A hungry pet dog ended up costing its owners several hundred dollars after eating a wad of cash and then having to make a visit to the vet.
On April 29, a 9-year-old Labradoodle named Ozzie helped itself to almost £160 ($200) in £20 notes.
Someone had pushed an envelope filled with the cash through the letterbox of the house in the United Kingdom and Ozzie decided it looked like a tasty snack.
Labradoodle in the dog house after eating £160 of owner’s cash ???? ???? https://t.co/VLtGrC5pl4
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 1, 2019
“Someone had owed us money and popped it through the letterbox for us, that’s how Ozzie got hold of it,” the dog’s owner, Judith Wright, told Sky News.
It wasn’t until later that day that Ozzie’s owners discovered the ravaged bills and rushed the dog to the vet.
“We had been out shopping and Ozzie was home alone,” Neil Wright told the Mirror.
When they came home from grocery shopping, they found the banknotes strewn across the floor of the hallway and into the kitchen, where Ozzie was waiting, with a guilty expression.
Naughty dog eats £160 in cash – that costs owner £130 for vet to remove https://t.co/9ZUHwcWfbW pic.twitter.com/0cI8YzEeA1
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) April 30, 2019
“We came home and found the money all over the hall and the kitchen,” Wright said. “I phoned the person who had posted it through the door to ask how much money it was.”
Ozzie had managed to eat about eight of the £20 notes. The owners, who live in North Wales, took Ozzie to Murphy & Co. Veterinarian Practice where they emptied the dog’s stomach through induced vomiting to get the bills back.
The process cost them around £130 ($170).
“We have had Ozzie since he was a pup and he has been known to eat other items before but never money,” Judith Wright told the Mirror.
“It’s been an expensive Monday for Ozzie’s owners,” Murphy & Co Veterinarian Practice wrote in a Facebook post, sharing a photo of Ozzie and the thrown-up cash. In addition to the money, the dog also threw up a plastic moneybag and clip.
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Posted by Murphy & Co Veterinary Practice on Monday, April 29, 2019
A spokeswoman for Murphy & Co. Veterinarian Practice told Sky News that the practice of inducing vomit is usually for dogs who had eaten things they shouldn’t have. She said some examples include “toilet items and socks,” but it was the first time they had a case where a dog had eaten cash.
Hoping for an opportunity to recoup some of the almost £400 lost in the incident, owner Neil Wright said he and his wife will take the damaged bills to the Bank of England to explain what had happened.
As a general rule, the Bank of England will reimburse members the face value of a damaged banknote if there is at least half of the banknote left.
After the incident, the owners are planning on putting a cage around their letterbox to prevent repeat incidents, they told Sky News.
Despite the costly incident, the owners are just happy Ozzie is okay.
“Thankfully, he has made a full recovery,” Wright told the Mirror.
Labradoodle Characteristics
Originally bred as hypoallergenic guide dogs in 1989 in Australia, Labradoodles are friendly, nonaggressive, and extremely intuitive, according to Vet Street.
Labradoodles combine the best qualities of Labradors and Poodles, making them good-natured, sociable, and with a non-shedding coat, according to the site.
Since both Labradors and Poodles are smart and quick learners. Labradoodles nonetheless need early training and exposure to people, sights, and sounds to ensure a wonderful companion, according to the site.
