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Dog goes berserk, destroys Elvis' teddy bear

IJ Reilly

IJ Reilly

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LONDON, England (AP) -- 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.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/02/britain.elvisbear.ap/index.html
 
IJ Reilly said:
Isn't that a good one? It's like using a cat to guard a can of tuna.
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exactly! i really do want to know who made that brilliant decision as well. :p

my dog is pretty good and rarely chews anything that isn't one of his toys. he's reliable enough to leave in the house by himself with full access to every room. but, i've found that stuffed animals are the exception here. maybe it's instinct? must. eat. small. soft. creatures. that. look. like. strange. animals. :D
 
Images of the wreckage. Barney does look pretty pleased with his accomplishment.

(and on the lower right, I see that he has caught a rabbit!)
 

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iMeowbot said:
Images of the wreckage. Barney does look pretty pleased with his accomplishment.
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Barney knew his job was to make sure nobody got in or out of that room. If it's got ears, eyes and fur, well ... Barney knew what to do.

And who could stay mad at such an adorable dog?
 
Man comes up to the owner of a Doberman, and says. "I'm terribly sorry but my dog has killed your dog.

What my Doberman is dead?

Yes.

What sort of dog do you have.

A Chiahuahua.

What, your Chiahuahua killed my Doberman, How?

It got stuck in its throat.
 
dogbone said:
In the same ball park, Paris Hilton was recently attacked by her pet kinkajou. The racoon like animal was checked out by a vet and apparently is no worse for it's ordeal.
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Poor Paris Hilton... :rolleyes:

dogbone said:
Man comes up to the owner of a Doberman, and says. "I'm terribly sorry but my dog has killed your dog.

What my Doberman is dead?

Yes.

What sort of dog do you have.

A Chiahuahua.

What, your Chiahuahua killed my Doberman, How?

It got stuck in its throat.
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That is great dogbone! :D
 
One has to wonder- why were the teddy bears considered so valuble in the first place? I mean, I can understand graceland being famous, but his teddy bear? Come on.

I do wonder how the insurance will react now that the dog they insisted be there destroyed everything.: "Sorry it was an act of... uh... God, we're not going to cover it"
 
That is one of the funniest things I have heard in a long time, I wonder if we send the dog to guard Paris Hilton I wonder if it would have the desired effect?
 
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