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Obama Girls Meet the Easter Waterhound
Charlie Brown had the Easter Beagle. Sasha and Malia Obama have the Easter Waterhound.
The president’s daughters met their new puppy this weekend, just in time to ring in the Easter holiday by hiding their chocolate from him!
The dog will come home to the White House on Tuesday, but he’s already got a name – Bo, the same as the girls’ cousins’ cat, and in honor of Michelle Obama’s dad, whose nickname was Diddley.
Michelle had promised the dog would come home in April earlier this year when she released the news that they’d settled on a Portuguese waterdog, a pup that won’t stir up Malia’s allergies to pet dander.
It’s not technically an Easter present – after all, Dad made the announcement that a pet was promised back in November – but the timing means the girls will probably always remember this Easter. It’s a holiday that is often associated with getting kids bunnies and chicks (something most animal welfare officials advise against, because the kids soon tire of their new friends and all the work they entail). Have you ever considered Easter a pet-giving holiday?
Image: NY Daily News
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9 Comments
TolaniLucia commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amIt’s pretty hard to find puppies in the shelter, is it not?
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amIt is actually pretty hard to find many kinds of pure bred dogs in shelters, including Portuguese water dogs, because reputable breeders will often require that dogs be returned to them before rather than taken to a shelter, if the owner cannot keep them. This is what happened with the Obamas new dog. The owners decided that they didn’t want it, and returned it to the breeder. I also think that they made a sizable donation to the Humane Society.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amHe said girly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/26/obama-no-girly-dog-for-ou_n_146679.html
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amUm, yeah…. I thought they were getting a shelter dog???
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amIt is not a Water HOUND, it is Portuguese Water DOG!!!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amDid he say ‘girly’ or did he say ‘yappy’ dog? I seem to recall that it was the size and yippiness of the bark that he was disdaining, not girlieness.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI see he decided against a ‘girly’ dog he so disdained in the Walter’s interview but sexism from Obama seems acceptable for some reason.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amIs this a shelter dog?
TolaniLucia commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThey picked a really cute dog:)
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