Guide dog ate charity money

FRINTON, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A British man said his wife's guide dog ripped up more than $350 worth of banknotes that had been collected for charity.

Gordon Webb said Lewis, a 5-year-old guide dog owned by his wife, Claire, said he had been put in charge of Christmas charity fundraising by the Frinton Rotary Club in Essex and one night he left the money out after sorting it for banking, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

"I came down the other morning and by the coffee table there were shreds of paper," Webb said. "I realized what they were and I thought, 'No -- he's eaten all the notes.'"

He said the Bank of England has agreed to exchange the damaged money for new cash.

"I just have to send it all off," Webb said. "Lewis will eat anything. When they're working, they behave impeccably, but as soon as they're off duty they're dogs again."