It's the age old excuse 'my dog ate my homework' - but what happens when your dog actually eats your passport, days before your flight?
One naughty pup has taken the expression to an extreme and shredded his owner's passport "in a million pieces" - ahead of her best friend's wedding abroad.
Sophia Kourtney, 24, left her one-year-old pooch Prince alone for two hours and returned home to find her passport ruined.