Owners, how would you react? Dog destroyed two crate covers.

I’m currently doing an overnight sit with a dog that I typically walk every week day.

The first day, I left her in the crate for 5 hours while I saw other clients. She typically stays in the crate longer than that while her owners work, but I didn’t know that I should leave the TV on. I came back to see her crate cover completely torn up. The owners were understanding, and ordered a new one.

Well today I left her from 10am-2pm, and left the TV on. My puppy (who’s staying with us) somehow broke out of her crate while I was gone. She didn’t destroy anything, but the dog I’m sitting destroyed the new crate cover. I’m thinking my puppy was trying to play, and the dog I’m sitting got frustrated not being able to.

I feel awful, this dog is usually boarded, and the owners said she hasn’t been destructive during that. However, this is her first time having a sitter stay with her at her house. I went ahead and bought a new one of the same brand (they are fancy and expensive) that is arriving the day the owners get back, and I’m not going to ask for reimbursement or anything.

Of course I’m going to tell the owners, but I’m panicking. I feel like I somehow did something wrong, since she hasn’t done this kind of thing before. So if this happened while your dog was with a sitter, how would you feel? Would you blame them? I’ve been working with this family for 8 months, so I feel like there’s a good bit of trust there, but I feel so bad.

Update: One hour of panic later, I texted them and they were extremely understanding. Apparently she hasn’t been away from them for this long before, so she’s likely just getting anxious.