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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water dogs don’t shed or smell, if I remember correctly. Good choice.
Ted Kennedy has Portuguese Water Dog.
Its name is "Splash."
I am not making this up.
“Temperamentally they’re supposed to be pretty good,” Obama says...”
...there’s the old BO mentality! “Temporarily”. To be “aborted” at will.
Well gee don’t that makes us all feel just warm and fuzzy.
Another hard hiting piece on Obama!
Commies do not understand pet ownership.
Moose, eh?
...Lenin, Marx, Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini all had cute little dogs too!
It will be trained to retrieve and fetch rib tips, lottery tickets, and anything with bling-bling qualities (studded, shiny, or trimmed in fur.)
The Obamadaughters will be responsible to clean up any labradoodles left on the rugs of the White House.
He should adopt an ex-racing Greyhound. I have two. They are great dogs.
But I love all dogs.
W names his “Barney”
O wants to name his “Frank”...
I officially got a grand case of the heebie jeebies.
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
Don’t call that dog “lifesaver;” call him “sh@thead.”
Frankenmoose?
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.
(Don’t Blame The Dog)
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