The most unusual pet insurance claim award went to Ellie, a Labrador Retriever who ate an entire beehive filled with pesticides and thousands of dead bees.
The mixture of dead bees and pesticides caused Ellie to have an ill stomach and landed her a trip to the veterinarian. She made a full recovery.
“Ellie may be a young dog, but she’s already managed to eat everything from wooden toy train tracks to laptop computer keys. So the beehive in the backyard was just another culinary adventure for this insatiable pooch,” said Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI), who gave Ellie and her owners the ”Hambone Award” on Monday.
Ellie won with 30 percent of the votes to get the top prize.
Ellie and her owners Robert and Sandra Coe will be receiving a bronze trophy in the shape of a ham, and a basket of toys and dog treats. Ellie and her owners live in Santee, California.
VPI is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of pet health insurance, creating the VPI Hambone to recognize the year’s most unusual pet health insurance claim.
It was created after a VPI-insured dog got stuck in a refrigerator and ate an entire Thanksgiving ham, coming down with a mild case of hypothermia.
Coming in second was is a Border Collie named Aubie, who crashed through a window to get at a mailman.
A West Highland white terrier named Darci bit a chainsaw, and was voted third place.
Like Ellie, both dogs made a full recovery.
The mixture of dead bees and pesticides caused Ellie to have an ill stomach and landed her a trip to the veterinarian. She made a full recovery.
“Ellie may be a young dog, but she’s already managed to eat everything from wooden toy train tracks to laptop computer keys. So the beehive in the backyard was just another culinary adventure for this insatiable pooch,” said Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI), who gave Ellie and her owners the ”Hambone Award” on Monday.
Ellie won with 30 percent of the votes to get the top prize.
Ellie and her owners Robert and Sandra Coe will be receiving a bronze trophy in the shape of a ham, and a basket of toys and dog treats. Ellie and her owners live in Santee, California.
VPI is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of pet health insurance, creating the VPI Hambone to recognize the year’s most unusual pet health insurance claim.
It was created after a VPI-insured dog got stuck in a refrigerator and ate an entire Thanksgiving ham, coming down with a mild case of hypothermia.
Coming in second was is a Border Collie named Aubie, who crashed through a window to get at a mailman.
A West Highland white terrier named Darci bit a chainsaw, and was voted third place.
Like Ellie, both dogs made a full recovery.
