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Bush Dog Put to Sleep Due to Health Woes
AP via Yahoo! News ^
| Feb 21, 2004
Posted on 02/21/2004 1:17:27 PM PST by Alissa
WASHINGTON - President Bush's dog Spot, the 15-year-old English springer spaniel who had remained eager to please despite increasing health troubles, died on Saturday.
Bush and his wife, Laura, went along with a veterinarian's recommendation to put Spotty, as the longtime Bush family pet was known, to sleep, according to White House spokesman Allen Abney. She had suffered a series of strokes recently, including one this week, he said.
"The president and Mrs. Bush and the entire Bush family are deeply saddened by the passing of Spot," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Saturday in a statement. "A loyal and loving companion, Spot was a beloved member of the Bush family for nearly 15 years. She will be missed."
Spot was no stranger to the White House. She was born there to Millie, the well-known dog of Bush's parents, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, in 1989.
The friendly brown-and-white spaniel was regularly seen ambling around the West Wing and the South Lawn alongside the more energetic other Bush dog, Barney, a black 3-year-old Scottish terrier.
The two dogs were routinely brought out to greet the president upon his return to the White House from trips, no matter the hour, and often traveled with the Bushes to Texas or Camp David. Spot was always the more obedient, dutifully clambering onto a helicopter or Air Force One with no prompting while Bush often had to chase Barney down and hand him off to an aide to be carried aboard.
Mrs. Bush has often said that especially with Bushes' two daughters off at college talking about and playing with the dogs and the family's much more reclusive cat, Willy, make up a significant portion of the First Couple's entertainment.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bush; obituary; spot; spotbush; spotty; workingdogs
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:17:27 PM PST
by
Alissa
To: Alissa
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:19:20 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(<a href="http://moveon.org" target="blank">Communist front group</a>)
To: Admin Moderator
This is a duplicate post. Titles were different when I did a search.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:19:53 PM PST
by
Alissa
To: Alissa
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:19:57 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
To: SAMWolf
Thanks for the picture.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:21:27 PM PST
by
Alissa
To: Alissa
Awww...so sad. :^(
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:21:47 PM PST
by
Aracelis
To: SAMWolf
I love that picture! Springers are sweet fun doggies. It's always heartbreaking when this happens. RIP, Spot.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:22:39 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
({....YES... I AM THE HATED......troll patrol.....(on duty).....})
To: Alissa
BTTT
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:24:11 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: SAMWolf
That's a great picture! poor puppy, may he RIP.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:24:19 PM PST
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: Alissa
It is hard to lose a pet. They are truly members of the family.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:25:29 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: Alissa
What did spot know and when did he know it?
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:28:19 PM PST
by
chance33_98
(Check out profile page for banners, if you need one freepmail me and I will make one for you)
To: Alissa
"He cannot be a gentleman, who loveth not a dog".
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:33:53 PM PST
by
kcamtx
To: SAMWolf
See you at the Rainbow Bridge, Sweet Spot. Find Cubby...he's there and will show you around darlin'.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:34:53 PM PST
by
SnarlinCubBear
(Always take responsibility for what you do wrong, as soon as they drag you out from under the bed.)
To: Alissa
Oh, My!, It's already starting:
Terry McCaulif, Chairman of the DNC, says Bush is in favor of euthanasia.
PETA says Bush murdered family member.
San Francisco Mayor Newsom vows to prosecute!
To: Keith in Iowa
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:36:20 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
To: Piltdown_Woman
My dog (100% mutt) will turn 11 this year. She was born at this house and knows nothing different. If at all possible, she will be buried here, too.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:37:14 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: kcamtx
"He cannot be a gentleman, who loveth not a dog".Thank you for the indirect compliment.
There is hope for me yet!
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:37:41 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: Alissa
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:38:21 PM PST
by
demlosers
(When W wins this November, I’m going to gloat and ridicule the bias media for a very long time.)
To: Alissa
My favorite photo of this hound was with GW and Dick Cheney. All of them walking and spot's ears were sticking out. Spot was in the middle. If anyone has it, please ping me if you post it. Or I can post it if you can email it.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:39:06 PM PST
by
dennisw
("Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass it's the American way" - Toby Keith)
To: kcamtx
Wasn't it Eedie Brickel who sang that song that had the line, "Religion, is a smile on a dog's face"?
Nothing disrespectful should ever be said on the passing of a dog, an animal several rungs above humans on the decency of creatures ladder.
May Spot be rolling in long green grass and sniffing out rabbits for an eternity.
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posted on
02/21/2004 1:40:40 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Churchill si veveret, ad remum dareris!)
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