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Barney Bites White House Reporter Cameras catch White House dog biting journalist

Updated 10:24 AM EDT, Fri, Nov 7, 2008

Barney bites a reporter at the White House Thursday.
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Barney bites a reporter at the White House Thursday.

 

Apparently, the first dog is not happy about the impending changes at the White House.

Barney Bites White House Reporter

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Apparently the White House pooch isn't happy about the impending move out of Washington. Thursday morning, he took a piece out of Reuters reporter Jon...

Today, Barney bit a reporter outside the briefing room.  The whole incident was caught on tape by another reporter, April D. Ryan.

Reuters political reporter Jon Decker had finished an interview with MSNBC around 10:30 a.m. when he saw Barney and his handler. After getting permission to pet the dog, Decker said Barney snapped and chomped down on his right index finger and broke the skin.

Decker said his first reaction was, "that's not good."

Decker said he was treated with a bandage and some antibiotics and was asked to return for a tetanus shot Friday.  He has not gotten any calls from the White House.

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  • MIke Saturday, Nov 22 at 11:21 PM FLAG COMMENT Rock on Barney.....
  • sam Monday, Nov 17 at 11:55 AM FLAG COMMENT I hate how smug the reporter looked after he got "bitten". That is NOT the way you handle a dog you don't know especially when looking at it's body language. Getting bitten was the obvious result
  • aida Saturday, Nov 15 at 4:46 PM FLAG COMMENT the poor dogs body language said "Don't touch me" apparently he is not feeling well....the bushes's should really have him checked out....he may have a tyroid condition???? this is not normal scottie behavior we own 2 ourselves and so do our friends.....he bite someone else today i heard.....poor little man
  • Kelly Thursday, Nov 13 at 10:18 AM FLAG COMMENT It is a great segway for Schrödinger's cat and the coined term Verschränkung (entanglement) and the hidden variable theory. Did you see Barney's lease/collar? The SPCA goes berzerk over that one. There was a cow tied to a tree with a rope so long that the animal's neck grew around the rope. The respondent reply was "the animal was tied up and not hurting anyone", but thye were not cognate of the fact it was a: crime again ... MORE >
  • dogma Wednesday, Nov 12 at 9:30 PM FLAG COMMENT The handler and the reporter are morons, especially when the reporter has been around Scotties before! They are great little dogs as long as you let them do what they want. They are extremely protective, and the way that reporter approached Barney scared me!

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