A South Boston couple’s vacation spot marriage ceremony hangs within the steadiness after their pet canine ate one among their passports.

Husband-to-be Donato Frattaroli was left in an surprising predicament final Thursday, when he found his golden retriever Chickie had chewed up a number of pages of his passport — days earlier than his Aug. 31 marriage ceremony ceremony in Italy, reported WCVB in Boston.

Frattaroli discovered what his mischievous canine had been as much as when he returned house after visiting metropolis corridor together with his fiancée Magda Mazri to gather their marriage license, added the outlet.

“I’m just a bit harassed,” Frattaroli recalled to WCVB. “Fortunately, Congressman (Stephen) Lynch’s workplace and Sen. (Ed) Markey’s workplace have been tremendous responsive. They’ve been in contact, at the very least with me and the State Division, to attempt to expedite issues and assist me get a brand new passport.”

“Preserve my fingers crossed and, hopefully, every thing will work itself out,” he added. 

Frattaroli and his fiancée are scheduled to fly out to Italy for his or her marriage ceremony on Friday, reported WCVB.

The engaged couple’s 18-month-old pooch chewed up the primary 4 pages of Frattaroli’s passport, together with a stamp from Mexico, — the place the pair bought engaged — they shared with NBC Boston.

“It was like each necessary web page,” bride-to-be Mazri informed the outlet. “Like all of his private info — fully torn up, his image web page was torn up, the barcode on the again of the passport was torn up.”

Regardless of the disastrous mishap, Mazri insisted that Chickie was a “excellent canine,” including “She’s not a home destroyer.”

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Frattaroli added that “finally it actually comes right down to the State Division and the passport workplace” to assist him type out a passport alternative earlier than their impending marriage ceremony. 

On Monday, it appeared as if the Boston Passport Company had come by for the couple after Frattaroli informed the Boston Herald that he was touring to an appointment to select up a brand new passport.

“I am not permitting myself to even consider Plan B. There isn’t any different choice for me,” Mazri informed NBC Boston on Friday. “We’re going to Italy on Friday by hook or by crook.”