Checks: It’s what’s for dinner

By Phyllis DeGioia

September 9, 2009

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Dodger likes to amuse himself.

‘Nuff said.

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Filed under: animals: pets — Phyllis DeGioia @ 4:47 pm

11 Comments »

  1. Came home this afternoon and the pup, Petey, had somehow ripped a $60 Q-link pendant off his collar and chewed up the little pawprint in the middle of it. I just bought 3 of them for the dogs this past April. He’s been so good when they are left alone, can’t imagine what prompted him to do this unless he got it caught somewhere.

    Comment by VJ — September 9, 2009 @ 6:09 pm

  2. Hahaha!

    I live with rabbits. Chewed paper is just part of the decor. Phone books are a delicacy.

    I love when they come into my office, grab a business card, and take off! Or when I find the paperback I “hide” under my spare pillow in the middle of the bed, cover removed.

    Comment by Mary Mary — September 9, 2009 @ 6:48 pm

  3. Must be he11 on your library account!

    Comment by The OTHER Pat — September 9, 2009 @ 6:57 pm

  4. Puppy Faith — five months old already — specializes in chewing MY books. Not as in ones I own, but as in ones I’ve WRITTEN.

    :)

    Comment by Gina Spadafori — September 9, 2009 @ 7:15 pm

  5. It’s a darn good thing that was an outgoing check instead of an incoming one, or else I would not have been laughing at all.

    Comment by Phyllis DeGioia — September 10, 2009 @ 5:44 am

  6. Reminds me of the time that my Harry ate the post and beam blueprints of our new home that we had gotten that day to approve them (just moved in last month)…Hubby had to call the Post and Beam guys and say…my dog ate the plans….Laughter was heard on the other end (he had a golden too)

    And good to see Faith has good taste!!!

    Comment by Carol V — September 10, 2009 @ 7:02 am

  7. Don’t forget envelopes, electric bills and insurance reminders…

    I seem to have hidden the car title well enough. For now.

    Comment by Michelle — September 11, 2009 @ 4:04 am

  8. I was fostering a Dobie once who ate my ENTIRE business bank account deposit. Rough total?

    About $500 in cash, same in checks, and about $2,000 in credit card slips. Thankfully, we had duplicates of the credit card slips, and most of our customers were happy to replace the checks.

    The cash? Well, we got some of it back. The hard way. Thank God money can be laundered - in a washing machine, with soap.

    Comment by FrogDogz — September 11, 2009 @ 2:20 pm

  9. heeheehee…someone once gave me a $50 donation at my yearly open house. I made the mistake of leaving it unattended on the counter, and I’ve never seen those two $20s and a $10 again. Since my cats didn’t likely eat it, they obviously hid it. And yes, I did check under the refrigerator. Yesterday a foster kitten came trotting out with a $5 in her mouth. Do you think they’ve learned to make change?

    Comment by Susan — September 11, 2009 @ 6:21 pm

  10. I came home from work one day to find $100 in $20 bills shredded on the floor beneath the dresser it was on. Navarre, Flat-coated retriever, had shredded the money I had put aside for his very first dog show. He must have been trying to tell me something or maybe he just didn’t think he needed any extra stuffies or chewies. Thankfully, he hadn’t ingested any of it and I was able to tape it all back together. The bank didn’t seem to appreciate it when I turned it in to them. LOL

    Comment by Jill — September 12, 2009 @ 8:20 am

  11. My very first dog, when I was a kid, was a wonderful border collie with no behavior problems at all, once she reached adulthood, and a combination of maturity and good management had eliminated the submissive peeing problem.

    Except that, of course, she regarded anything coming in through the mail slot as a Major Threat, or maybe as Major Toy—I don’t think we ever really determined which. And we were slow learners. We crated her if there was going to be no one home all day, but if she was only going to be alone for a couple of hours, we didn’t.

    Eventually, after a check was utterly consumed, my parents replaced the front door and put up an outside mailbox.

    She didn’t chew anything else she wasn’t supposed to. Just the mail.

    Comment by Lis — September 12, 2009 @ 2:21 pm

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