Poor Dog
 

Sacked: Avondale dog chews up Super Bowl tickets
Carrie Watters
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 26, 2008 03:16 PM

Sometimes Alpo just doesn't cut it.

Buddy, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever opted for high-end snacks - two Super Bowl XLII tickets.

Face value: $900 each.

The mishap occurred Wednesday when Chris Gallagher requested that a courier leave the anticipated package under the doormat of his Avondale home.

The courier instead slipped the envelope under the front door.

Buddy accepted delivery.

He didn't sign, but he licked, mauled, chewed and swallowed portions of the coveted tickets.

They weren't his first victims. The black lab likes sunglasses, shoes and footballs too.

But the tickets go down as Buddy's most expensive chew toy, the remains emblazoned with the Vince Lombardi Trophy scattered across the living room floor.

When Gallagher walked in that night, Buddy zipped out the doggy door.

The dog would remain in the back yard for two nights afterward.

"He's a troublemaker," Gallagher said. "But he looks at you with those big eyes and you can't be mad for long."

Plus, Gallagher has gotten assurances from the seller that the tickets, which he'd gotten for friends, can be replaced.

Buddy was all tongue and friendly licks on Saturday, the mayhem created three days earlier long forgotten.

But the chowhound got his fill of the Super Bowl. He won't be allowed near a TV on game day, Gallagher said.

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Why does the poor dog get punished its just being a dog he should have glued the slot closed !

He is lucky they could be replaced!! That is crazy...I feel so lucky that my dogs don't chew up things!

Hahaha! I saw that on the news and had to laugh!

Good thing they were able to be pieced together enough to be replaced.

and my reaction? $900 a ticket???

On the news I heard some people were leaving last night from a private airport on Long Island
for Phoenix and the Super Bowl.
Price of the flight, tickets, and hotel? $7,000.:2omg:

LOL I was about to say that the mail company should replace them since they didn't follow directions...

I could buy a few yorkies with that kind money and still be entertained!;)

They are mischievious... but we couldn't live without our little K-9 friends, could we???!!! I had one eat a winning lottery ticket once, long story short... The clerk at the convenience store remembered us buying the ticket, vouched for us, and we still got the $500.00 payoff!!! Used the money toward my wedding gown.

for sure. And get 2-3 Yorkies, enjoy them and watch the game on TV.

Me? I will watch the Law & Order Marathon.

I never did understand football anyway.

oh my, that would just make you sick, if they couldn't be replaced! Thank God, they could! I had a cocker once that chewed Both arms off the couch- in one night- and it was my mom's couch! Whoops- i got it redone for her- and that was not cheap either!
But Super Bowl tickets- ooooohhhh!