A Largo, Florida, fam­ily said they were able to recover $300 eaten by their bea­gle by col­lect­ing his drop­pings and wash­ing the scraps of paper. Corey and Hope O’Kelley said their 10-year-old bea­gle, Arnie, downed most of $300 while they were sleep­ing last month. The cou­ple said they took Arnie for extra walks and were “relent­less” about col­lect­ing his dog doo in order to retrieve their cash. Hope O’Kelley said she was delighted when Arnie assisted by vom­it­ing up some of the scraps. She said her father’s wife and sister-in-law assisted with help­ing to piece the money back together after it had been cleaned. She said the process took about 90 min­utes “with wine.” Their bank agreed to replace the cash since they were able to piece the bills back together well enough to read the ser­ial numbers.

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