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Puppy Finds This in Duffle Night Before Travelling Abroad
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u/RainyWombatCherry Mar 28 '23 edited Mar 28 '23
One's mistake is a life lesson to others, thank you for your sacrifice- note to self, when getting a puppy and going on holiday, keep important documents safe and out of reach of the baby dog
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u/PresentAdvanced5910 Mar 29 '23
Keep everything out of reach of puppies. They chew on EVERYTHING
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u/feelingfantasmic Mar 29 '23
Not even just puppies. My 4 y/o adopted dog also chews on everything. Learned that the hard way when the day after we got him, I came home to my laundry hamper tipped over and the crotch eaten out of every single pair of my underwear 😭 Little asshole caught me just before laundry day. I spent $50 on underwear every few weeks for a while until I learned where he couldn’t get to.
He’s a super chewer, and some dogs don’t grow out of it. Just a pro tip for anyone considering getting a dog lol
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u/opaldopal12 Mar 29 '23
Newly adopted dogs no matter the age, May likely have anxiety and the chewing is them being scared. A kennel for when you’re gone and a treat chew bone (that they can actually eat not just chew on is always a nice calmer and keeps them occupied. But also, Kong ball you can stick treats in it, if you really wanna keep the dog happy and occupied get a separate jar of Peanut butter and fill the kong up and stick it in the fridge for a couple hours before and give it frozen to the dog :))) they’ll love it !
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u/feelingfantasmic Mar 29 '23
For sure, newly adopted dogs come with a lot of anxiety! We’ve had him for a long time now, and he still has super chewer tendencies so we just have to adapt to how he is. He has lick mats and Kong, but he won’t do anything until we’re back home. Won’t even eat treats. I still find them in his little bed. :(
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u/RidsBabs Mar 29 '23
Learnt that the hard way. Left my Bose headphones on charge at an outlet that was a little too low to the ground. He managed to knock them off the desk and I was $400 poorer.
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u/RandomlyMethodical Mar 29 '23
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u/Elemental-Design Mar 29 '23
Man, I feel like these de-motivational posters were the prelude to memes
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u/FantasmaNaranja Mar 29 '23
honestly if you get a puppy just keep anything they can possibly bite out of reach they will consume everything they're able to until they're at least a few months old
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u/RainyWombatCherry Mar 29 '23 edited Mar 29 '23
Most definitely. I'm thinking of getting a puppy but I want to make sure I can afford and understand all the work required to look after one. I never want to be a bad owner and if I can't then I shouldn't get one.
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u/PsYcHoMoNkY3169 Mar 29 '23
My wife and I got a puppy 2 months ago. Even though we both work from home we greatly under estimated the amount of work it would be. Don’t get me wrong, she’s great and I wouldn’t trade her for anything in the world, but it’s a lot of work
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u/I_likeIceSheets Mar 28 '23
Puppy:
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u/RainyWombatCherry Mar 29 '23
Imagine, honestly I'd be a bit scared if I'd hidden documents away yet the puppy still found them. The puppy is now in charge lol
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u/hikaruandkaoru Mar 29 '23
Puppies exist to cause destruction. If your puppy is quiet and out of sight chances are they're doing something you don't want them to do...
Somehow my puppy is fine but she chewed through two electrical cords that were plugged in. I didn't hear anything and both times was like "she's being uncharacteristically quiet... where is she".
It taught me to buy cable protectors and to take the puppy proofing seriously. The second cable was chewed on holiday so unfortunately didn't have cable protectors. I know it was my fault for not watching her or securing her in a puppy proofed area.
She's good now, doesn't seem interested in cables in the slightest... she's so much calmer now that she has adult teeth.
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u/Jcwolves Mar 29 '23
The first time I let pup out of sight, I noted she was quiet. I immediately went to find her standing on top of the couch, trying to eat a pillow. She's not allowed to even touch the couch with her paws because we don't want muddy paw prints on the couch. The pillow was one she's been watching since she could see it because it has tassels. That was a fun day.
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u/little_pillager Mar 29 '23
up next: 'hid my documents from rabbid puppy, now i cant find them! flight in 5 hours'
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u/spacesuitkid3 Mar 29 '23
Does the culprit look like this?
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u/Dijon_Robinson Mar 29 '23
Motherfucker doing the bullshit and still has the balls to mean mug you in the picture.
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u/graphiccsp Mar 29 '23
Makes me thankful I only lost a pair of new running shoes to a puppies wrath. Tanking a whole vacation and expenses sounds awful.
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u/NoCorresponds Mar 29 '23
this isn’t mildly infuriating this is like i’d have a mental breakdown
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u/InstrumentalCore Mar 28 '23
Mildly..?
