Becca's case isn't quite as bizarre as that, but it's a lot grosser. Last year, Davis writes, Becca ate a sock belonging to her owner, Greenwood Village resident Kevin Koritza, and as a result, she "grew increasingly sicker and was 'splashing liquids out of both ends'" five days later. The situation seemed resolved when Becca puked up the sock while Koritza was at a store buying dog food meant to flush it from her system. But before he could return, she made a play for VPI infamy by (wait for it) eating the sock again, necessitating $2,500 worth of surgery. Fortunately, Becca came through fine, and since Koritza had pet insurance, his wallet survived, too.
Competition for the Hambone is stiff: Becca is facing off against Scooter the Siamese, who ate a needle that wound up poking into her brain, and Lulu the English bulldog, who gobbled up, according to her owner's account, "fifteen pacifiers, a bottle cap and piece of a basketball." So vote for her at the VPI Hambone Award website through September 14 -- and hold onto your socks.
