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DFO’s Critters: Money-Eating Dog

Sundance, the golden retriever known for eating five $100 bills, rejects the taste of the check his owner Wayne Klinkel received, on Sept. 28, near Helena, Mont. Klinkel, who painstakingly gathered and reassembled parts of five $100 bills eaten by his golden retriever has been reimbursed by the U.S. Treasury for the "mutt-ilated" currency. He received a check on Monday. Sundance, a rescue from a Wyoming animal shelter, snacked on the cash left in the family vehicle while Klinkel and his wife ate at a restaurant. Klinkel cleaned and carefully reassembled the bills, put them in plastic bags and sent them to the U.S. Treasury in April with an explanation. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley)

Question: Have you ever had a dog, cat or any other type of pet eat money or anything else of value?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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