woof photo by Carter Grotta
We want our presidents to love dogs. Little has changed in the 88 years since the American Kennel Club declared, “The country at large takes a natural interest in the President’s dogs and judges him by the taste and discrimination he shows in his selection…. Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.” How much do you know about presidential pups? Can you match these occupants of the White House and their owners? (See the answers below.)
a.Fala (Scottish terrier)
b.Buddy (chocolate lab)
c.Pasha (terrier)
d.Him and Her (beagles)
e.Bo (Wheaton terrier)
f.Rex(King Charles Spaniel)
g.Barney (Scottish terrier)
h.Fido (uncertain ancestry)
i.Liberty (Golden Retreiver)
j.Heidi (Weimaraner)
k.Dash the Dog (uncertain ancestry)
l.Laddie Boy (Airedale)
m.Grits the dog (uncertain ancestry)
n.Boston Beans (bulldog)
o.King Tut (Belgian shepherd)
If you want to know more check out First Dogs: American Presidents and Their Best Friends, by Roy Rowan and Brooke Janis.
Herbert Hoover with his pet Belgian Shepherd dog "King Tut".
FDR with Fala his Scottish terrier courtesy of the FDR Library
President Reagan holding Rex his King Charles Spaniel
President Clinton getting acquainted with Buddy his chocolate lab.
Answer: a.Franklin Roosevelt; b.Bill Clinton; c.Richard Nixon; d.Lyndon Baines Johnson; e.Barack Obama; f.Ronald Reagan; g.George W. Bush; h.AbrahamLincoln; i.Gerald Ford; j.Dwight D. Eisenhower; k.Benjamin Harding; l.Warren G. Harding; m.Jimmy Carter; n.Calvin Coolidge; o.Herbert Hoover.
Very regal, Woofington. You definitely fit in the president’s circle.
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