Guard Dog Destroys Elvis' Teddy Bear
I have a lot to say this week. There is so much I want to blog about, that I have to hold back, or try to.
The story below came out back in August 2006, but I thought I'd share it with you in case you haven't seen it yet.
Elvis’ teddy bear leaves building the hard way. Guard dog rips head off Presley’s $75,000 toy in stuffed-animal rampage.
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.
Updated: 5:18 a.m. PT Aug 3, 2006
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.
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.
AP
Mabel, a teddy bear once owned by Elvis Presley, is shown before its unfortunate encounter with Barney.
© 2006 The Associated Press
What do you guys think? I mean, come on, that's like putting a kid in charge of a candy store! I heard that the insurance company who was insuring it recommended it be guarded by a guard dog! Oh, such a brilliant idea of having a dog watch over stuffed animals. I think anyone of us would have known that was not going to work!!
The story below came out back in August 2006, but I thought I'd share it with you in case you haven't seen it yet.
Elvis’ teddy bear leaves building the hard way. Guard dog rips head off Presley’s $75,000 toy in stuffed-animal rampage.
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.Updated: 5:18 a.m. PT Aug 3, 2006
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.
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.
AP
Mabel, a teddy bear once owned by Elvis Presley, is shown before its unfortunate encounter with Barney.
© 2006 The Associated Press
What do you guys think? I mean, come on, that's like putting a kid in charge of a candy store! I heard that the insurance company who was insuring it recommended it be guarded by a guard dog! Oh, such a brilliant idea
boofed by Hana at 10/11/2006 09:45:00 AM
8 Comments:
Haa. how silly of the humans to think of the idea. Well the bear must have looked yummy to the dog
~ fufu
Fu Fu, you are such a smart honorary dog!! Even you understand how silly the idea was!
Yeah, that was majorily stoopid to put a doggy in charge of teddy bears! Such a predictable outcome! I sure hope Barney didn't get in any trouble for this!
~ Gwennie
i say that wuz a good dog and he wuz just putting those bears to good use! the poor bears were probly so lonely cuz nobody had chewed on theyr tummies for so long.
i take good care of my gard bears and chew on theyr tummies every day so they know that i luv them!
Wasn't it his job to tear em up?
Bussie Kissies
Buster
Good comment Fu Fu, maybe I can be your guard dog....and bring all your friends :)
I'm always looking for fun things to chew on.
What a silly idea! I have destroyed many such bears myself, of course it is not as expensive.
Take pictures when you meet my family!
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