A Hollywood legend has detailed a wild series of events that led to his dog trying to eat his dentures. At nearly 100 years old, Dick Van Dyke is full of stories. But this has to rank among the wildest domestic ones.
Van Dyke revealed that his family dog, Bootsy Poppins, stole his dentures. However, before he found them with the dog, the actor revealed that he thought that he had accidentally swallowed the teeth. It was only a bit later that he learned that his dog, Bootsy Poppins, stole his dentures.
Speaking at Vandy High Tea, via People, Van Dyke reflected on the event. Things got so extreme that he even went to an urgent care to get an X-Ray, sure that he swallowed them.
Dog Tried To Eat Dentures
"I have to tell you about this dog. I have a dental plate here. You see that gap? Somehow, it was nice and snug. It fell out. And I looked, and I looked, and I looked," he said at the charity event. Finally, he said that he finally found the dentures. His dog had ruined them. "I look under the dining room table, and this dog is chewing on my dental plate! She chewed it up to bits."
"We thought you swallowed it, remember? We had to do an X-ray," she said.
Van Dyke also replied, "That's right — we thought I swallowed it."
Silver said it was lucky that the dog tried to eat the dentures and not Van Dyke. She said, "So it was good news that we found it, right, Boots? ... Then Bootsy found it during rehearsal. We were relieved."
