Presidential Pooch Coming Soon
February 25, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Pets
The First Family have finally decided on a dog breed — Michelle Obama has said they’ve narrowed down their search to a Portuguese water dog.
The First Lady said the dog will be arriving in April after the family return from their Spring Break vacation with daughters Malia and Sasha. They’re looking for a rescue (yay!) who is “old enough and a match for the family dynamic.”
“Temperamentally they’re supposed to be pretty good,” she says of the breed that Sen. Ted Kennedy has also lobbied for (he has two Water dogs of his own). “From the size perspective, they’re sort of middle of the road – it’s not small, but it’s not a huge dog. And the folks that we know who own them have raved about them. So that’s where we’re leaning.”
What will keep Americans on the edge of their seats once the dog makes it to the White House? Naming it, of course!
“Oh, the names are really bad. I don’t even want to mention it, because there are names floating around and they’re bad,” Mrs. Obama says with a laugh. “You listen and you go – like, I think, Frank was one of them. Frank! Moose was another one of them. Moose. I said, well, what if the dog isn’t a moose? Moose. I’m like, no, come on, let’s work with the names a little bit.”
[image: flickr]
