Celtics PR director says White House dog bit her

[DogPoundPup]

Source: 7 News Boston

BOSTON -- President Bush's dog Barney apparently bit another White House visitor.

Boston Celtics public relations director Heather Walker acknowledged a published report Friday that Barney bit her wrist and drew blood as she tried to pat the dog after a White House ceremony honoring the team's 17th NBA championship.

Walker said she had wanted to keep the Sept. 19 incident under wraps, but her hometown newspaper, The Salem (Mass.) News, reported it on Friday.

Walker says White House staff offered help, but a Celtics' team physician applied an adhesive bandage to her wound.

Read more: http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO95256 /

[xultar]

1. Someone, please rescue Barney, the BFEE is making him MAD.

[ashling]

5. That is a dangerous mutt in the White House!

He should be locked up!Laura and Barney would be better off without him.

[xultar]

7. Straight up!

[Taverner]

2. Cheney is in the process of transferring his soul into Barney

That's why he looks skinnier in pics

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Just taking on the personality of his owner.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

4. This is late breaking news?????

[DogPoundPup]

12. Yes it is....see?-------------->

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BARNEY_BITES?SIT...

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

19. It was on the news 2 days ago,hardly late breaking news,unless

this is Barney's second bite.

[DogPoundPup]

20. Second Bite....EXACTLY....you got it

Welcome!

[LiberalFighter]

45. The first bite was a reporter

[Pirate Smile]

6. That is not good. If a dog can't be trusted to not bite people then he shouldn't be out around

visitors.

Two bites bad enough to draw blood. That is really not good.

[monmouth]

8. Are rabies shots in order here? I guess the dog is safe from that.

Poor Barney, he's not a happy pup...

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. Poor little blighter. He needs a small and stable environment with just

his owners and occcasional visitors.

[XemaSab]

10. And thank God he's going to get that environment

in about two months.

[Aslanspal]

11. Go ahead and throw bricks at me but......

These type of dogs are sons of bitches! okay they really bond to their owner and everything else to them can go to hell.

I know, years ago I helped an invalid neighbor move, she had a dog just like bush, the dog barked at anyone and everything. As I was helping her move, I was obvious reluctant around the dog, she said and I will never forget this "He won't hurt you" (never ever believe that)as I was moving forward into her living room and apparently towards her as well the son of a bitch bit my hand and raked his un manicured claws on my leg ripping my jeans and causing a gash. I quit the moving job and drove myself to the emergency room got doctored up all the while wanting to go back their and break that dogs neck, but reason prevailed, that dog let me have it because I was moving toward the owner and got away for her on the leash, with all that said , bush has the same kind of dog and they are Son's of Bitches imho, but are doing there job.

[Ian David]

23. The director of the summer camp where I used to go had a Scottish Terrier.

He was a good-matured little thing, and only ever bit one person who nobody liked anyway.

[pecwae]

32. Owning a Scottie

requires a bit more vigilance than other dogs of that size. I never let mine around someone he wasn't familiar with or let anyone try to pet him until he was introduced slowly. I never told anyone he wouldn't hurt them because I knew that he very well might.

[davsand]

37. Isn't that really just typical of the terriers?

I dunno--I like terriers usually, but they really are a feisty group of dogs. They are bred to hunt and kill vermin and as a result they typically are kinda mouthy. No big thing--and not a knock on the dogs--but that is just how it goes. As an person that lives with a terrier you have to be aware of that and make sure other people do NOT get treated like vermin. Pecwae, I think you were exactly right as an owner to take care with your dog and people who did not know the animal.

I see people complaining about dog behaviors (not in this thread exactly, but in general) and it seems to me that a lot of times it is because they never stop to think about what a breed was created to do. I'll grant you, there ARE dogs that are just a mess for whatever reason (just like people!) but an awful lot of the time I think the problem lies with humans that live with this animal. They have no recognition of breed characteristics or qualities/habits and as a result the dog or other people suffer.

Terriers bite, Rotties drag things (including owners on walks!) and Shepherds herd... That is WHAT they were bred to do. It is up to us all as owners to train the animals NOT to do those things in specific situations or to allow them to do them in safe environments.



