Dog eats groom-to-be's passport weeks before international wedding
Chickie's owners say they're optimistic their wedding in Italy won't be ruined.
You've likely heard of the excuse "My dog ate my homework!" but for one Boston couple, "My dog ate my passport!" is the reason behind some of their wedding stress.
Donato Frattaroli told ABC News' Danny New he noticed his passport had ended up on his golden retriever Chickie's bed and it looked to be in less-than-mint condition.
It turned out 1-year-old Chickie, whose name is short for Chicken Cutlet, had gotten ahold of his owner's blue booklet and chewed through multiple pages of Frattaroli's passport, weeks before he and his fiancee Magda Mazri are supposed to fly to Italy for their Aug. 31 wedding reception.
"She kinda knew what she did and all of a sudden, she got really cuddly, you know, head on the lap kind of thing," Frattaroli said.
Mazri told ABC News she reached out to their local congressional representatives, including Rep. Stephen Lynch and Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, for assistance and the couple are hopeful Frattaroli can possibly get a new passport in time to make their Italian wedding dreams come true.
"I'm optimistic it's going to work out," Mazri said.
The couple told Boston ABC affiliate WCVB that if Frattaroli's passport replacement doesn't come in time, Mazri and their wedding guests will travel to Italy without Frattaroli and he'll welcome them all home when they return to the U.S. afterward.