Toby Sibbick was left sick as a dog after his pet pooch chewed his passport, robbing him of a holiday to Ibiza.
And the defender faced a race against time to replace it in order to make Hearts ’ pre-season training camp in Spain.Miniature dachshund Rio was in the dog house after Sibbick discovered him ripping the travel document to bits.
Despite frantic attempts to secure a new one, a trip to the White Isle had to be shelved. Sibbick was then in a sweat ahead of jetting out with the Jambos on Friday, with the squad waiting nervously on his new passport arriving in time for them to be checked in on their flight to Malaga. The former Barnsley man insists he was chilled out about the situation, but admitted it was a different story behind the scenes at Tynecastle. “Unfortunately, my dog chewed my passport, so I wasn’t happy with him!” He told MailSport .