Bad dog! Car fanatic gives his pet dog away after she chews a HOLE through fibre glass wheel arch of his prized £80,000 Aston Martin

A car fanatic gave his pet dog away after he was left distraught when she chewed a hole through the wheel arch of his prized £80,000 Aston Martin.
Builder Royston Grimstead, 42, was devastated when he came home to find his border collie spaniel cross Luce had chewed through the fibreglass panel of his luxury car.
Mr Royston, from Chedzoy, Somerset, said he had already been considering re-homing the dog, which he said did not get along with his other dog, but the damage to the car was the final straw.

Royston Grimstead was left distraught after he found his car had been chewed by his pet dog

Border collie spaniel cross Luce (left) has now been give away following the incident last Wednesday

He said: 'I came home and saw her covered in white stuff and I thought she had got a bird and it was feathers - but it was the fibreglass from the car.
'She had chewed out a huge chunk. I just laughed. I mean, what else could I do?
'I'm not a crier and she knew she had done something wrong because she had this guilty look on her face.'
Mr Grimstead said the dog, who he has had for three years, had never gone for any of his possessions before she chewed her way through the car last Wednesday. The dog is understood to have had access to the outside of his home where the car is kept.
He said: 'She avoided me after she did it and she was gone the next day.
'I didn't tell the new owners what she had done - I expect when they hear I'll find Luce back on my doorstep.'

Mr Royston's car is insured against the £3,000 damage and is set to be repaired next week

Luckily the insurance company paid the £3,000 worth of damage caused by the animal

Mr Grimstead, who bought his beloved Aston Martin DB9 Volante 15 months ago, added: 'She does not get on with my other dog.
'She must have overheard me talking about re-homing her because she's normally friendly and never really chewed on anything before.'
Mr Grimstead's car is insured against the £3,000 damage and is set to be repaired next week.
 

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