Interesting news piece from a couple of days ago. A 6 year old Dobermann Pinscher named Barney was the guard dog at the Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset England. Apparently this is a children's Museum and houses lots of different teddy bears. The big attraction was Mabel, Elvis Presley's teddy bear. The collection of a thousand or so bears was worth a lot of dosh so the insurance company insisted on a guard dog. However, when Barney was let in, he went berserk, and destroyed dozens of the bears. Mabel's head was nearly severed! Mabel's owner paid 40, 000 pounds for the bear, and is not impressed.
Barney is no longer the guard dog, but to the Museum's credit, they have asked that nothing happen to Barney. He's off to a farm to chase chickens. Having heard what he does to teddy bears, I do hope he doesn't catch any.
Hehe, having seen how much my Australian Cattle Dogs love my children's stuffed toys, Barney must have had an absolute ball. Still, not the sort of fun I like my dogs to have. I've seen my children's reaction when they find their teddy with no nose, and it's not worth nearly 40, 000 quid.
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