Poor Bullied Barney

Poor, poor Barney! He has become Ben's largest toy and being the good-natured guy that he is, he just sits there and takes it. Of course he loves the attention even though he acts all annoyed and bothered - sighing and giving us a "please help me" look, as all dogs do.

One of Barney's (few!) tricks is that he can balance his cookie on his nose until you tell him to "go get it" and then he will toss it in the air and catch it in his mouth. Ben likes to do this with Barney and just this morning he and Andrew tried to pull the same stunt with Ben's Matchbox cars on Barney's nose. The big yellow dog just sat there and let them balance the cars on his snout, while Ben had the time of his life watching and switching the cars around, but luckily Barney is smart enough to know not to toss them in the air and try to eat them!