Wisconsin Woman's Dog Eats Cash

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Wisconsin woman's dog eats nearly US$750; most recovered as piles of cash

Published: Thursday, July 19, 2007 | 9:20 PM ET

Canadian Press

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) - Debbie Hulleman's pet dog Pepper likes to chew things.

She's gnawed on lipstick canisters, shampoo bottles, ball point pens, toothpaste and now the list includes nearly US$750 in cash - gobbled right down.

"This is probably the worst," Hulleman said Thursday, recalling the nasty chore of recovering the money from vomit and - you guessed it - dog piles left in the yard.

"We all laughed about it," Hulleman said.

"As long as we were able to recover the money, it was funny. If I wouldn't have been able to recover it, I wouldn't have been happy."

While Hulleman and husband were on a four-day vacation in late June, she asked her mother in Oakdale, Minn., to take care of Pepper and Zach, the family's dogs.

Pepper found a purse belonging to a friend of Hulleman's mother and chewed the cash from an envelope.

Hulleman's mother recovered some of the money that Pepper spit out, thinking she had it all. But when Hulleman returned from the trip and went to clean up her dogs' mess outside, she noticed a $50 bill hanging from one pile.

The family gradually recovered $647 and swapped it for fresh currency at a bank.

"We have a $100 bill that can't be recovered because you need three-fourths of a bill and it is only half of a bill," Hulleman said, laughing.

The nasty chore of sorting through dog feces netted about $400, the 50-year-old dog lover said.

"It wasn't that bad. I soaked it and strained it and rinsed it. I just kept rinsing it and rinsing it."

"I had rubber gloves on of course," she said.

"Everyone said: 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400, yeah, I would do that."

[mawilson 2,133]

I thought the title was

"Wisconsin Woman Eats Dog For Cash"

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I thought the title was

"Wisconsin Woman Eats Dog For Cash"

Ha ha!! that would have been VJ Off Topic Worthy too!

[SteveLaura 0]

"This is probably the worst," Hulleman said Thursday, recalling the nasty chore of recovering the money from vomit and - you guessed it - dog piles left in the yard.

Probably?

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