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First Lady Michelle Obama hosts Puppy Bowl “training camp”
Channel Guide Magazine ^ | January 29, 2014 | Jeff Pfeiffer

Posted on 01/29/2014 10:46:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Ahead of Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl X this Sunday, hype for the annual special was amped up recently when First Lady Michelle Obama and the First Family’s dogs Bo and Sunny worked to “train” some of the pups for the big game.

Joined by 12 first- and second-grade students from Harriet Tubman Elementary School, Michelle Obama, Bo and Sunny put the puppies through their paces to make sure they were ready to compete in Puppy Bowl X, and to be healthy for life. Animal Planet says it was inspired by the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative to overcome childhood obesity, and wanted the Puppy Bowl pooches to be ambassadors for canine fitness and fun for the whole family.

“It was so much fun to see the Puppy Bowl X Team work out at the White House,” said Michelle Obama in a release. “This year’s pups showed us that getting active and lapping up plenty of water are important ways to keep our bodies healthy and energized. And as our family has seen with Bo and Sunny, going outside to walk and play with your pet is a perfect way to get moving and have some fun every day.”

The 13 puppies taking part in this training camp were from various shelters and rescue groups. Bo and Sunny lined the dogs up for practice on the White House South Lawn to run through tire and tackle drills, hone their ball and chew-toy skills, play fetch with the kids and take water breaks. This was all followed by a nap in the grass.

Puppy Bowl X premieres Feb. 2 at 3pm ET/PT on Animal Planet.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dogs; michelleobama; puppybowl; superbowl; television
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Is there any part of our lives that they won't stick their noses into?
1 posted on 01/29/2014 10:46:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Joe 6-pack

Possible doggie ping, offset by the barf factor.


2 posted on 01/29/2014 10:48:30 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Mooch walking Bo only has made her fat @$$ even bigger.


3 posted on 01/29/2014 10:50:30 PM PST by twister881
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Back when we had grace and class in the White HOUSE.

4 posted on 01/29/2014 10:52:34 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I hope Barry the Boob isn't involved in this endeavor.

We wouldn't want any puppies to be eaten during this production.
5 posted on 01/29/2014 10:54:01 PM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Better keep those puppies away from Barry, they’re like veal to him.


6 posted on 01/29/2014 10:54:01 PM PST by Antihero101607
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To: Slings and Arrows

“And as our family has seen with Bo and Sunny, going outside to walk and play with your pet is a perfect way to get moving and have some fun every day.”

So BO and MO are up at dawn, out walking the dogs in sub-zero temps?


7 posted on 01/29/2014 11:01:19 PM PST by Salamander (Sleeping don't come very easy in a strait white vest.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Training puppies?

Probably using the portions of the Constitution that Barry hasn’t already used.


8 posted on 01/29/2014 11:11:04 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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So BO and MO are up at dawn, out walking the dogs in sub-zero temps?


9 posted on 01/29/2014 11:14:55 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is She going to be on the Puppy Bowl? If so I am not watching it.


10 posted on 01/29/2014 11:15:42 PM PST by funfan
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To: 21twelve

“Training puppies?

Probably using the portions of the Constitution that Barry hasn’t already used.”

Nope it s simpler than that.
Check around on some of the Bigfoot websites and you’ll find out that Sasquatch will eat dogs. This is part of her organic garden!


11 posted on 01/29/2014 11:15:55 PM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did they bring extra poop bags to pick up Michelle’s little “accident” she left on the front lawn


12 posted on 01/29/2014 11:19:55 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I know. Does she have to ruin everything?


13 posted on 01/29/2014 11:20:19 PM PST by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

I’m not even a sports fan and this repels me. I can’t imagine how you guys feel.


14 posted on 01/29/2014 11:21:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, so much for the puppy bowl, it was good while it lasted.

Is there anything these creeps can’t destroy?


15 posted on 01/29/2014 11:27:15 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where’s PETA when you need them?
Save the puppies!!!!


16 posted on 01/29/2014 11:34:44 PM PST by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are kids getting fatter since Michelle started this nonsense?

Did you see Bohner stand up and give her an ovation when Obama complimented her?

He really seemed impressed with her.


17 posted on 01/29/2014 11:41:39 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'Any path to US citizenship for illegals HERE is a special path to it ')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I cannot imagine how BO has been able to tolerate these constant humiliations for so long.


18 posted on 01/29/2014 11:45:56 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I sure am learning that white presidents better show diversity in their chosen photo ops, but black presidents don’t have to. Diversity for thee.


19 posted on 01/29/2014 11:51:42 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: sickoflibs

Boner was just jealous of Mooch’s skin color.


20 posted on 01/29/2014 11:52:17 PM PST by Yaelle
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