American Couple's Italy Wedding Ruined After Dog Ate Groom's Passport

An American couple's dream destination Italy wedding was briefly put on the line after their pet dog, a golden retriever, ate the groom's pet, according to reports on Tuesday, August 22. The soon-to-be husband and wife were set to depart later this week for their scheduled wedding on August 31, when they found out their pooch had torn through some pages of the passport.

Italy Wedding Ruined

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A stock photo of a golden retriever.

The Boston-based couple named Donato Frattaroli and Magda Mazri processed their marriage license last August 17, before they fly on Friday, August 25 ahead of their Italy wedding. However, when they got home, the U.S. couple discovered their 18-month-old golden retriever, Chickie, had eaten multiple pages of Donato's passport.

Magda reportedly said Chickie was out of behavior at that time since their pet was typically a good dog. Due to unexpected circumstances, the couple decided to obtain a new passport from the passport office, which was able to issue a new one in a matter of hours. The new passport has now been stored safely away from Chickie, based on reports.

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Dog Destructive Behavior

In previous years, there have been several cases where pet dogs or even cats destroyed belongings, including gadgets. Accounts from some owners and experts indicate the playful behavior of domesticated animals to be behind these incidents. There are also instances where curiosity takes over the pets.

According to the Highland Canine Training group, there are many reasons why a dog might engage in such a chaotic state known as destructive behavior. For puppies, one of the potential causes could be the behavioral phenomenon called 'teething,' where the canine tends to chew on everything to release their pain and discomfort.

For adult dogs, the canine training group specifies that destructive behavior can emanate from common factors like separation anxiety, medical problems, boredom, fear, need for attention, and other reasons.

Related Incidents

Some pet dogs can chew almost anything in your home, from important paper documents to stuffed toys, and even house plants.

Earlier this year, reports emerged of a dog that chewed its way through a door to rip off a letterbox in the village of Kelty in Scotland, United Kingdom. Locals were reportedly stunned to see the pooch coming out of the hole through the front door.

In 2020, a Golden Doodle apparently destroyed an indoor palm tree. In an Instagram post in January of that year, the account user naughty_berkeley posted a video showing the wreck caused by the pet dog, who is obviously behind the crime.

Regardless of these countless incidents, owners in general still have no clue as to where and when their pet dogs will make their next destructive behavior. Still, experts assert such behavior can be trained and controlled to at least mitigate or prevent the animals from destroying objects and even harming other pets and people.

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