I doubt it was a private flight just for the dog. Like somebody said above, all presidents travel like medieval kings and the Obama people just put the dog on one of the advance planes that were going to be going anyway. Obama is just following in the footsteps of his presidential predecessors.
they are going for four days.....good grief. why fly the dog at all. and can’t the advance team fly commercial? guess NOT. how many family members flew in from Chicago for this four day get away? I am sick of this. Did Bush put his dogs on separate planes or did they fly with them?