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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChamp and Major have moved in; dogs are back in the White House.
The presidential pooches are yet another sign of change at the White House now that Biden has moved in. Donald Trump was the first president in a century to not have a pet. He said it was because he didnt have time....
In addition to making history with Majors presence in the White House, the first family will also welcome a cat soon, Jill Biden said.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)is making all of us smile? Normal life.
dutch777
(3,023 posts)I wonder what it is like to be a (real) WH dog? Lots of lawn is good.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Especially his White House staff kissing his ass and leaving hickies during meetings.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Adding a feline will instantly magnify the majesty.
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)niyad
(113,348 posts)Segments.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)Dogs are better judges of character than people.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)squirrel patrol for the entire White House grounds.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)Pets get along better than humans.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)Mass hysteria!!!
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...that no animal had to be subjected to living with Trump!
niyad
(113,348 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)Cant wait to meet the kitty😻
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)The first Cat!!
I still smile when I think of the Clinton's first cat,Socks.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)A shoulder cat like my siamese guardian 😻I think they need two cats so they can keep each other company when they are away etc.
True Dough
(17,310 posts)Best run the vacuums regularly!
MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Our 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, began his Presidency in 1901, along with six children and more animals than the White House had ever seen. The Roosevelt children's family of pets included a small bear named Jonathan Edwards; a lizard named Bill; guinea pigs named Admiral Dewey, Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, and Father O'Grady; Maude the pig; Josiah the badger; Eli Yale the blue macaw; Baron Spreckle the hen; a one-legged rooster; a hyena; a barn owl; Peter the rabbit; and Algonquin the pony. President Roosevelt loved the pets as much as his children did. Algonquin was so beloved that when the President's son Archie was sick in bed, his brothers Kermit and Quentin brought the pony up to his room in the elevator. But Algonquin was so captivated by his own reflection in the elevator mirror that it was hard to get him out!
Quentin once stopped in a pet store and bought four snakes. He then went to show them to his father in the Oval Office, where the President was holding an important meeting. Senators and party officials smiled tolerantly when the boy barged in and hugged his father. But when Quentin dropped the snakes on the table, the officials scrambled for safety. The snakes were eventually captured and promptly sent back to the pet shop. Alice, Quentin's sister, also had a pet garter snake that she named Emily Spinach ("because it was as green as spinach and as thin as my Aunt Emily" .
The Roosevelts were dog lovers as well. Among their many canines were Sailor Boy the Chesapeake retriever, Jack the terrier, Skip the mongrel, and Pete, a bull terrier who sank his teeth into so many legs that he had to be exiled to the Roosevelt home in Long Island! Alice had a small black Pekingese named Manchu, which she received from the last empress of China during a trip to the Far East. Alice once claimed to have seen Manchu dancing on its hind legs in the moonlight on the White House lawn.
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https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/the-roosevelt-pets.htm
MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)Thanks for posting