Elvis's hound dog snapped up at auction ... but it doesn't go for a song

Oct 30 2003

By Matt Withers Daily Post Staff

A TOY hound dog which almost landed Elvis Presley with a police charge for lewd behaviour is to go on display at a Liverpool museum. The King shocked his Los Angeles audience on October 28, 1957, when, in the middle of his act, he picked up the dog he had been presented with by his record company and pretended to make love to it. The scene caused such a commotion that, as fans screamed and shouted his name long after the end of the show, theatres bosses used the tannoy to announce for the first time: "Elvis has left the building." Los Angeles police attended the following day's show hoping he would repeat the act - but Elvis, tipped off about their presence by Colonel Parker, picked the dog up and signalled a halo around his head. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT The dog, named Nipper, was snapped up at auction by Rebecca Hooper, pictured above, from Tarporley, Cheshire, for £3,000. She said: "I am just an ardent Elvis fan and just wanted the one thing that had been touched by Elvis and had not been washed. "It is part of Elvis history after it was the first time that now famous phrase was used." The dog will go on show from November 1 at the Fingerprints of Elvis exhibition at Albert Dock after being lent to the museum by Mrs Hooper.

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