Joe Biden saves a (dog) life!

[Delarage]

Last edited Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:27 PM - Edit history (4)

From the Delaware Humane Association

Biden and his wife Jill had been fostering Major but the couple got attached and were not ready to give him back.

“I’m ugly crying,” said Deanna Rayment on Facebook.

“Met him a few weeks ago, amazing man and his love of dogs has my vote,” said Joanne Campagna.

The Bidens are known to be animal lovers. Biden adopted a 9-month-old lab mix named Peggy in 2014. The dog had been abandoned in Mississippi, according to USA TODAY.

[link:http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/11/17/walking-or-running-mate-former-vice-president-joe-biden-adopts-german-shepherd-animal-shelter/|

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Trump hates pets. Telling, isn't it.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. Trump hates everyone but himself.

And he's not sure of he.

[WhiteTara]

30. I think he hates himself, too.

[Cha]

45. I think he hates himself, too.. he protests

too much.

[Bluepinky]

3. Animals have an instinct about people and know how evil and mean Trump is.

It’s better he doesn’t have pets, it would be torture for the animal (although it would be fun to see Trump with scratches and bite marks all over his body).

[alphafemale]

37. Trump has probably been snapped and scratched at since he was a child.

Yes, they do have an instinct.

[JerryLS]

49. My Favorite Trump/Animal photo ...

Was the American Eagle threatening to take a chunk out of The Donald.

They should schedule more photo-ops like that.

[alphafemale]

52. Well Welcome to DU!

I don't think I've had the honor of a first poster before.

[kskiska]

34. Ivana had a dog that Trump hated.

The dog slept on her bed. She refused to get rid of the dog.

[crazycatlady]

39. Trump's afraid that a pussy would grab him back-- with the claws out

[Demonaut]

42. his pets are in the Senate

and he still hates them (repukes)

[lilactime]

4. Lucky dog!

[GoCubsGo]

5. What a beautiful doggie!

It's pretty cool that the Bidens are foster pet parents, along with being shelter pet adopters.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

6. Foster failure

The best kind of failure!

[Merlot]

15. The foster system is designed to fail in exactly this way.

[csziggy]

27. That's why I could never foster an animal

Any animal that comes into my house for any length of time has a home for life. There is no way I could foster and send a cat or dog on to anyone else.

[BannonsLiver]

29. Good thing there are plenty of people willing to make that sacrifice

[csziggy]

31. Yes, I am glad there are people who are willing to foster

That takes a very generous spirit.

[KT2000]

33. I know what you mean

My neighbor's cat hung out in my yard all summer. They said - don't let her in the house because she pees in the house. They said she was outdoor only. The first rainstorm, I saw he seeking shelter under a lawn chair. She has been in my house since - and she uses the cat box just fine.

[csziggy]

36. We've had cats (and a dog) we found on the side of the highway

Ones that were dropped off in front of our farm, and many, many cats that came from the Animal Shelter. One of our dogs was adopted from a couple in the middle of a divorce. They all lived with us until they died or we put them to sleep because they were in so much pain.

I'd bet your neighbors didn't clean the cat box often enough. My current cat is good about using the box most of the time but when it is dirty he will pee on the floor in front of it. I can't clean it due to my back problems and there is only so much nagging I am willing to do with my husband. The cat does have 60 acres of land and a cat door so he could go outside but in his old age he has decided to spend most of his time in doors.

[KT2000]

43. that's my guess about the catbox too

now she uses the cat box before she goes out in the morning!
They are so funny - never a doubt how they feel about things!

[csziggy]

47. This cat used to not use the box

But after our older cat died, he started to. I realized that he perceived the box as the other cat's territory and always went outside. Now as with your cat he will use the box before he goes out and will come in to use it.

The other part of it is that there is less open soil outside for him to dig in. At our old house we had vegetable beds and did not mulch the flower beds. This house, while only a hundred yards away, has mulched beds and the soil is not as loose.