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u/garrygh13 Mar 29 '23
Well at least this didn’t happen when they were already out of their country 😂 would of been way worst situation
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u/grumpykruppy Mar 29 '23
Not necessarily, the US government actually has a whole system in place for that exact situation.
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Mar 29 '23
The US government has a whole system in place for “my dog ate my passport”?
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u/elizabnthe Mar 29 '23 edited Mar 29 '23
Passport being lost or damaged, not necessarily specifically dog eating the passport. Embassies for your country of origin can certainly help.
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u/DiamondExternal2922 Mar 29 '23
Consulates also help. In fact the consular services at embassies do things like passports and other paperwork..
The test for international travel is that the other country will let you in. If an airline takes you and you can't get in ,the airline gets you back ..you become the airlines problem.
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u/thebigaaron Mar 29 '23
And then you get stuck in the airport for 15 years not able to leave?
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u/R6Thottie Mar 29 '23
Only if you’ve already left the country, apparently.
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u/hugabugabee Mar 29 '23
Makes sense. US wants citizens to be able to get back to the US. They wouldn't care so much that you can't leave
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u/ericscal Mar 29 '23
Yep. If you are in country you can get a new password in as little as 4 hours. If you are out of country you can go-to the embassy and they will get you the paperwork to get back in the country.
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u/tintin47 Mar 29 '23
This is the worst case scenario. It’s much easier to get back into the US without a passport than it is to leave without one. There are tons of systems in place to deal with people who have lost or stolen passports while traveling.
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Mar 29 '23
Actually it would have been better. You can get get an emergency travel document to come back to the US. My husband lost his passport during a move and didn’t figure that out until three days before he had to go to his country for an estate hearing. He had let his other passport expire so he had nothing. We tried relentlessly to get a same day emergency appointment to no avail. I told him, they can’t stop you from leaving the US but they’ll hassle you on the way back-take your naturalization certificate with you. Also the only thing is that your country will have to admit you. Thankfully he had his National ID, voter card, etc. I called his consulate just as a Hail Mary and they said if you can come in we’ll give him a travel letter. So Jet Blue and TSA let him on the flight. I got him an appointment at the US Embassy for a travel document to come home while he was there and he also got a new passport from his country of origin. The Embassy said all they needed was his citizenship documents and a police report ($20 courtesy fee lol).
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u/JJAsond Mar 29 '23
It's reddit. The only posts from this sub that hit r popular never fit the sub
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u/Carthonn Mar 29 '23
Anytime I think to myself “I’m having a bad day” I’ll think of this post.
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u/beakyblindar Mar 29 '23
I consider myself a mentally strong person. I’m not gonna lie I would collapse
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Mar 29 '23
Shit I lost $500 cancelling a vacation and now I feel a little less bad about my situation
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u/Grizzlybear2470 Mar 28 '23
I think this might be a little more than mildly infuriating what the hell do you do in this situation
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u/Bobs-and_VAGENE Mar 29 '23
Stay home unfortunately
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u/Sporkfoot Mar 29 '23
Rethink getting a dog because they are destructive as FUCK yet I gotta pay the same pet rent fee for a cat who is physically incapable of chewing baseboards or barking all goddamned day.
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u/AskMrScience Mar 29 '23 edited Mar 29 '23
Go to the nearest passport office and throw yourself on their mercy. They rush issue same-day passports for things like this regularly.
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u/flume Mar 29 '23
Still, you're probably going to miss your flight
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u/AshyFairy Mar 29 '23
You’d be amazed at what you can accomplish if you’re desperate. I want to say my flight was at 11am the next morning when my dog chewed mine up? I was able to go to the embassy, please my case, get a new passport and make it to the airport and to my gate in time for an international flight.
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u/Normal-Fig4420 Mar 28 '23
That puppy knew you were trying to leave
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u/Mym158 Mar 29 '23
They know. My cat pissed in my travel bag as I was packing. She fucking knew.
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u/Dollbeau Mar 29 '23
Exactly, stay home with mmmeeee!
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u/sentimental_goat Mar 29 '23
This might be the first instance of "my dog ate my passport", and they aren't even lying.
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u/beat-sweats Mar 28 '23 edited Mar 29 '23
Every time I think I want a dog I see a post like this and am reminded that I most definitely do not want a dog
Edit: I live in a shitty apt building so i wouldn’t get one regardless, I feel it wouldn’t be fair to them to not have a good yard
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u/EsseLeo Mar 29 '23
Puppies are assholes. If I wanted to pick up and bag another being’s shit, potty train something, let it wreck my house and my things, be woken up early by someone, and always need a babysitter, then I’d just have another baby.
