Posted on 08/24/2010 5:10:13 PM PDT by Nachum
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Labrador that ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees won an award on Monday that recognized the most unusual pet health insurance claim in the United States.
Ellie, who fully recovered from her encounter with the beehive in southern California, beat a border collie that ran through a window to get at a mailman, and a terrier that bit a chainsaw.
She won a bronze trophy in the shape of a ham, and basket of toys and doggie treats.
The winner was announced on Monday by the Veterinary Pet Insurance Co (VPI) and selected from a dozen pets nationwide.
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Sounds like they should call it the Dumbest Dog Award....
The Doggie Darwin!!
Pet insurance? huh?
Labs will eat anything
Are you telling me that all three finalists were DOGS? Are you seriously saying no cat made the finals? No cat survived anything tougher than a chainsaw in the kisser?
Dogs LOVE anything that’s sweet, which is why ethylene glycol based antifreeze is so dangerous around them.
Mark
My employer offers pet insurance each year when we do our open enrollment.
Dogs can be great pets, but when I read articles like this, I wonder how anyone can think that they are smarter than cats as a species.
That was the biggest addition to our benefits package a couple of years ago - you could insure your pet.
My dog ate through a metal can full of chili last week. Does that count?
I was less shocked that he ate through the can than that he managed to pick it off the pantry shelf. Apparently, he knew what was inside.
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