Dog Eating Its Owners Out of House and Pub
The British passion for dogs takes on new meaning at Fred and Pauline Lormor’s pub, where Ben the Doberman is being allowed to stay on despite having eaten $4,150 worth of household goods and furniture.
In his nine months with the Lormors, Ben has wolfed down not only his regular meals of meat and dog biscuits, but a sheepskin rug, a television remote-control unit, earrings, three live chickens, assorted chunks of wall-to-wall carpeting, a settee and a door.
The Lormors, who live above their pub in this village in central England, say they tried putting a muzzle on the dog and it ate that too.
“He’s a wonderful dog,” Pauline Lormor said Tuesday. “We’d never get rid of him. He’s here to stay.”
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