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u/silentraven127 Mar 29 '23
You will, of course, get tons of replies to this telling you a dog is worth it anyway.
I just want you to know, you're not alone in your lack of pets. Have a nice day.
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u/OtisTetraxReigns Mar 29 '23
People act as though you’re not complete without owning an animal that consumes resources, makes a mess of your home and clothes, demands your time and attention, makes it difficult to plan trips, gets sick and eventually dies. And they also act as though people who don’t treat their pet with more respect than they personally give to an actual human who happens to live on the street are the worst humans to ever exist.
It’s not necessary to own a pet, even if you’re fortunate enough to have the money and space to give it a perfect life.
I love animals. Which is the main reason I don’t own one.
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u/TakeMeToTheVolcano Mar 29 '23
It’s really annoying trying to explain to people the difference between being some kind of animal hater and just not wanting one inside your house all the time.
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u/fullofshitandcum Mar 29 '23
Don't know how I ended up being the only person I know without a pet. Sounds terrible. One friend had his dog literally shit on the roomba, and routinely says his dog came to chew on his computer cables while we play games. Another had his dog wreck his room while we were trying to play a competitive game
I had one dog growing up, and he didn't do any of that. Best dog ever
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u/Pnknlvr96 Mar 29 '23
Yeah it certainly teaches you to put your things away.
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u/BackgroundBread707 Mar 29 '23
Crate-training is probably the best thing you can do for your dog
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u/dubzi_ART Mar 29 '23
Some dogs need it. Some don’t after proper training. My dog personally doesn’t learn and acts up all the time swallowing things.
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u/3_quarterling_rogue Mar 29 '23
Dude, same. My dog is even incredibly well-behaved all the time, EXCEPT when we leave him at home alone. He knows he can get away with stuff when we’re not around, and it’s jumping up on the table looking for snacks. Guess who’s forever lost his at-home-alone couch privileges? On the bright side, he does okay in his kennel.
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u/Bonesnapcall Mar 29 '23
I see these posts and get reminded why I am, and always will be, a cat person.
No cat ever chewed a passport or a video game collection to death.
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u/FantasmaNaranja Mar 29 '23
get an older dog not a puppy and you'll be fine, puppies will test their teeth on everything they can but they generally grow out of that after a few months
also definitively make sure you read up on the race you're adopting (street mixes tend to be relatively chill depending on where you live if you're adopting from the street) because you dont want a husky in a tiny apartment unless you want them to eat through the walls to relieve their pent up energy
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u/adrolter Mar 29 '23
Older dogs generally also take longer to get adopted or never get adopted at all, which is sad.
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u/BorisBC Mar 29 '23
Yeah we adopted a pair of older Malamutes and it was wonderful to not have to deal with puppies.. but also heartbreaking as we didn't have as long with them. :(
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u/adrolter Mar 29 '23
Yeah, that's the hard part. You did a wonderful thing giving them a warm, loving home for their final years though.
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u/Pentamikk Mar 29 '23
Holy fuck op :(
Edit edit to add that my dog did this too! He happily chewed my dad’s wallet with his Id card, credit and debit cards and like quite a bit of money. I heard a strong “NO” and when I came downstairs my dad was sat on the ground trying to place the pieces together while my dog was sat next to him sniffing him. It was quite a vision! We were able to salvage his driving license but every time he shows it he tells the story and everybody laughs
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u/brokenarrow1223 Mar 28 '23
Call up the closest passport office and make an emergency appointment
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u/Lobscra Mar 29 '23
Pretty sure you still need 24 hours, but it is definitely worth a shot to call and beg for help
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u/RoughRhinos Mar 29 '23
Could also talk to the airline about being on call at the airport for a later flight. Or maybe go viral and hope airline wants good publicity.
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u/titlejunk Mar 29 '23
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
You don’t know how much COVID changed this situation. There are emergency appointments, yes. You need to be traveling within x number of days and travel to whatever office has an appointment available.
My daughter had to fly to Detroit to go to their passport office from FL 3 days before leaving for Italy from FL. (Long story, name change, paperwork delay)
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u/The_Dirt_McGurt Mar 29 '23
My mom miraculously got a same day appointment after realizing (on the day of her flight) that her passport expired within 6 months of her departure to europe (most of EU doesn't allow that), and had a completely new passport within hours. I'd never heard of or seen anything like it. I guess super lucky there was an office in our city.
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u/whomad1215 Mar 29 '23
Well, if OP was literally leaving within 24 hours, sounds like they may count as an emergency
The offices are few and far between though
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u/sugabeetus Mar 28 '23
This just straight up sucks. I'm sorry it happened to you, and I'm sorry for all the Judgy Jennifers in the comments.
