Ex-wife's dog bites man in wallet

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A woman and her pet dog got into the spirit along the route of the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 2004 in Montreal.

TORONTO (AFP) - A Canadian man got off the leash by divorcing from his wife, but was ordered by a judge to pay 200 dollars a month in doggie-alimony.

Four-year-old St Bernard, Crunchy, is munching his way through a monthly bill of 200 dollars (150 US) in food, health bills and general care giving, the National Post newspaper reported.

Pampering the pooch is truck driver Kenneth Duncan, of western Alberta province, in what is thought to be the first court order of its kind in Canada.

The 200 dollar assessment is about a third of what Duncan would be required to pay his ex-wife Barbara Boschee had there been a child involved -- but the ruling doesn't involve any visitation rights.

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Aw; that picture is so cute. That dog's not the dog in the story though, is it?

What a weird decision, but a just one nonetheless... and logical, despite its unusualness. What do you think about it, everyone?

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Well we have a dog and my mom sees him as her third child so ...

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no its not the dog in the story but the picture was posted with the article and as i felt the dog looked cute to i decided to post it here tooooo

i think a dog is for life and not just for christmas Wink

i think its strange too but at least it shows some level of love...

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I agree.

'BEFORE YOU CUT LOOSE (by Simon Armitage)

put dogs on the list
of difficult things to lose. Those dogs ditched
on the North York Moors or the Sussex Downs
or hurled like bags of sand from rented cars
have followed their noses to market towns
and bounced like balls into their owners' arms.
I heard one story of a dog that swam
to the English coast from the Isle of Man,
and a dog that carried eggs and bacon
and a morning paper from the village
surfaced umpteen leagues and two years later,
bacon eaten but the eggs unbroken,
newsprint dry as tinder, to the letter.
A dog might wander the width of the map
to bury its head in its owner's lap,
crawl the last mile to dab a bleeding paw
against its own front door. To die at home,
a dog might walk its four legs to the bone.
You can take off the tag and the collar
but a dog wears one coat and one colour.
A dog got rid of - that's a dog for life.
No dog howls like a dog kicked out at night.
Try looking a dog like that in the eye.'

Does she, Rick? My grandmother treated her dogs better than us...

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Col Man wrote:

no its not the dog in the story but the picture was posted with the article and as i felt the dog looked cute to i decided to post it here tooooo

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