California Cat's Claim Most Unusual
An Abyssinian cat named Sandy from Irvine, Calif. just might close out this year with a prize as a result of being trapped in a dryer. Read the full story here.
Yep, she’s a hambone: Irvine feline found in ‘dryer’ straits
Clunk, clunk, clunk …
“Honey, did you put shoes in the clothes dryer?”
“Um, no, why?”
Clunk, clunk, clunk.
When Brandan Vanderpool of Irvine opened the dryer door, you can imagine his concern when Sandy the Abysinnian tumbled out. Read the full story here.
Local dog up for Hambone Award
A dog from Warson Woods is in the running for the VPI Hambone Award, which “recognizes the unexpected mishaps” experienced by pets across the country. Read the full story here.
X-Ray From Dog That Ate 15 Pacifiers, Lived to Bark About It
Back in January we told you about Lulu, the English bulldog from suburban St. Louis, whose owners took her to the vet only to discover 15 baby pacifiers lodged in the dog's gullet. Read the full story here.
Among weird pet insurance claims, will Pasco dog's bite of sea urchin beat bra insert-eater?
This is why Judi Dunn buys pet insurance.In January, she and her Labrador, Marley, went for a weekend stroll along a sandbar near Anclote Island. Dunn, 50, noticed live sea urchins in the seaweed lining the shore. Not wanting her 10-month-old pup to step on them, Dunn carefully tossed the spiny creatures back into the water. Marley thought she was playing fetch. Read the full story here.
Deceased dog in running for 'unusual' pet insurance claim award
A Pasco County Labrador retriever that tangled with a poisonous sea urchin is one of 12 pets across the country in the running for an award for the most unusual pet health insurance claim received by Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. Read the full story here.
Top 12 Bizarre Pet Accidents: Accident-Prone Pets Vie for Hambone Award
Sometimes, it seems that getting into scrapes is what pets do best. Getting out of them, however, can be another matter and may require medical care. This year, the Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI) invited people to vote on the most outrageous pet health insurance claims filed over the past year and the winner will be given the first Hambone Award, which the VPI says will be an annual prize. Read the full story here.
Your chance to vote for the ‘Hambone Awards’
A cat with a needle in her tongue, a dog who ate gel bra inserts – if you thought your pet has a nose for getting into trouble, you better check out the winners of a pet-insurance company’s contest for the craziest claims. Read the full story here.
The Hambone Award goes to ... the pet with the wackiest accident
What do a sea urchin-fetching Golden Retriever, a fishhook-inhaling Lab puppy and a needle-licking Siamese cat have in common? Aside from tortured tastebuds, they're among 12 pets vying for your vote for the Hambone Award, named for a dog that ate an entire Thanksgiving ham after getting stuck in a refridgerator. Read the full story here.
Bra thief earns nomination for a bone
Crawford is just a pup who went looking for a little support to get him through the anxiety he suffers when his human housemate goes away. The Brittany Spaniel found that support in the form of a $58 bra left on the edge of Tara Claxton’s dresser. Read the full story here.
VPI Hambone Award nominees
Anyone who has ever experienced the crazy scrapes pets can get into will appreciate Veterinary Pet Insurance's new Hambone Award. This award is given to a pet that needs medical intervention after it gets itself into trouble. A common theme? Eating something that isn't edible. Read the full story here.
Becca the Labrador's claim to fame: Eating the same sock twice
Those of you with strong stomachs and a sick sense of humor will enjoy "Dog's 'Snack' May Result in Award," a piece by the Denver Daily News' Gene Davis about Becca, a black lab who's a finalist for the first annual Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. Hambone Award, given to the pet who prompted the year's most unusual claim. Read the full story here.
Dog’s ‘snack’ may result in award
One black dress sock ended up costing Greenwood Village resident Kevin Koritza $2,500, a very sick dog and a chance to claim the inaugural Veterinary Pet Insurance Hambone Award. Read the full story here.
Who's the clumsiest pet?
There are a lot of very, very silly pets out there. And because the silliest, clumsiest dogs and kitties are, in a way, the bread and butter for the Veterinary Pet Insurance Co., the company is honoring them with an award: The Hambone. Read the full story here.
Doggone it! Pooch up for national oddball injury award
Sara Kelly's yellow lab Quincy apparently has a nose for trouble. And for that, the dog just might win a national award. Quincy is one of 12 animals nationwide in the running for the first-ever Hambone Award, presented by the California-based Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. to the animal the public votes survived the most bizarre injury. Read the full story here.
