1:40 AM Mon, Apr 13, 2009 | Permalink
By Sheila Lennon  Email this author | Email this entry |
Meet Bo, the First Dog, from The White House Blog.
Remember the Barbara Walters interview with Barack and Michelle Obama November 26?
BARACK OBAMA: What is a Havanese?
WALTERS: Oh, it's like a little...it's like a little terrier. And they're non-allergenic, and they're the sweetest dogs in the world.
BARACK OBAMA (practically recoiling): But, but it's a...it's like a little yappy dog.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Don't criticize.
BARACK OBAMA: Yeah, it like sits in your lap and things?
MICHELLE OBAMA: Yes, it's a cute dog. (Laughs)
BARACK OBAMA: It sounds kind of like a...a girly dog.
MICHELLE OBAMA: We're girls. We have a house full of girls. (Laughs)
BARACK OBAMA (motioning with his hands): Well...well, we're gonna have a big, rambunctious dog.
No you're not.
WaPo is all over the dog formerly named Charlie, from before his conception in Pennsylvania and birth Oct. 9 in Texas (A Shaggy-Dog Story: How Bo Wound Up With the Obamas) to his arrival at the White House for a job interview last month and subsequent first days as First Pet.
I hope he loses the lei. Maybe a spike collar?
The Portuguese Water Dog page at Puppy Education shows the common "lion clip" for this breed, at right, and notes,
Special Alerts
This breed is not suitable for inexperienced dog owners.
I'm begging off further comments. I once had a dog named Flea but when he she died I turned to cats. Much less trouble, no weird haircuts and no yapping.
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This is not a girly dog. Ok, the traditional, properly grromed pic above is a bit girly, but in a world full of tiny terriers, oodles of -doodles, and any dog prefixed with "teacup," the PWD is anything but girly. I wish this family nothing but the joy only a big, furry dog can bring.
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Doesn't look like a girly dog to me, already out for a run with the Pres:
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/74319/original.jpg
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Ellen, yes, I can see that a big furry dog could be cartoon fun and very comfy.
trudy, girly dogs always run with the guys.
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