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How you ever seen something like this before? (Dog ate car bumper)

I have parked my car somewhere in Greece and dogs ate almost all my bumper. I am looking to find cases that this has happened before. I have heard from the repair shop that this is quite common but after I googled for it I couldn't find many cases.

Check the photos at http://www.john-nousis.com/hard-to-believe/hungry-or-angry-dog-eats-car/
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kilmar | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I think it has to do with the fact that some doy chew toys are made of the same rubber as some of the car bumpers thus the smell and feel of the car bumpers remind the dogs of their favorite chew toy.

Add that with stray and hungry dogs and it may be a reasonable explanation of why your bumper is so appetizing to them.

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jnousis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

I figured out that there are two cases that this can happen. One is what you describe and this happened to my cases since the car had a small scratch on the bumper so the dogs could smell the plastic. Actually the bites started from there and then continued to the rest of the bumper as it seems. The other case I have heard is that a cat might get inside / under the hood and the dogs start biting the car until they find it. I also posted this to a forum for cars in Greece and got in contact with another 6 people who had the same experience!! Unbelievable!!!! The car is a BMW 116i and the cost for the fix was about 1000 euros.

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filmkid | 3 years, 5 months ago
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You are not alone! They all like that bumper too!

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/18/10365_ntnews.html

EDIT: Okay, redeeming myself. I found someone on Flickr with evidence of dog chewed car.
http://flickr.com/photos/anabananasplit/2195084228/in/photostream/

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kilmar | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

filmkid, all 4 links point to the same story.

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filmkid | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Wow, the one time I don't read something through. Shame on me. Apologies!

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jnousis | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Yeah but all links are for the same case! This is the only case I have found too!

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tracebooks | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Are they so hungry they're going for the bugs? LOL

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ohxsnap | 3 years, 5 months ago
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How could something like this be common? I only found the case on Flickr, the same as Filmkid. That is quite strange dogs would do that..
It may be the smell of the bumper that attracts the dogs.

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becky | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Those pictures are incredible! I've never seen something like it. There were quiet a few bite marks - I wonder how much time it took the dog(s) to gnaw off that much of your car.

Any chance there had been some nice smelling garbage bags up against your car briefly? I park on the street in NYC and sometimes on pickup days garbage bags end up either slightly against your car or drip slightly on your car as they're thrown to the truck. Probably unlikely but I thought worth a mention.

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mmoore | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The bumper and other parts of this car http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2008/02/car-used-as-chew-toy-for-pit-bull.html

revver.com/video/1041008/the-dog-ate-my-car-excuse-by-gary-busey/

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cliffclaven | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Hard to tell from the pictures...is that the 328i or the 328Alpo?

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glaspell | 3 years, 5 months ago
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It's very hard to believe this is common! I only found one case, not sure if it's a different one: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/1082279-post1.html

Not as severe as yours. Good luck! That's quite the mystery, and I'm surprised it's "common."

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