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Why we should call time on fluffy teddy bear dogs
especially for those looking for a first dog: they’re cute, fluffy and look like teddy bears (lots of them, in fact, are named Teddy or Bear). Popular perception is that their mixed parentage ...
Smithsonian Magazine22d
How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly ...