BAD Barney!!! Bad dog!!

[Deb in IA]

Elvis’ teddy bear leaves building the hard way
Guard dog rips head off Presley’s $75,000 toy in stuffed-animal rampage

AP
Security guard Greg West and his Doberman, Barney. A $75,000 teddy bear formerly owned by Elvis Presley was one of the bears destroyed when the guard dog went on the rampage on Tuesday.

• Teddy bear rampage
Aug. 3: This Doberman was still slobbering after tearing through a teddy bear exhibit it was supposed to be guarding. NBC's David Gregory reports.


LONDON - A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children’s museum.

“He just went berserk,” said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney.

Barney ripped the head off a brown stuffed bear once owned by the young Presley during the attack, leaving fluffy stuffing and bits of bears’ limbs and heads on the museum floor. The bear, named Mabel, was made in 1909 by the German manufacturer Steiff.

The collection, valued at more than $900,000, included a red bear made by Farnell in 1910 and a Bobby Bruin made by Merrythought in 1936.



Mabel, a teddy bear once owned by Elvis Presley, is shown before its unfortunate encounter with Barney.

The bear with Elvis connections was owned by English aristocrat Benjamin Slade, who bought it at an Elvis memorabilia auction in Memphis, Tenn., and had loaned it to the museum.

“I’ve spoken to the bear’s owner and he is not very pleased at all,” Medley said.

A security guard at the museum, Greg West, said he spent several minutes chasing Barney before wrestling the dog to the ground.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14154738/?GT1=8404

 

[Deb in IA]

According to the Today Show, Barney is trying to understand the root of his hate, and is reaching out to the teddy bear community to begin the healing process.

 

[Disney Ella]

 

[TerriP]

According to the Today Show, Barney is trying to understand the root of his hate, and is reaching out to the teddy bear community to begin the healing process.

LMAO, Deb!!! Maybe he can meet with representatives of the teddy bear community to decide the best course for his journey to recovery!

 

[Maleficent13]

According to the Today Show, Barney is trying to understand the root of his hate, and is reaching out to the teddy bear community to begin the healing process.

 

[Miller1412]

Maybe Elvis hid one of his sandwiches in that bear.

 

[Deb in IA]

Maybe Elvis hid one of his sandwiches in that bear.

Maybe so. If you look at the video link at this site http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14154738/
you can see a string of drool hanging out of Barney's mouth!!!

 

[Chipperdini]

When I said, "Let me be your lovin' teddy bear; put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere..." -- not quite what I had in mind. And I thought tigers played too rough...

But then, he ain't nuthin' but a hound dog. When they said he was high class, well, that was just a lie...

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I read that story and laughed. I know I'm bad, but $75k???? I mean, come on...

 

[Deb in IA]

When I said, "Let me be your lovin' teddy bear; put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere..." -- not quite what I had in mind. And I thought tigers played too rough...

But then, he ain't nuthin' but a hound dog. When they said he was high class, well, that was just a lie...

Hi Chip!!

 

[Chipperdini]

Hi Chip!!

Hiya.

 

[IwasatWDWforamonth]

Who has a DOG guarding stuffed animals, the dog probably just thought they were chew toys

"Um, sir I have some bad news Barney just ate your $75,000 teddy bear"

 

[Hercules10]

Barney does make my 'spawn of the devil' dog look pretty good right now.

 

[Tracey1974]

I saw that early this morning- Barney does look remorseful but wouldn't you think him guarding the stuffed animals is kind of like the fox guarding the henhouse??