Laura

[Karenina]

39. Were people properly educated about dogs

SO MANY persistent problems would be solved. Elementary school "Sociology." You make astute points in your post. The only time I will pet a dog without its owner's permission is if the tail-wagger gets its nose to my crotch before my request has registered. Chocolate Labs are famous for this! They also like to grab arms as play. If one DOESN'T know that it could be cause for wholly unnecessary angst.

[alfredo]

42. Our dog killed poodles. That was his most admirable trait. Dogs do

pick up signals from their owner. A mean and nasty owner will have a mean and nasty dog. A racist will have racist dog. I've seen that in real life.

[bitchkitty]

54. You think that's an admirable trait?

You shouldn't own a dog.

[alfredo]

58. That was the reason we had to get rid of him, even though we were

within our rights. Their poodle chased our chickens, had bit several kids, yours truly was one of those bitten. Our chow didn't care if it was a weasel or a prized pet, if it came after us or our chickens, it was going to die, and it did. Blackie picked it up and shook it like a rag doll.

The owner raised a ruckus and threatened to sue. She should have kept her damn mutt out of our yard. Dad had Blackie put down just to shut the woman up.

In this case it was admirable what the dog did. He was protecting our livestock.

[bitchkitty]

59. OK, understood.

You said "poodles" and said it was an admirable trait - I just thought it sounded kind of out there.

Very sorry you lost your dog.

[alfredo]

62. He was a good dog, but he was a chow, and they can be dangerous.

He looked like this, but not as pampered and pretty. That long hair of his always had something that needed to be picked off. Short haired dogs are better for a farm dog.

Blackie knew he was in trouble, and hid under one of the chicken coops. Nobody was happy about that day.

[kestrel91316]

56. One of the problems is that they have such horribly disproportionately

huge teeth and jaws for such a little dog, lol. Frickin' land sharks, they are.

[kestrel91316]

55. The very first dog bite I ever got as a veterinarian was from, you guessed it,

a Scottie. He took offense at my mere presence in the exam room before I even approached him and lunged off the table at my hand. Nasty bite, made worse by the fact that I then had to do about three surgeries that morning. With snug gloves on to increase the pain as things swelled, lol.

Ah, ya gotta love this job.

[Faygo Kid]

13. Nip it, Barney. Nip it in the bud.

[TomInTib]

14. Where I live, that dog would be put down.

Too bad his actions are probably a product of his environment, but that doesn't matter.

The little shit is biting the wrong people.

[Joe Chi Minh]

25. There are people who can sort that kind of behaviour out, I believe;

correct it.

[TomInTib]

27. Not as long as Barney is around LittleMan.

Anyone who knows anything about dogs would advise the owner to put the dog up with a decent owner/family or euthanize the damned thing.

[Joe Chi Minh]

49. Agreed.

[leftchick]

15. Why in the world has he not bitten the chimp yet?

given his abuse I would think it would have happened by now.




bush dropping barney.

[maxsolomon]

16. its a scottish terrier, what do people expect?

too many people, not enough stability in his pack. barney is the wrong dog for the job. it's not a golden retriever who loves anyone.

he's a gift from Christine Todd Whitman:
Mother: Coors, a Scottish Terrier owned by former Environmental Protection Agency Director Christine Todd Whitman.

[Ian David]

22. My best friend when I was a kid had a Golden Retriever that was constantly trying to hump my leg.

Apparently, I was the only one he ever did this to.

Even when he was a week from being put to sleep and could barely walk, he would drag his sorry self over to the couch to attack my leg.

Hey, when you got it, you got it, I guess.

[Demobrat]

17. My neighbor has one of those

and it's the sweetest dog ever. It runs up to anybody who calls it's name to beg for pets and even rolls over and presents it's tummy for rubs. Poor Barney seems to have been abused.

[pecwae]

31. No, I think the Scottie

you know is an exception.

[MassLiberal]

51. I had a Scottie growing up

She was a total sweetheart, a marshmallow, wouldn't hurt a fly.

[boomerbust]

18. The Rude Pundits take on Barney

Yesterday, First Dog Barney bit Reuters reporter Jon Decker when Decker reached out to pet the Scottish terrier. Reached for comment, an obviously intoxicated Barney, with suspicious white powder caked on his cold, wet nose, offered the following:

"Yeah, I bit that cocksucker. Fuck him. Did I fuckin' look like I wanted my ears scratched? He's lucky I didn't throw him onto the ground and hump his ass. You do not fuck with the B-dog when the B-dog does not wish to be fucked with.

