, that Spot jumped through the bars, and back to his little box.

Forest's screaming brought Cyril, Cedric, and Sophia into the room. Cedric turned on the light and found the room bombarded by bits of stuffing, the two pieces of Forest's aardvark toy, and Snag sitting in the crib.

"Snag, what in blazes are you doing!" Cyril shouted. He stormed over, grabbed Snag by the neck, pulled him out of the crib, and promptly dropped him on the ground.

"Look at this mess!" Sophia shouted. "I think Snag needs to go to obedience school."

Cedric didn't say anything. He just lifted Forest out of the crib, and tried to get him to calm down and go back to sleep. Usually when Forest woke up in the middle of the night, Cedric and Sophia would have a heck of a time getting him to go back to sleep.

"Maybe Snag shouldn't hang around in here anymore," Cedric said.

"You just get Forest to quiet down," Cyril said. "I need my beauty sleep!"

And with that, Cyril left the room. Snag followed him, giving a growl to Spot.