Behaviorists insist dogs lack shame. The guilty look — head cowered, ears
back, eyes droopy — is a reaction to the tantrum you are throwing now over the
damage they did hours earlier.

"Just get over it and remind yourself not to put temptation in the way next
time," said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M University's College
of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of
Veterinary Behaviorists. usatoday.com