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u/canarow Mar 29 '23
My name is Jennifer and I’ve never heard anyone say this in my 24 years of life :’(
I will say, “Judgy Jenny” sounds way better
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u/Astatine_209 Mar 29 '23
Can we like, move on to digital Passports already? They can already confirm who you are with 99.99999% accuracy just by scanning your face.
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u/Shot_Restaurant6018 Mar 29 '23
Have you tried calling the airline to see if they can refund the ticket? I've done it a couple of times for passengers that called us. It'll depend on the agent that we bend some rules here and there. It will also depend on when the flight departure time was since your Electronic Ticket will show "revoked"
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u/Ryden7 Mar 29 '23
In no universe does a airline ticket EVER get a refund unless you have some very specific travel insurance
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u/Pauly4655 Mar 29 '23
But did you learn a lesson to keep stuff away from little puppy’s it was a costly lesson
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u/penisland360 Mar 28 '23
Damn there are a lot of stupid people in this comment section. People saying to put the dog down need to get their heads checked. And blaming this on OP is also stupid. Maybe for leaving the passport in a place where the dog can get it, but not for being a bad owner. Damn
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u/Travy-D Mar 29 '23
People in reddit comments love shaming the owner whenever a dog does the wrong thing. "Wow, that's obviously a bored dog. Maybe you should try actually exercising him"
Orrrr maybe it's a pup and they chew everything they can reach? Only thing you can do is kennel them when you're not able to watch them directly.
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u/FiftyBurger Mar 29 '23
I mean you can definitely keep important things out of reach from puppies and “puppify” the rooms they can get to.
Not saying OP is a bad pet owner or anything negative about the dog, but this one is on them
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u/Coal_Morgan Mar 29 '23
It's their fault in a literal sense but it's the day before travel, they're gathering things, their head is a thousand different places planning for eventualities that will and won't come.
It's their fault but moments of absent mindedness are common for anyone and this literally could have happened to everyone in this thread and on the face of this earth.
The only people who don't think they couldn't make a mistake like this are idiots incapable of self-reflection.
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u/samsonight4444 Mar 29 '23
Hahah right, just said that in another comment. Puppies are assholes man, sometimes you think you’ve proofed everything and bam, passport shredded.
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u/iyoio Mar 29 '23
Yeah. Pretty sure the puppy didn’t chew through a duffel bag. He left it out. I wouldn’t leave my passport out even if I had zero animals. Wayyyyyy too easy to misplace it absentmindedly.
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u/Draw_Rude Mar 29 '23
“Mildly infuriating.” Is there a sub for “incredibly infuriating?”
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u/deahamlet Mar 29 '23
I once rescued important dmv documents from my cat as she was starting to chew on them. My husband still hadn't grasped that she will eat anything paper or plastic no matter how thick, but he learnt after that! Important docs are in drawers nowadays as nothing is safe from the lunatic.
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u/Curi0usJ0e Mar 29 '23
The stress and thousands of dollars in waste….not sure I’ll be able to keep it cool. And of course the puppy goes for the passport. No treats for him for a while that’s for sure.
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u/elwood2711 Mar 29 '23
Damn. Where I'm from (Netherlands) you can literally get an "emergency" passport at the airport if needed, as long as your identity and nationality can be determined. This is done by, for example, showing the Dutch Marechaussee (gendarmerie, they guard the airports) valid identification like a driver's license or id card. The Marechaussee can than create an emergency passport for you.
Happened to a friend when he was travelling to Canada. He found out that he had forgotten his passport when he was already at the airport and didn't have enough time to go back home and get it.
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u/lilpopjim0 Mar 29 '23
Why did you leave your passport in reach of a puppy lol
Puppies will chew anything
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u/ALECgator13 Mar 29 '23
This exact thing happened to us, but luckily it was more like 30 hours before our international flights.
We had to immediately book next day flights (to the Denver emergency passport office. They were incredible). Luckily we had just enough time to fly there and back, same day, then sleep with a friend overnight out of town, before getting back to the airport at 8 am for our international flight.
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u/Diligent_Flounder_45 Mar 28 '23
This could be,
Divine intervention? That dog may have saved lives.
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u/goldenepple Mar 29 '23
I live by the rule, if the dog was able to get it to chew, it was my fault. They don’t know what a passport is.
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u/Kidbroccoli Mar 28 '23
Puppies are gonna do puppy things. You gotta keep important stuff out of reach and this won’t happen. But you already know that OP.
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u/JackUnfiltered Mar 28 '23
This might be a bit more than mildly infuriating. What does one even do in this situation?