Inside paw-some lives of dogs in the White House
Inside paw-some lives of dogs in the White House
Last Updated: Sun, Jan 31st, 2021, 12:55:01hrs
Washington [US]: With the vacant position of DOTUS (Dog of the United States) at the White House now filled after four years by Major and Champ Biden dogs of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden questions remain as to who fills the dogs water dishes, rubs the bellies and whether the dogs could just enter the Oval Office.
According to The Washington Post, many first families care for their dogs themselves, longtime White House chief usher Gary Walters said in an email. Walters oversaw the residence portion of the house through a slew of first canines, from Lucky Reagan (dog of former President Ronald Regan) in the 1980s to Barney and Miss Beazley Bush in the 2000s.Jennifer Pickens, the author of Pets at the White House , said that former President and First Lady George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush were do-it-yoursefers
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Bonnie Berkowitz, The Washington Post
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1of3President George W. Bush and Miss Beazley hang out in the Oval Office between meetings in 2006.Eric Draper/Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.Show MoreShow Less
2of3While presidential dogs such as Bo Obama, shown here walking with his family on the south lawn in 2009, do not get Secret Service code names, his canine sister Sunny once (briefly) wore an ID tag that gave her address as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary.Show MoreShow Less