A Pennsylvania couple’s home improvement funds almost went to the dogs when their pup made a treat with a large sum of money they had taken out to pay for the job.
“It was torn up all over the room,” Carrie Law of Pittsburgh told Fox News Digital about the money.
“There was an area that was pretty covered in bills, some that had little puncture marks from him biting them,” she said of her dog. “And there was a lot missing, so we realized he had probably swallowed a good chunk of that money.”
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Cecil, a 7-year-old Goldendoodle, had never done anything like this before, Law said.
“That’s why it was kind of shocking,” Law said.
Cecil chewed up $4,000 in cash, which was left mangled all over the room, surprising its owners. (Carrie Law)
“He’s a very goofy dog and very affectionate. He weighs 100 pounds and is kind of a lap dog. He loves to lean on people and [getting] scratches on the belly. “A lot of people describe him as having a human being inside him.”
‘I didn’t even register’
The couple had just taken $4,000 out of their bank account and had been on the kitchen counter for about 30 minutes.
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“We were planning to pay cash for a landscaping project,” Law said.
“I was working at the other end of the house and suddenly I heard [my husband] Clayton yelling that Cecil ate the money. “He just didn’t even register it because he’d never done anything remotely like that in his life,” he said.
“It didn’t make sense, but it was obvious what happened.”
Cecil’s owner said he is generally a good boy, and even somewhat human-like. (Carrie Law)
Law said Cecil just stood there looking at them and didn’t seem fazed at all.
“We called the vet just to see what they recommended,” Law said.
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“They said, ‘You know, he’s a big dog, he’s 100 pounds, so as long as he acts normally and goes to the bathroom normally and eats and stuff, he should be fine.'”
Law said she and her husband called the vet to make sure their dog, Cecil, was okay after spending their money. (Carrie Law)
Cecil, Law said, spent the afternoon playing, napping and watching television, his belly full of thousands of dollars.
In the meantime he decided to call the bank.
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“I said, ‘You’re going to think I’m crazy, but this is what happened, so what do we do?'” Law said.
“They were very nice about it and said if we could glue the bills together and if they had the majority of the left and right serial number.[s] present, could replace those bills. “So we taped what had just been shredded to the ground.”
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But in the middle of the night, the Laws got some more of their money back.
“I guess it was around 2 a.m. and we heard that telltale sign that your dog is going to get sick in the middle of the night,” Law said.
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“We realized [he vomited] “There were a lot of bills, so we decided it was worth cleaning and drying them to see what we could recover.”
It turned out to be a significant amount, and despite everything, the notes were in pretty good shape, Law said.
After Cecil ate the large sum of money, his owners, the Law family, were able to collect $3,500 worth of bills, out of a total of $4,000. (Carrie Law)
“We decided it was probably worth following him around the yard and picking up whatever he deposited. But I let my husband do that part,” she said.
The unusual collection process took about three days, he said.
“We were collecting what he was dropping and then also trying to put it together,” Law said.
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“It was such a ridiculous puzzle because you have some of the pieces and you don’t know if some of them are going to come out in a couple of hours or if those pieces are just not there anymore.”
So far, the Laws said they have recovered about $3,500 from the bank.
“We’re laughing that this dog has so much money in him right now and there’s nothing we can do about it,” Carrie Law told Fox News Digital. (Carrie Law)
“I just brought it in a plastic bag and was very clear about what happened to that money in case anyone got scared when I touched it,” Law said.
“They replaced those bills right away and that was great.”
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There is still a plastic bag with approximately $350 to $400 inside, Law said.
But they’re mostly just fragments of bills that are simply too worn out to save, he said.
“We were never mad at him or anything like that,” Law said of his dog. “We were very shocked” by his actions, he said. (Carrie Law)
“We’ll probably put together a couple of bills because right now it’s so crazy and fun,” he said.
Cecil, for his part, appears no worse for the wear, the couple told Fox News Digital.
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“He’s totally fine and never had any problems. We never got mad at him or anything like that,” Law said.
“We were so surprised. Even that night, before he threw up or something, we were laughing because he was sitting on the couch, watching TV. We were laughing that this dog has so much money in him right now and there’s nothing that we can do about it.”
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