The Strudwick File: Protein-palooza

Remember last fall when Megyn shared that Strudwick had started to change his ways? He was still prone to shenanigans, of course, but the incidents were fewer and farther between. If Megyn, Doug, and the kids followed a few house rules, they could generally avoid the chaos that had consumed their lives for the better part of three years.

Well, old habits die hard, and Strud was in fine form when he somehow managed to raid the pantry late last week and make off with a bag of chocolate-flavored protein powder. Here is what Megyn discovered when she walked into her living room:

“Caught IN THE ACT,” she wrote when she sent the footage of the crime scene. “He was unabashed!!! He clearly liked it.”

But he wasn’t alone. Here is what Megyn found when she turned around:

“Btw, how about Thunder with her good girl act,” Megyn noted. “‘Who me!? I didn’t do anything! It was all him!’ With her chocolate covered paws. I KNOW IT WAS YOU THUNDO!!”

Remarkably, we are here to tell you that everyone (Strud and Thunder) and everything (the rug) emerged unscathed. In the case of the floor covering, Megyn learned the hard way back in 2022 that Strudwick and rugs don’t mix when he went to town on a box of cherry Jello.

“Remember when he was a puppy and he got the red jello mix and ruined the carpet by – as here – licking it to death into the carpet,” Megyn recalled. “It looked like a Dateline episode!!!”

That red stain wasn’t going anywhere, so Megyn did some research and learned about the magic of plastic – yes, plastic – rugs. “You can use an outdoor garden hose on it,” Megyn shared, which is exactly what she did to clean up this protein-palooza.

In the meantime, Megyn shared the videos of what had happened with her team and they were, understandably, concerned. Her producer Jake had the normal human reaction to learning dogs were chowing down on a chocolatey treat, suggesting she call the vet. Little did he know this is probably doesn’t even make the top 10 worst things Strudwick has ever done or eaten.

As you can see from the photo above, Strudwick and the rug are, in Megyn’s words, “totally freaking fine.”

All we can assume is it is bulking season for Strud (what’s that they say about summer bodies being built in the winter/spring?) and not even his recently reformed tendencies can get in the way of a protein-packed snack.

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