Dog Poop Reveals Cash

For all of the dog-lovers out there, and I apologize in advance for any weak stomachs that may not be able to handle this. When you try to post every day, material sometimes becomes hard to find, and you find yourself grasping at any straw you may see.

Pepper, a family pet of Debbie Hulleman from Menomonie, Wisconsin, is an 8-year-old black Labrador-German shorthair who has the habit of "gnawing on lipstick, munching on shampoo bottles and chewing on toothpaste." Apparently Pepper has broadened his horizons on his choice of items for his diet.

Hulleman found herself in a real mess recently because of Pepper's new-found cravings. Her mom was roped into baby sitting the pooch while the Hullemans were on vacation. One of mom's friends came visiting and Pepper noticed one of those cash-containing envelopes from the bank in her purse and proceeded to gobble up almost $750.00

Mom recovered some of the bills that Pepper had spit out, thinking she had it all, but when Debbie got back from vacation and started cleaning up Pepper's mess outside, she keenly observed a $50.00 bill enmeshed in a pile of poop.

Then as Hulleman sorted through Pepper's deposits and vomit (hope you are not eating while reading this) she netted almost $400.00 in additional bills. Add that to what had been painstakenly recovered and that accounted for $647.00. The remaining $100.00 bill had been chewed in half and only one half was found -- not enough to redeem.

Armed with rubber gloves, of course, Hulleman sat about soaking, straining and rinsing the "soiled" (much of an understatement) bills. She says that she just kept rinsing and rinsing. The weary pet owner was able to go to the bank and swap Pepper's poop-stained cash for fresh money. Hope the teller had some rubber gloves.

According to Hulleman, "Everyone said, 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400.00, yeah, I would do that." she stated.

I'm sure the Wolfes, if Maggie got the urge to go on a money diet, would dive in for $25.00 or less. Others of my handful of readers who have dogs maybe should keep a watchful eye on your canines in case they start craving a little cash.

No need for me to worry -- Floyd the cat turns his nose up at anything that isn't Purina Cat Chow.

Have a nice weekend and be sure that when you scoop it up take a good look.