george washington liked to breed foxhounds for hunting. john adams, the first president to be actually in the white house, had two dogs, juno and satan i don t know why his dog was named satan. lewis chuckles. this is something that has been ongoing. we have only had a few presidents with no pets, including president trump. president trump did not have any pets that was a rarity. that s interesting that it is a rarity do not have them, isn t it? so what does it mean? what does it represent, these pets, usually dogs, i presume, in the white house, and going back such a long way? i think it is just the fact that americans are very dog loving people. i ve seen studies that as high as two thirds of american homes have dogs and i think that, you know, it s a way to connect with the voters but it s also partially because our presidents come from our society and then, they rejust common people well, you know, to a certain extent like the rest of us so if two thirds of american homes h
president to be actually in the white house, had two dogs, juno and satan i don t know why his dog was named satan. lewis chuckles. this is something that has been ongoing. we have only had a few presidents with no pets, including president trump. president trump did not have any pets that was a rarity. that s interesting that it is a rarity do not have them, isn t it? so what does it mean? what does it represent, these pets, usually dogs, i presume, in the white house, and going back such a long way? i think it is just the fact that americans are very dog loving people. i ve seen studies that as high as two thirds of american homes have dogs and i think that, you know, it s a way to connect with the voters but it s also partially because our presidents come from our society and then, they rejust common people well, you know, to a certain extent like the rest of us, so if two thirds of american homes have dogs, it makes sense that the majority of american presidents would have do
they bring their pets on the campaign trail, let people take selfies with their dogs. it is just a way of allowing the average person to have that sort of feeling that this person is like me . yeah. and so, is itjust a recent thing or is there a long history of presidents having pets in the white house? the history of presidential pets goes all the way back to the beginning. george washington liked to breed foxhounds for hunting. john adams, the first preisdent to be actually in the white house, had two dogs, juno and satan i don t know why his dog was named satan. lewis chuckles. president trump did not have any pets but that was a rarity. that s interesting that it is a rarity do not have them, isn t it? so what does it mean? what does it represent, these pets, usually dogs,