[Ammi]

A Colorado man whose dog dined on $500 (£325) says he will never leave his canine alone in a vehicle again.

Wayne Klinkel left Sundance in his car with five $100 notes and a $1 bill when he and his wife stopped for dinner in Denver at Christmas.

But while the Klinkels were enjoying their meal, Sundance was feasting on the cash.

The 12-year-old golden retriever ate all of the notes - except the $1 bill.

A determined Mr Klinkel said he donned rubber gloves and followed Sundance around the backyard as he went about his "business".



Mr Klinkel said he collected fragments from the droppings, and his daughter, who he was visiting in Denver, later found more when the snow melted.

Mr Klinkel, from the town of Helena, washed and bleached the remnants of the bills and sent them taped together to the Treasury Department in hopes of having them replaced.

That process could take up to two years, Mr Klinkel told the Independent Record, the newspaper he works for.

"Sundance may have eaten my money, but what he took he gives back in unconditional love," he said.

Mr Klinkel also told the paper he was embarrassed by all the attention he had received.

"I got a call today from a guy I knew 20 years ago and he said he hasn’t stopped laughing about it," he said.

Mr Klinkel said he does not carry a wallet on his chiropractor's advice


...the chiropractor's advice is quite intriguing....this sounds like it could be a scene with the Griswolds, from the National Lampoon movies....

[arista]

"That process could take up to two years, Mr Klinkel told the Independent Record, the newspaper he works for."

Yes thats fair enough

[thesheriff443]

the dog was sat there p*ssed off
then saw the money and said to her self!, ill teach him to leave me in this car hungry while he goes and stuffs his face

[Jake.]