The sorry tail of Barney

I'M the owner of Barney, a highly untrained dog who barks at our postman and then dashes to the letterbox to seize whatever emerges.

Then he sprints with them in his mouth to a window, and stands on a sofa to show the postman that the letters have unsafely arrived.

No amount of shouting will deter him, and if he's in the mood Barney puts his teeth through the letters.

I took Barney to training classes six years ago, but on the last night we came bottom out of 12 dogs. Barney even chewed the rosette we were given!

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