Ozzie was already in the dog house after eating £160 of his owners' cash.

But to add further insult to injury, the couple who own the naughty labradoodle had to fork out £130 in order to retrieve the eight £20 notes he wolfed down.

Ozzie, a nine-year-old labradoodle, pounced when an envelope containing the cash was pushed through the letterbox of Neil and Judith Wright's homed in Llandudno, North Wales.

The couple took Ozzie to the vet who managed to retrieve the money by inducing him to vomit, landing them a bill of £130.

Judith said: "Someone had owed us money and popped it through the letterbox for us, that's how Ozzie got hold of it."


A spokesman for Murphy & Co Veterinary Practice in Llandudno, where Ozzie was taken, said owners can expect to pay around £130 to induce vomiting in a dog.

Image: Ozzie ate the £20 notes. Pic: Murphy & Co Veterinary Practice

She said the practice often deals with dogs who had eaten things they shouldn't, including toilet items and socks but it was the first time they treated an animal who had scoffed cash.

As well as the notes, Ozzie also threw up a plastic money bag and a circular money clip.

Mr Wright said that with the money Ozzie ate and the cost of seeing the vet, they were almost £300 out of pocket.

However, he said they may be able to claim some of the money back by taking the notes to the Bank of England.

He added that they now plan to fit a cage around their letterbox to stop Ozzie becoming tempted by anymore letterbox snacks.

Image: The notes are to be taken to the Bank of England. Pic: Murphy & Co Veterinary Practice

In April a dog had to undergo life-saving emergency surgery after swallowing a video game.

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rocco was taken to vet charity PDSA's Glasgow Shamrock Street Pet Hospital after he began vomiting and could not eat.

Image: Rocco ate a Nintendo DS cartridge

An X-ray of the four-year-old dog showed a rectangular-shaped object in his small intestine that turned out to be a Nintendo DS cartridge.