What would you do to your dog if it ate your Superbowl tickets?

[Mixah]

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/superbowl/glendale/articles/0126gl-sbdog-ON.html

Sometimes Alpo just doesn't cut it.

Buddy, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever opted for high-end snacks - two Super Bowl XLII tickets.

Face value: $900 each.




The mishap occurred Wednesday when Chris Gallagher requested that a courier leave the anticipated package under the doormat of his Avondale home.

The courier instead slipped the envelope under the front door.

Buddy accepted delivery.

He didn't sign, but he licked, mauled, chewed and swallowed portions of the coveted tickets.

They weren't his first victims. The black lab likes sunglasses, shoes and footballs too.

But the tickets go down as Buddy's most expensive chew toy, the remains emblazoned with the Vince Lombardi Trophy scattered across the living room floor.

When Gallagher walked in that night, Buddy zipped out the doggy door.

The dog would remain in the back yard for two nights afterward.

"He's a troublemaker," Gallagher said. "But he looks at you with those big eyes and you can't be mad for long."

Plus, Gallagher has gotten assurances from the seller that the tickets, which he'd gotten for friends, can be replaced.

Buddy was all tongue and friendly licks on Saturday, the mayhem created three days earlier long forgotten.

But the chowhound got his fill of the Super Bowl. He won't be allowed near a TV on game day, Gallagher said.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Dog is lucky if the tickets can be replaced. His ass would be watching the game stuffed and molded into a table for my chips and beer.

[Geddoe]

If my dog did it, I would be angry, but would probably forgive him pretty quick. He's just such a great dog all around, I can't hold one mistake against him forever. Though I do occasionally call him Thief because of the one time he snaked my KFC Big Crunch off the table.

[Mixah]

If my dog did it, I would be angry, but would probably forgive him pretty quick. He's just such a great dog all around, I can't hold one mistake against him forever. Though I do occasionally call him Thief because of the one time he snaked my KFC Big Crunch off the table.

my dog wouldn't do that as he knows better than to jump on the table for food, but he did eat my only good pair of adidas sneakers... i was mad and threw one at his face. i felt bad though because it made a cut over his eye... :(

[Figcoinc]

My dog doesn't do that crap. My dog will not eat anything unless I give him permission to do so. If he gets too excited and jumps on people I just say "SIT" and it is over.

Not that I am super dog trainer or anything, but I seriously watched that "Dog Whisper" show on TV, tried some of things and it works.

[Geddoe]

My dog knows not to do it now too. Also, he didn't jump up on the table. He could rest his head on top of the table without his feet leaving the ground, if he wanted to. My big crunch was kind of left at the edge of the table, because I didn't expect him to just take it like that while I went to get a glass. Put an end to those shenanigans though, he doesn't take stuff off the table or even put his head on the table anymore.

Only problem I really have with him now is that he occasionally gives a little growl/bark at people eating at the table to let people know he is there. No matter how much I tell him that is bad, the rest of my family finds it adorable and gives him a scrap. This mixed message doesn't get the message home.

[Mixah]

My dog knows not to do it now too. Also, he didn't jump up on the table. He could rest his head on top of the table without his feet leaving the ground, if he wanted to. My big crunch was kind of left at the edge of the table, because I didn't expect him to just take it like that while I went to get a glass. Put an end to those shenanigans though, he doesn't take stuff off the table or even put his head on the table anymore.

Only problem I really have with him now is that he occasionally gives a little growl/bark at people eating at the table to let people know he is there. No matter how much I tell him that is bad, the rest of my family finds it adorable and gives him a scrap. This mixed message doesn't get the message home.

i hate it when family members do that shit. my uncle had a hell of a time with my nephew, because he'd throw tantrums, and my grandmother and mom would give in and give him what he wanted... it's really bad.

[PsychoSquall]

The worst thing I can remember a pet doing to me was my cat, who would jump up on and walk around on my car, sometimes slightly scratching it. But I didn't really care.

[FurryCurry]

I would grab my digital camera and take three photos. One of my dog looking pathetic (probably just after me screaming at him and removing doggie treats from his diet for a week), one of the shredded tickets, and then, one of me crying like Dan.

Put all three side by side and send it off to wherever I got the tickets from.

But they are replacing them anyway. There's nothing the man could have done to the prevent this. Like I doubt the dog chews on his mail often (or he would have been caged up somewhere).

[Mario Lemieux!]

EAT THE DOG

vendors have been pretty good with the replacements though. I'm glad about that. I heard another story about some guy accidentally shredding 3 NFC championship tickets and they also got replaced.

but yeah..eat the dog.

[axeman61]

Rape 'em back out with a bat.

Yes, I know that doesn't make any sense.

[bigma]

Cut open his stomach and take out the tickets before his stomach acids dissolve them.

[Netology]

i would pat the dog on the back