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Dog eats diamond worth US$20,000

A dog with 'expensive' taste swallowed a diamond worth US$20,000 (RM66,450) causing panic for the owners of a jewelry shop.


A diamond dealer brought the big rock to the store but he dropped it as he got it out to show owners Robert Rosin and George Kaufmann. 

In an instant, Kaufmann's golden retriever Sollie gobbled up the three-plus carat rock.

They rushed the dog to a vet who told them not to worry and let the diamond follow nature’s course.

They spent three anxious days waiting to see if the gem would turn up in the dog's stool, with Kaufmann tracking Sollie's every movement.

"It was not that pleasant. I followed him. I had to pick up his stuff".

"I went through the things. I can understand what it was like in the old Gold Rush because I felt like I had just hit pay dirt," Kaufman said.

After three days, the gem finally popped out with the doggie poo.

Sollie is now getting plenty of traditional doggy snacks to keep him from making a dog’s dinner of any more gems.
- Agencies

Published March 16 2010