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Bo Knows Obama’s Puppy Choice Says A Lot
Despite only being in office for 10 weeks, President Obama never disappoints in his ability to disappoint. The Obama’s family choice of dog is no different. They could have picked a good old American dog, perhaps a dalmatian in recognition of their years of service to the nation’s fire departments. Instead they went with a foreigner–a Portuguese Water Hound. One thing I noticed right away is that the dog has no eyes. It seems incredibly cruel to me to give the girls a blind dog, but whatever.
Bo, the new “First Dog, ” got his start at the home of Art and Martha Stern, a couple from Boyd, Texas. The Sterns have bred Portuguese Water Dogs since 1997. Is there a more elitist way to pick up a dog? When I got Emily’s puppy, I picked it up as a private home as well. The woman took me around and showed me the 50 or so dogs she had in cages and though a few of them had passed away by the time I got there, I had plenty to pick from. She was a sickly dog, but extremely loyal. After a couple of years we decided she had earned her freedom and set her loose in the forest preserve. It was a tearful goodbye for a great dog. I would have felt much better about the Obama dog if they had done it that way. The puppy mills in this country are hurting and this would have been a great chance to set an example.
