Dog eats diamond
March 16th 2010 03:13
We once reported that Scratchy would eat a brick if you put salt on it. When he’s not eating, he spends hours at a time standing by the bookcase, next to the cookbook section. Scratchy would eat almost anything.
But he wouldn’t eat a diamond. Especially not a three-carat diamond worth about US$20,000.
You need a golden retriever to be that hungry.
George Kaufman, co-owner of a jewellery store in Rockville, Maryland, US, has a golden retriever named Soli. George often brings Soli to the store, as he did one day in late January.
That’s when someone dropped the big rock on the floor. And Soli ate it.
Kaufman’s partner, Robert Rosin, told a television reporter later, “You saw Soli go for the diamond. Gobbled it up. Tried to pull it out of his mouth. Couldn't get it. Gone."
It is believed Rosin talks in normal sentences except when in a state of shock.
Apart from speaking to television, Kaufman and co also contacted a veterinarian. He listened carefully to their story, and then made the following suggestion: “Let nature take its course.”
Three days later, as Soli, George and Robert were enjoying a walk in the thin sunshine of an early Maryland spring morning, nature took its course and a 3.5 carat diamond appeared.
It was back to three carats once cleaned up, though.
"It was a happy ending," Kaufmann said. At least he didn’t say it was a relief.
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