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White House dog on the way - "Frank" or "Moose." (Don't Blame The Dog)
boston.com/news ^ | February 25, 2009 | Foon Rhee

Posted on 02/25/2009 11:27:15 AM PST by JoeProBono

The first family dog saga is almost over. Michelle Obama, who is on the cover of People again, told the magazine that her daughters Sasha and Malia will get their promised pooch in April, after spring break, and they are looking for a Portuguese Water Dog to adopt from a shelter. "Temperamentally they're supposed to be pretty good," Obama says in the issue hitting newsstands on Friday. "From the size perspective, they're sort of middle of the road -- it's not small, but it's not a huge dog. And the folks that we know who own them have raved about them. So that's where we're leaning." During the campaign, President Obama promised his girls the dog at the end -- and it became a subject of much speculation and lobbying by advocates of various breeds. There was early talk that the Obamas would get a labradoodle. The first couple and their daughters have been going back and forth on possible names, and Michelle Obama told People she nixed "Frank" or "Moose."

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; dogs; portuguesewaterdog
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1 posted on 02/25/2009 11:27:15 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

water dogs don’t shed or smell, if I remember correctly. Good choice.


2 posted on 02/25/2009 11:28:56 AM PST by hoe_cake (" 'We the people' tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us." Ronald Reagan)
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To: JoeProBono
They'll get the dog on April 15th and name it “Karl Marx”.
3 posted on 02/25/2009 11:29:12 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: JoeProBono
they are looking for a Portuguese Water Dog to adopt from a shelter.

Ted Kennedy has Portuguese Water Dog.

Its name is "Splash."

I am not making this up.

4 posted on 02/25/2009 11:29:23 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("0bama talks, tanking stocks!"--WakeUpAndVote)
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To: JoeProBono

“Temperamentally they’re supposed to be pretty good,” Obama says...”

...there’s the old BO mentality! “Temporarily”. To be “aborted” at will.


5 posted on 02/25/2009 11:29:49 AM PST by albie
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To: JoeProBono

Well gee don’t that makes us all feel just warm and fuzzy.
Another hard hiting piece on Obama!


6 posted on 02/25/2009 11:30:44 AM PST by mkcc30 ("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
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To: JoeProBono

Commies do not understand pet ownership.


7 posted on 02/25/2009 11:31:28 AM PST by avacado (Bipartisanship is when Democrats and Republicans get together to rob the American people blind)
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8 posted on 02/25/2009 11:31:58 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Moose, eh?


9 posted on 02/25/2009 11:32:31 AM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: JoeProBono

...Lenin, Marx, Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini all had cute little dogs too!


10 posted on 02/25/2009 11:34:49 AM PST by albie
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To: JoeProBono

It will be trained to retrieve and fetch rib tips, lottery tickets, and anything with bling-bling qualities (studded, shiny, or trimmed in fur.)


11 posted on 02/25/2009 11:37:27 AM PST by Mengerian
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To: JoeProBono
was early talk that the Obamas would get a labradoodle.

The Obamadaughters will be responsible to clean up any labradoodles left on the rugs of the White House.

12 posted on 02/25/2009 11:37:45 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: JoeProBono

He should adopt an ex-racing Greyhound. I have two. They are great dogs.

But I love all dogs.


13 posted on 02/25/2009 11:38:43 AM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: JoeProBono

W names his “Barney”
O wants to name his “Frank”...

I officially got a grand case of the heebie jeebies.


14 posted on 02/25/2009 11:40:54 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: JoeProBono

I vote for the name Splash.

It both a tribute to socialist legend and lady killer Ted Kennedy’s dog, as well as a nod to the success of the Obama presidency


15 posted on 02/25/2009 11:41:08 AM PST by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
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16 posted on 02/25/2009 11:42:16 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Don’t call that dog “lifesaver;” call him “sh@thead.”


17 posted on 02/25/2009 11:44:08 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: JoeProBono; Revolting cat!

Frankenmoose?


18 posted on 02/25/2009 11:45:02 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: JoeProBono

Good luck finding a PWD at a shelter. They still aren’t that common. Not many breeders around. As recently as the early ‘70’s there were only about a dozen PWD’s registered in the US. They are on the comeback but they are still pretty rare as AKC breeds go.


19 posted on 02/25/2009 11:45:41 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: dfwgator

(Don’t Blame The Dog)


20 posted on 02/25/2009 11:46:11 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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