[KT2000]

53. could I sent you

some of my moles? I have about 40 "cat boxes" in the yard. None of the cats I have now are hunters so the moles have taken over - plus they like the convenient cat boxes in the yard.

[csziggy]

54. Oh we have moles!

The barn cats used to hunt them and maybe the current barn cat (not mine but the people running the farm) does.

My old cat is cross eyed and now going deaf. He never was much of a hunter but now he is completely useless for hunting. Which is fine since he does like to go out on nice days to sun himself and I don't want him catching birds.

[llmart]

51. I have fostered/raised two puppies...

who went on to become guide dogs for blind people. I received the puppies when they were six weeks old, trained them and then they are called back to the school when they are 13 months old and are professionally trained and then given to a blind person. As hard as giving them up is, you go into the program knowing that someone needs that dog more than you do. The gratitude they show to the puppy raiser is something I will never forget.

[QED]

19. I've failed 7 times....

With the last one I was well, what's one more? 8. I have 8 now and couldn't part with any of them.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Awww! How sweet!

Major is one lucky dog! So is Peggy! Glad they have both found a happy home!

[demmiblue]

8. More pics:

Link to tweet

Gorgeous dog!

[Autumn]

14. The first pic. The look on that dogs face slays me.

The dog knows. From a dog pound to the Vice Presidency and probably gonna be the First Dog

[KT2000]

35. Love that first pic.

A very photogenic couple. And the dog's expression is so funny.

[Brother Buzz]

46. The top photo goes on the DHA wall of fame

I understand Foster Failures are honored with a gilded frame.

[llmart]

50. Wow! That is a very beautiful dog.

I doubt anyone would mess with Joe with that big dog hanging around.

[Vinca]

9. Okay, if Joe was trying to win me over for 2020 he's just done it. LOL.

You can tell so much about people by their love for animals. Major's a handsome guy.

[Gothmog]

10. I will support Joe if he runs

[Johnyawl]

17. Biden/Duckworth

Couldn't get an better then that for me.

[LakeArenal]

24. Sounds great. No Al Franken baggage for either!!

[NBachers]

25. Wow, what a lineup!

[OrlandoDem2]

11. Run, Joe, run!

[Marie Marie]

12. And bring your doggie with you.

You both have my vote.

[Small-Axe]

13. Let's put Major in the White House.

[Bayard]

16. That is a handsome boy!

Both of them in sporty black. Love an animal lover!

What other presidents, other than tRump, have not had pets in the White House? That's so telling.

[Johnyawl]

21. According to Wikipedia...

only Polk and Andrew Johnson are listed as not having pets. (Johnson apparently fed the mice in the White House, but they were feral.

The one with longest list of pets appears to be Teddy Roosevelt who had a real menagerie of 26 pets. JFK and Coolidge had over a dozen each.

[Bayard]

48. JFK kept a pony for the kids

[Laffy Kat]

18. We may all be admiring a future First Dog? nt

[lillypaddle]

20. What a fine looking man!

ummm, I mean dog.

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Beautiful dog!

No wonder they wanted to keep him. Joe looks good too.

[StarryNite]

23. What a beauty!

Beautiful photos! Gotta love an animal lover.

[LW1977]

26. A future first dog?

[tavernier]

28. I've told this story before...

My neighbor was Joe’s very first campaign manager a million years back. He told us often that Joe was the kindest man he ever met.

[woodsprite]

32. That means my German Shepherd was adopted from the same place :)

Major is handsome, then, so is his new owner! Major would make an awesome first dog!

I already let Noelle know that she was in great company.

[Delarage]

38. Major was from a litter of 7, I believe.

His mother ingested something toxic and the pups were in bad shape. DHA put out an urgent call for help and the Bidens, among others (maybe you?) answered the call. I know people at DHA

[Blue Owl]

40. Major K&R

Thanks Joe!

[oasis]

41. And Trump hates dogs. Get to work MSM.

[Raine]

44. Aw gee

that's so sweet it brings tears to my eyes and a happy smile