Posted on 04/13/2009 4:34:27 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Is Bo a rescued dog or not? Did President Obama keep or break a campaign promise in picking the purebred as the family's new pet?
The twists and turns of the Portuguese water dog's route to the White House make for the kind of intrigue that political junkies and the highly opinionated dog world delight in.
Barack Obama and his wife Michelle said during the presidential campaign that they had promised their two girls a dog after the election.
The Obamas repeatedly said they wanted it to be a rescued dog such as one from a shelter. Their search was complicated by daughter Malia's allergies, which would rule out many of the "mutts" the president has said he would prefer.
Enter Bo, a 6-month-old puppy given up by his first owner and matched with the Obamas through his breeders. Because he was given up by his first owner as a poor fit and is now with his second owners, the Obamas, but never spent time in a shelter or with a rescue group, Bo is a "quasi-rescue dog," says Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of The Humane Society of the United States.
Here's where the intrigue comes in:
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—Can’t wait till they say it’s Bush’s fault for setting the “get a dog for a present while in the White House” precedent.
It would be funny if Obama would claim he "inherited" the dog from the previous administration!
I thought Fat Teddy gave them the dog.
This is a bigger deal than one might think.
Regardless of all the BS, everyone with any common sense knows that Obama is a Muslim.
Muslims can’t have dogs. Period.
They can pretend any religion, they can lie to any rape non Muslims, but you can’t own a dog. Period
He’s in big trouble with all his Muzzle BFFs.
It will be fun to track this and see what he does.
Yes, she is a rescue.
From Ted Kennedy’s driving. Completely unsafe.
I read that it was a gift from the Swimmer also.
There are so many good responses here.
If Senator Ted said it is a rescue, He knows rescues.
The senator knows all about water dogs. He once did some dog-paddling rescuing himself.
What should be call the dog Barack - Oh BO fits. We can’t forget that name.
At least it is an European dog. Those american dogs are all mongrels.
Lol.
To be honest, between the fact that hypoallergenic dogs are pretty hot stuff right now, and the fact that if your really want it to be hypoallergenic it’s got to be a purebred so you need to go to a breed-specific rescue group. So far the only rescue group I can find on Google for Portuguese Water Dogs seems to have a policy of giving confirmed purebreds back to their breeders, so I guess if you want a confirmed purebred (in order to avoid allergies) rescue that’s how you’ve got to get it.
Good one! Excellent come back post LOL
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