"An overreaction? Have you been around here for the last couple of months? 'Cause I sure as shit have been here. I've been forced to sit on George's lap while he cries like a little bitch - and, hey, I know bitches - watching his little post-9/11 standing-on-the-rubble speech over and over as he sucks down the boilermakers. And then, when the guy's finally drunk himself to sleep and the Secret Service have dragged him to bed and laid him on his side so he doesn't choke on his own vomit, Laura offers me a fuckin' treat to come into the Lincoln bedroom. Like the stupid biscuit whore I am, I go runnin' down there, and then she shuts the door and lays on the bed, pouring Alpo between her legs. What would you do, motherfucker? Huh? You're a human; I'm just a dog. A fixed dog. My nuts were cut off so long ago I forget what they taste like. She's pinchin' her tits and callin' me 'Jeb' and all I want is to have dinner. And if pussy bowl Alpo's what's being offered, then I'm diving in.

"Sure, they can all put on a little show, coming out to say how the whole transition's gonna be smooth. But you weren't fuckin' here election night. First, they made Condi leave because Card said he wanted to be able to say what he was really feeling. Then when she was gone, it was just 'nigger' this and 'jigaboo' that and 'porch monkey' and you know the rest. Fuckers would giggle at every backwards ass racist joke about watermelon parties and threatening to boil Gordon Brown in a giant pot on the South Lawn. Hello? Fuckin' look at me. I'm a brother, motherfuckers. And that shit was not cool.

"That's not to mention - every time a Bush state went Obama, Cheney kicked me. And then he'd laugh. He'd laugh when I yelped because that's the shit that he's into. I tried to bite him, but the Secret Service guys held me back and that son of a bitch threatened to have me put down. Me put down? That motherfucker better back the fuck off or I'll fuckin' cut his metal heart out. I fuckin' swear.

"So, yeah, bitches, I was feelin' a little tense from lack of sleep and all the yelling and I'm outside, just wantin' to take a private shit for once and the goddamn press dicks surround me, asking me what I thought about the Obama kids getting a puppy. Who the fuck cares? Get your fucking cameras out of my face. So when Decker tried to get all personal, I snapped and then I snapped. Yeah, motherfucker. You got off easy. Now get the fuck out of my room. This coke ain't gonna snort itself."

[axollot]

57. That was actually funny in a sorid sick sort of way - ahh satire! n/t

[Ian David]

21. I heard Barney once bit Scott McClellan.

But that's only because Barney thought he and Jeff Gannon were hurting George W. Bush.

While they were all having sex.

Some people say.

[armed_and_liberal]

24. Is Barney a Spurs, Maverick, or Rockets fan?

Since the Celtics kicked their collective Texas asses this spring. Barney might be holding grudge.

[JuniperLea]

26. Ya know, people are really really stupid...

You just don't approach dogs you don't know like you are going to pet them, pat them, or touch them in any way. If a dog comes up to you with their tail wagging, then you can procede... with caution.

Idiots.

[mbperrin]

38. MEGAstupid, really. How would most folks react to a complete and

total stranger 20 - 30 times their size grabbing at them, pulling at them, raising their hands toward them, showing their teeth to them?

These are the same type of people I see in airports overseas all the time - if only they speak S-L-O-W-L-Y and LOUDLY enough, why, then, anyone can understand English!!!

Come at ME, grabbing at ME, baring your teeth at ME and see what happens! No idea why anyone would think that a carnivore showing its teeth is a friendly thing, but people seem to feel that way about what they call a smile.

If people were 1/10 as smart, 1/100 as loyal as dogs, this would be a great place to live.

I'll bet these same folks would be really surprised when they put their foot under a lawn mower and cut off - "Hey, that mower needs therapy! Hey, put that mower down, it's crazy! Hey, what's the matter with that mower, man?!"

Nothing wrong with the mower - it's doing exactly what it's supposed to do. Now get two brain cells clicking and go away!

Of course, there are lots of people who think it's fun to watch two dogs fight to the death while they bet money on it. That's cruel.

I admit, though, I'd love to get Newt Gingrich and Larry Craig into a fight to the death while I bet money on THAT! Now THAT's entertainment!

