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Dog Eats Passport, Boy Misses Trip

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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (June 30) -- A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport.
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Officials at Chicago's O'Hare airport told 17-year-old Jon Meier the chewed-on document was fine, but authorities in Miami rejected it and wouldn't let him board the southbound aircraft.
His family's 1-year-old golden retriever, Sunshine, chewed a corner of the document, obscuring some numbers. Meier couldn't get another passport in time to join the trip with his Spanish class from Eau Claire North High School. The 12-day trip ended Monday.
Meier says he can't blame anyone, not even Sunshine: "I love her too much."
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Chanel, a white dachshund who held the Guinness world record for oldest dog, died Aug. 28 at age 21. Earlier this year, her owners said she was in good health, with the exception of sunglasses she had to wear for cataracts.
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L3rokken4ngel

09:34 AMJul 07 2009

Cbpbunker 08:44 PMJul 03 2009 17 Years Old, Thats A Little Old To Be So irresponsible, He Had No Business Going To Peru.---------------------------------Were you born dumb or did your mom drop you as a baby? A lot of high schools go on trips such as this. And "That's a little old to be so irresponsible?" How is he being irresposible? At what point in time did it express irresponsiblity on the boys part? It's possible the dog tried to grab it while he was packing. I know I've had dogs grab my stuff when I wasn't looking. So because his dog decided to grab a nibble of his passport, the boy is too irresposible to go on a class trip? Uh.. yea. That's 'logical'... *sigh* moron.

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Cbpbunker

08:44 PMJul 03 2009

17 Years Old, Thats A Little Old To Be So irresponsible, He Had No Business Going To Peru.

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SStat43931

09:35 AMJul 01 2009

I am a lover of dogs and have had quite a few. They do eat home work, and anything you leave in their reach. They have eaten money, chewed entire packs of gum, eaten mail. This is what puppies & doggies do. I have mistakingly left my purse on the sofa or my bed and they just get in and have a field day. It really grinds my gears. I have ruined Jimmy Choos to prove it. 3 jack russell terriers (terrors) Eddie, Daphne, and Frasier.

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Blynns89

08:54 PMJul 01 2009

You honestly expect the USA to be smart enough to figure out something as simple as that?It is the United States of America we're speaking of...

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Tranquilrivers

03:38 PMJun 30 2009

Hard ass Miami Immigration/customs control. Can't stop the illegal element coming in or out, but can push a high-school kid around and deny his chanced to see one of thee greatest countries in the world. If the would have let him on to Peru the very most the Peruvian authorities would have done is issue him a vistor visa that expired when his trip did and all would havebeen well.

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03:32 PMJun 30 2009

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Blynns89

03:19 PMJun 30 2009

Is AOL really running out of stuff to report that they have to resort to crap like this?Seriously... WHO CARES!

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VickiDe123

03:16 PMJun 30 2009

I think the mother chewed it and blamed it on the dog because she didn't want him to go...haha

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CESSET

03:12 PMJun 30 2009

My dog ate her application for obedience school Really!.

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Fate Bender

02:59 PMJun 30 2009

This reminds me of anti-nazi propaganda in old movies: "Where are your papers?!' It's sad that The United States of America, after all these years, is being reduced to handling citizens the same dispicable way. Without your numbers and papers, you are treated as a criminial! If he had been an adult, they would have detained him at the airport.

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