Brian O'Driscoll has finally recounted the full story of how he took the wrong dog home from the groomers.
The Ireland legend went to pick up his beloved pet pooch from the groomers last week only for the ex-rugby ace to bring home the wrong dog.
O'Driscoll took to social media to share the story and said that it was an easy mistake and thought it was down to pet pooch Phoebe being well groomed.
But speaking on Off The Ball, he told all the details of the story.
Dricco joked: "I will not be remembered as the guy who lifted the Grand Slam for the first time in 61 years. I will not be that guy.
"An easy mistake, it could happen to anyone."
And then the Leinster legend got into the nitty gritty.
He said: "I had my concerns. They bring one dog out and I see the willy and I'm like no no that's not her then they bring another one out and it looks pretty like Phoebe in my mind and it jumps up on me and I'm like 'It's Phoebe'.
"I'm on a call at the time and I pick her up and I throw her into the back seat of the car and we drive away and she's very quiet in the back seat of the car and she gives out a yelpy bark and I've not heard that one before and thinking she really isn't feeling herself.
"I get home and the penny dropped when I opened the car door and she wouldn't jump out. It was too high for her and I was like 'really?'.
"I was like 'Oh no' and that was when my concerns began. There was a lot of sniffing going on as they let her into the front door and then I opened the door and she ran in.
"Our Au Pair that is with us two weeks was there and was the first person to see her and goes 'Is this Phoebe' and I was like 'Oh no'.
"And then I went into the back garden and my missus was on the phone to someone and it was an important call but I was like 'Is this Phoebe'.
"The two of us are there [calling her name] and she goes 'no' so I picked the dog up and brought her back to the groomers and my missus texted me saying 'that's definitely not her, you've taken the wrong one'.
"So I did take this dog in the front seat on the way home and tried to comfort her."
O'Driscoll did however shift blame from the dog groomer and instead playfully blamed wife Amy Huberman but did take full credit for the mistake.
"People are blaming the groomers and let's be clear, there is only one person to blame in this and that's Amy Huberman for allowing me to go and collect said dog.
"When she handed the dog into the groomers it was a new girl and then someone different collects them and she's like 'sorry I don't know Phoebe' and as an owner for the last two years I should probably know someone more than her what my dog looks like so people that were giving out about the groomer giving out the wrong dog but the problem lies squarely with me picking up the wrong dog so I won't have that. We love our groomers."
And the owner of the dog that O'Driscoll brought home heard the story and even bought a personalised 'Phoebe' harness so the mistake would not happen again.
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