Cocker spaniel Ashley chewed up Ellis McLeod's passport before trip of a lifetime to the Rugby World Cup final.
Appearing on BBC's Reporting Scotland programme, Ashley recreated the infamous moment he destroyed the passport.
With no time to get a replacement, the family will now have to settle for watching the game on TV at home.But while distracted by a work call of her own, she let the dog play unsupervised in the next room.Good Morning Scotland"I actually completely forgot my passport was even out to be honest so I ended the call and I went through to the bedroom and found my destroyed passport lying on my bedroom carpet.
With her passport in shreds and Storm Babet raging outdoors leaving them unable to travel to the passport office, the family realised their World Cup dream was over. "I asked about emergency same-day passports and they said they were only for compassionate or medical travel and - unfortunately - this doesn't fall under compassionate, even though it's very sad."
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