Couple Consternated by Canine Crapping Cash

Cecil is a Goldendoodle whose owners, Clayton and Carrie Law, describe him as  well-mannered. Carrie went so far to say, “This dog, I swear to God, has never touched anything in his life.”  Well . . . he did touch something very valuable last month, according to CBS Pittsburgh.

It seems that the couple had withdrawn $4,000 from their joint savings account, leaving the envelope stuff with $50 and $100 bills sitting on the kitchen counter. The couple was planning to use the money for a home improvement project.  Half an hour later, Clayton discovered his well-mannered pet was enjoying the most expensive meal of his life-- and leaving torn strips and bits of cash strewn all around.

Clayton told reporters, “I walked back into the room, and then all this cash was on the ground. He’s just . . . standing there, and I’m just like, oh my gosh, he ate the money and I was in shock.”  His wife, Carrie, also recalled the horrifying sight, telling the BBC: “Suddenly Clayton yelled to me, ‘Cecil’s eating $4,000!’” 

The couple immediately contacted the dog’s vet, who assured them that due to canine's large size, consumption of paper only required careful home observation.  But what about that money?

The first part required the painstaking assembly of the uneaten strips of money.  Then came the second part:  waiting for nature to take its course.As reported by Sky News, Carrie shared on Instagram how the couple managed to piece together most of the cash successfully.

“There we are at the utility sink washing this shitty money, yelling ‘Yay! Yes! We got one!’ But it smelled so bad,” Carrie explained.  The bank assured them that as long as the serial numbers on the notes remained visible, the excreted money could be returned.

As such, the couple had to wash each of the crapped cash fragments three to four times before they attempt to reassemble the bills and take the fragments of notes to the bank. After much patience and effort, they gained back all of their money except $450. Carrie jokingly said that she never imagined herself saying, “I’ve laundered money.”