First Family’s Dog Coming Home Soon
March 21, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Pets
On a recent appearance on Leno this week, President Obama said that the family’s new dog will be coming to the White House within just the next few weeks!
The Portuguese water dog that the family picked will “be in place” by the time he returns home from a trip to Europe in early April.
A Portuguese water dog was ultimately chosen over several other breeds by the Obama family due to its apparent “hypo-allergenic” coat. However, many people — and doctors — feel that no such thing exists:
“I don’t think there is such a thing as a hypoallergenic dog,” Bowser tells WebMD.
She explains that the major allergen in dogs is a protein found in dog serum, and dogs excrete that allergen in sweat and shed it from their skin. “It also gets secreted into the saliva, and possibly a little bit in the urine,” Bowser says.
Since all dogs have that protein, no dog is completely allergy-free, according to Bowser.
What do you think?
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I know that they will have much help with the dog. I just hope that their dog will get access to the water since it is a WATER dog. The Kennedys do have this access!