So I came home to find this:

[A moment of silence for my so-recently-new toy…]

He mangled the thing pretty good, but amazingly it still turns on, albeit with a busted touch-screen.

However, Nintendo’s customer service provides a happy(ish) ending to this story. Here’s a rough version of my call to Nintendo:

• Nintendo: Nintendo of America! This is —-, how may I help you?

• Me: Yeah… um, my puppy ate my DSlite.