Barney’s Bite—His Farewell to the White House Media

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Posted by Cynthia Guenthner Categories: Humor, Media, Videos

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From the video, you can see Decker does everything one shouldn’t when approaching a strange dog. On its website, The Humane Society of the United States lists “do’s” and “don’ts” for avoiding dog bites. Decker, a stranger, attempted to pet Barney, who looked like he was trying to get away from the reporter. Decker moved a bit too quickly toward the dog and never even allowed Barney to sniff the back of his hand. The result: A bandaged finger, a tetanus shot, and a couple days on antibiotics. Good thing Barney’s up-to-date on his rabies vaccines, or Decker might have had to endure a bit more painful treatment.

I believe animals understand a lot more about what’s going on than we give them credit for. Barney’s probably fed up with nearly eight years of the media’s pestering and taunting his master and can’t wait to get back to being just a private citizen dog. He’s probably thinking: “Let another pooch take the ‘First Dog’ oath of office.”