Category: Barney and Tripawd Pals

Right Back Where He Started From

Teaser video features Barney living it up in California, stay tuned to Mackenzie’s blog for full details about his latest KillBarney Tour visit.

KillBarney Tour fans are in for a special treat! Suspense has been building for sure as to the whereabouts of our little purple friend. And we’re going to keep it up with this teaser trailer submitted by his recent host (or shall we say hostess?) …

Not only is Barney an international traveler, but he has now officially gone coast to coast, to coast. His first stop was in California, and now he’s back there lovin’ the fun in the sun. A far cry from Fairbanks!

Want the big picture? You’ll have to stay tuned to the Tripawds Blogs for complete details. We’ll give you a hint — he’s been partying with Mackenzie! 🙂

Barney Attempts Suicide

The KillBarney Tour takes Barney to Florida for a fun filled visit with Spirit Jake’s pack – Wolfie and Nala. But was it all fun and games?

We finally heard from Barney and discovered why he’s taken his time to tell us about the latest stop on his Killbarney Tour. He’s having emotional issues. Nala and Wolfie – pack mates of Spirit Jake – sent us a brief story about their visit, but from the photos they sent we can tell what really happened…


Wolfie welcomed Barney with a brief tour of his Florida home, but things  quickly took a turn for the worse…


Fed up with all these dogs mouthing him for a few days and passing him on, Barney contemplated ending it all…


Wolfie, realizing the affect of his actions, has a change of heart…


He jumps in to save Barney from certain drowning…


Or, did he just need to cool off?


Regardless, we are happy to report that Barney has received a much needed cleaning and is now back on the road – happy and healthy after some thoughtful counseling from Nala…


To find out what really happened during Barney’s visit to Florida – and whether or not he has taken to drinking – be sure to check out Jake’s Journey soon. And stay tuned for details about the next stop on the KillBarney Tour!

Alabama Barney Sighting

Tripawds member Gecko sends picture of Barney and June in Alabama.

We’re still waiting to find out where the Killbarney Tour will stop next, but in the mean time we received this photo from Tripawds member Gecko featuring her dog June with a Barney doll of her own …

June is not a Tripawd, but Gecko can often be found hanging out in the Tripawds Live Chat room. If your three legged friend has a Barney doll, send us a photo or video link and we’ll post it here in the KillBarney blog!

No Barney? No problem … check your local thrift store or buy one here to help support the Tripawds Community.

Barney Clears Canadian Customs

Barney visits three legged Golden Retriever cancer survivor Catie in Edmonton, Canada.

Tripawds member carmenmcconnell just informed us that Barney made it to Edmonton, Canada! Be sure to check out Catie’s blog soon for complete details.

Barney’s been hiding out in Canada with Catie and Riley. It took him a while to make the journey from Colorado to Edmonton. We’re thinking it had to do with Canada customs officials who are known (if not exactly admired) for their officiousness, especially when it comes to purple plush dinosaurs crossing the border.

Catie and Riley were shy and skeptical at first. But Barney won them over with his purple charisma and they couldn’t kill him after all.

He had trips to the dog park. He had heart-to-hearts and lie-downs with Catie and chews from Riley and caught some sunshine on the back deck. We had to keep an eye on Riley though – he’s an over-exurberant de-stuffer of stuffed animals. Barney hung out in a cedar tree and even made off with Riley’s ball, which Riley didn’t find amusing at all. It’s the one thing simply Riley does not share.

We did a downtown tour with him, visited our civic and provincial buildings, Edmonton’s new art gallery (no one would let us through the doors though), an urban park, and had a number of lazy days and evenings at home while Catie was recuperating from her last chemo treatment.

We hope Barney had a good time. He was well-slobbered and licked and chewed and Riley at one point even stripped him the sweater he arrived in. We’re happy he came for a visit. We’re sad that he has to go but we know he has a mandate to meet many other eager Tripawds.