[GliderGuider]

50. My folks had a one-bite rule with their dogs.

They got one bite for free. If they ever bit anyone again, they were put down.

[aquart]

28. Barney is no longer young. He could be having small strokes.

A behavior change this radical needs a visit to the vet for tests. Those bastards can afford the best.

[LisaL]

36. Yea if he wasn't biting before but now he is biting, then something

could be bothering him. Maybe not strokes, but it could be pain of some sort.

[douglas9]

53. Perhaps when Bush dropped Barney......brain injury?

http://www.uncoveror.com/firstdog.htm

[Canuckistanian]

29. Hey, that dog bit me, too

I was at the White House doing.... I can't remember now.

But Barney definitely bit me!

Is there a Class Action lawsuit I could join?

It really hurts.....

[pecwae]

30. Scotties aren't lap dogs.

They're small, so people make the mistake that they're just cute little balls of fluff who love everyone. They couldn't be more mistaken. My Scottie was cranky, curmudgeonly and would bite without warning. All the Scotties I've known were defensive of their homes and didn't take readily to strangers.

[MassLiberal]

52. Well, mine wasn't like that

We got her when I was 10, and I carried her around like a baby. She snuggled on the couch with us and slept with me every night. We had lots of kids playing at our house and she was never aggressive with anyone. Maybe she was unusual, but she is what I know about Scotties (she died when she was 12 and never changed.)

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[always_saturday]

34. What a perfect dog for Bush. Just as obnoxious as he is.

[LisaL]

35. What's going on with Barney?

Yikes.

[lutefisk]

40. Got into the Bush's meds? Can't handle Laura & Georges fighting anymore?

Maybe Junior is taking out his aggression on Barney like he did with frogs in his younger days (people never really change). Or, Barney is just picking up on the freak show of hate and ugliness that is the Chimperor's White House.

[alfredo]

41. Dogs reflect their owner

[FlaGranny]

43. One of the first lessons

for a young child should be "how to behave around dogs." In fact, I believe it should be taught in school just to make sure everyone knows how. I have the sweetest dog in the world and she loves just about everyone, but in her 12 years she has growled at 2 different people, one male, one female. She has never bitten or threatened to bite anyone, but who knows for sure?

Certainly, you don't go up to a dog who doesn't know you and stick out your hand and try to pet it on the head - and I see people doing just that all the time. The reporter the other day did just that. He reached out his hand and the dog looked startled and then bit.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

61. I agree...

And a lot of adults could use a refresher course.

[goforit]

44. Barney is just a servent to Satan. Reminds me of the ' OMEN'

[democracy1st]

46. kick their a... Barney because ur out with Bush you mean lil mf

[Judi Lynn]

47. What's wrong with people keeping their distance, respecting people and their pets alike?

What gives anyone the right to stagger over to people and start groping their pets? It's amazing more people aren't bitten, considering the fact they are total strangers, and dogs are geared to protecting their own people, their own space.

I have NEVER welcomed people making the decision they're going to take control of my animal friend. There are many ways adult human beings can learn to entertain themselves without grabbing animals who, if on leashes, or fenced in a yard, or kept in houses, have absolutely no where to hide, no options in getting away from someone determined that pet is going to submit to him/her.

I had a small critter as a child who had a nervous breakdown when our house was overrun by too many visitors, and had to be euthanized. Never developed the audacity, myself, to waddle right up to people and start grabbing, poking, stroking their little animal pals. It's absolutely unneccessary, self-indulgent, and crude. It disrespects the critter, and the critter's human friend.

[FlaGranny]

63. Indeed and

as to Barney, he is obviously not an aggressive dog. He is a nervous, high-strung fella (who could blame him). He's the kind of dog you don't want to startle. His reaction was self-protective.

[melody]

48. Dog bites man = not news, Barney bites man = breaking news

Poor Barney. I can't say I blame him.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

60. The sad thing about this is...

if the dog belonged to you or me, he'd be destroyed and we'd get our asses sued off. But because it's Dumbyass...

Not that I'm a proponent of dog execution...It just bothers me that the * family doesn't have to play by the same rules as everybody else.

[dynasaw]

64. Dogs Resemble Owners

I've noticed that dogs often have personalities that are akin to their owners.