Check out official photos of the first dog. It's Bo Obama!
The Washington Post broke Puppygate over the holiday weekend.
According to L.A. Now, the D.C.-based paper managed to get (hey, they broke Watergate too) their paws on the first photos of the Obamas' new dog.
The Obamas have reportedly named the little guy Bo. As in Bo Obama. Or Bo Diddly?
A top secret meet-and greet session with the puppy and the family at the White House happened a few weeks ago.
According to the Post, it was a surprise for the girls. Bo demonstrated skills learned in training. He sat when the girls sat, stood when the girls stood. He made no toilet errors and did not gnaw on the furniture. Bo has been learning good behavior from the Kennedys' dog trainers at a secret, undisclosed location outside Washington.
Word is that when the president walked, Bo followed obediently.
Wish Congress could be this well trained. Maybe we should send those folks to the Kennedys' training camp.
This is quite a big event for the Obama girls. Sasha and Malia have never had pets. And neither the first lady nor the president had dogs when they were young.
Keep reading to find out about that rescue-dog-versus-reputable-breeder scandal!
The Kennedys have released a statement: "We couldn't be happier to see the joy that Bo is bringing to Malia and Sasha. We love our Portuguese water dogs and know that the girls -- and their parents -- will love theirs, too."
Now about the shelter dog. The Obamas have long said they were considering a rescue dog. But there was never a pledge or promise.
And it was essential to get a dog that would not make the girls' allergies worse.
Bo had been living with another family, but for whatever reason, it didn't work out. So the Kennedys re-homed him and then gave him to the Obamas.
And the Obamas are going to make a sizable donation to the D.C. Humane Society.
Enjoy your new puppy, girls.
Related first dog dish:
Barack Obama's new White House dog is related to the Kennedys' dogs. Cool or kinda creepy?
Photo: Pete Souza / White House
Yes, this is certianly news.
Ireally can not wait till these newspaper go out of business!
It seems useless to have them, since we do not have any journalist left.
Bo Obama is so cute!:)
Photogs will need to learn to open up about two F-stops; that pooch is really black.
TMZ Broke the story first but the loser journalists at the dinosaur media cant handle it. SO money are running "The Washington Post broke the story first articles"
He's a cutie to be sure, but my family gathered around our 15 year old mixed breed 23 dollar pound puppy and watched as he was put to sleep this morning. So frankly, I could care less about the Messiahs dog.
US journalism has got its priorities embedded in the propaganda era of the Cold War. What is dogging the press now? Why must a dog command headline news coverage? These seem like childish diversionary tactics to avoid serious discussion about the economy.
Unless leaders boldly state that we can't spend until we produce its not going to fix the problem! We can't coerce the world to use the US$ as a fiat currency for much longer!
ugly *** dog FTW, and our economy still sucks. thanks
Ha ha! Great story. I still think they should have got a cat :D
You news reporters are missing the big story here. And that is...Bo Obama has never paid any income taxes. Bo is going to fit right in with this administration.
We see cute puppy black cute me like cool name is ? girl or boy ?