Family Searches Feces Of Cash-Eating Dog

The Hulleman family dog, Pepper, has been known to gnaw on lipstick, and munch on shampoo bottles. But Pepper made things quite messy for the Hulleman family after gobbling up nearly $750 in cash.

Debbie Hulleman of Wisconsin had asked her mother to take care of Pepper and Zach, the family's other dog last month while she and husband went on vacation. But Pepper, an 8-year-old black Labrador-German shorthair, got into a purse belonging to her mother's friend and chewed the cash from an envelope.

Hulleman's mother recovered some of the money that Pepper spit out, thinking she had it all. But when the family returned from the trip and went to clean up her dogs' mess outside, she noticed a $50 bill hanging from one pile.

The whole chore of sorting through dog feces netted her about $400. Between that and other bills that Pepper had either vomited or simply chewed on, the family recovered $647.

"We have a $100 bill that can't be recovered because you need three-fourths of a bill and it is only half of a bill," Hulleman said.

The family swapped the "soiled" money for fresh currency at a bank.

"It wasn't that bad. I soaked it and strained it and rinsed it. I just kept rinsing it and rinsing it. I had rubber gloves on of course... Everyone said, 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400, yeah, I would do that," she said.

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