Dog eats tickets to Masters; owner induces vomit

File photo: A day pass for the final day of Practice Rounds at the 76th Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta. / Getty Images/Robyn Beck

(AP) SEATTLE - Russ Berkman's dream came true when he won a lottery for four passes to Wednesday's practice round at the Masters golf tournament. But the Seattle-area resident's stomach turned when he found his dog, Sierra, had eaten them.

Berkman told KJR radio on Tuesday he was still determined to go. His girlfriend told him he had to make his dog puke.

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He induced vomiting and recovered a gooey glob. Then he went to work trying to put about 20 vomit-covered pieces back together.

He says he recovered about 70 percent of the tickets. He took photos and explained the situation to the Augusta National Golf Club as "my dog ate my Masters tickets!"

They reprinted Berkman's tickets and had them waiting for him in Georgia.

[magnumdr]

Did he induce vomiting on himself?

[parisdakar]

This is why you should have a cat. A cat would have just puked ON the tickets.

[tmittelstaed]

I've become an expert at making my dog puke. She's a lab mix and periodically gets into a bag of chocolate covered raisins. And who is it that has the sweet tooth in the house and keeps bringing home the dam raisins? Not me!!! You'll never know if your not married, and that's all I'm going to say about it!!!!

Easiest way to get the dog puking - stick her in the tub, take the cap off the bottle, pour hydrogen peroxide down her throat - of course, she hates the stuff so 3/4 of it goes into the tub, but enough gets down her throat to do the trick - and then wait for 5-10 minutes while she gives me the "why did you do that to me" look, then she rolfs. Out of the tub, scoop the barf out, back in the tub, give her a bath (which she hates) and off we go until the next time.

it's not too bad unless she had a bowl of dog food. Dog food throwup is pretty disgusting.

[waynenipper]

No great loss ...

[magnumdr]

And my teachers didn't believe me when I told this same story?.