VPI Asks Public to Vote for Year’s Most Unusual Pet Health Insurance Claim
Veterinary Pet Insurance of Brea, Calif., is inviting the public to vote for the most bizarre insurance claim of the year, ranging from ingesting toxic bra gel inserts to eating 15 pacifiers. The twelve unusual claims can be voted on until Sept. 14. Read the full story here.
Scooter the cat in the running for Hambone Award
Cats are unpredictable. That’s part of what makes them fun to live with, but sometimes they do things that get them into big trouble, and sometimes the trouble involves a trip (or several) to the vet. Read the full story here.
Washington dog a finalist for cute-but-clumsy award
A dog from Ridgefield, Wash., is a finalist in a contest no one likes to be entered in: weirdest pet-insurance claim. Read the full story here.
Lulu, the Pacifier-Eating Bulldog from Warson Woods, Needs Your Support!
Last December we told you about Lulu, a bulldog from Warson Woods whose owners took her to the vet to discover some 15 pacifiers and a bit of basketball lodged in the dog's stomach. Read the full story here.
Missouri Bulldog Vying for Most Unique Health Insurance Claim
A mischievous Missouri bulldog is in the running for a national title. If you remember, earlier this year we told you about Lulu. The English bulldog made headlines after eating 15 baby pacifiers lying around her owners' Saint Louis house. Read the full story here.
The Pet Ate WHAT?! This Year's Most Unusual Insurance Claims
Dogs (and cats!) eat the darndest things. I've rounded up and surveyed several inedible snacks but these take the cake. Seriously. Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) named the oddest claims they've gotten each month for the last year and will award the winner the first ever Hambone Award. Read the full story here.
Pet accidents vie for Hambone Award
Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. is inviting people to vote for the Hambone Award from among its most unusual insurance claims of the year. The award is named after a VPI-insured dog that got stuck in a refrigerator and ate an entire Thanksgiving ham will waiting to be found. Read the full story here.
‘Hambone’ award stories remind us: Dogs will eat anything
Does the family dog enjoy “Dumpster” diving in the kitchen trash can?How many times have you come home to find paper products, plastic and various bits of trash chewed and scattered across the floor, into the living room and beyond?Dogs and their incredible noses are constantly seeking a free snack, and the trash almost always offers up some tasty samples.The consequences, however, can be harrowing. Read the full story here.
Award highlights bizarre pet claims
Animal lovers are being given the opportunity to vote for the most bizarre pet insurance claims thanks to a new poll. Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) recently published details of unusual incidences involving animals that led to owners seeking medical treatment for their furry friends.
Visitors to the firm's website can vote for the pet they feel deserves the Hambone Award, which was first presented to a pooch who ate a leg of meat while he was trapped in a fridge. Read the full story here.
Vote for the strangest pet accident
I have to give Veterinary Pet Insurance — or at least their PR team — a lot of credit. They have a knack for coming up with lists that their target audience wants to read about, like strange pet names, top human conditions pets also have, greatest animal threats to pets, and the like. Read the full story here.
'Hambone Award' Highlights Pets Worst Nightmares
BOSTON -- If you're a pet owner, your favorite pooch or feline friend has probably been in a scrape or two that required a veterinarian's intervention: the too-large hairball, nasty bee stings, that awful situation with tinsel during the holidays. Read the full story here.
2009 Hambone Awards: 12 most bizarre pet accidents
Crawford, the Brittany spaniel of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, ate a bra and its gel inserts. The inserts proved mildly toxic to Crawford. Fortunately, the bra passed in about a week. Read the full story here.
Hambone Award for pet insurance claims
A Labrador retriever named Marley from Holiday, in Pasco County, is one of 12 pets across the country in the running for an award for the most unusual pet health insurance claim received by Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. Read the full story here.
Lulu from Warson Woods in the running to win first “Hambone Award” for bizarre pet insurance cla
WHAT A LULU: An English bulldog from Warson Woods with a sweet face and a heartier-than-it-should-be appetite is a finalist for the most unusual pet health insurance claim received by Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. Read the full story here.
Ontario French Bulldog's Unusual Injury May Win Award
A French bulldog from Ontario, Calif. is one of only 12 pets across the country in the running for a unique award for the most unusual pet health insurance claim received by Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI), the nation's leading pet health insurance provider. Read the full story here.