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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 05:51 PM Jan 2021

Champ and Major have moved in; dogs are back in the White House.

Champ is enjoying his new dog bed by the fireplace in Washington, and Major is taking in the grass on the South Lawn, which has become his favorite running place for now, according Michael LaRosa, press secretary for first lady Jill Biden....

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 didn’t have time....

In addition to making history with Major’s presence in the White House, the first family will also welcome a cat soon, Jill Biden said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/25/biden-dogs-champ-major-white-house/

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Champ and Major have moved in; dogs are back in the White House. (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 OP
He was being honest. He has no time for pets or family either. secondwind Jan 2021 #1
everything in the world is a commodity and transaction to the sociopath. Thomas Hurt Jan 2021 #2
Isn't it amazing how something so simple as a dog running around in the White House Dem2theMax Jan 2021 #3
Seems to me the place was previously overrun with mutts and strays...the two legged kind dutch777 Jan 2021 #4
Don't forget the lapdogs too lunatica Jan 2021 #8
And the soul of The WhiteHouse has just received a major shot of a champion spirit... Guilded Lilly Jan 2021 #5
... Ohiogal Jan 2021 #6
The murdering, orange traitor hates dogs. KO did a segment on it during his "Closer" niyad Jan 2021 #13
I bet dogs hate him back MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #19
I understand Major has completed Ranger school and has been assigned to... Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #7
Dogs and a cat, now that is bipartisan Walleye Jan 2021 #9
nt bdamomma Jan 2021 #11
True. I like dogs and cats better than I like most people that's for sure Walleye Jan 2021 #12
Dogs And Cats Living Together?!?!?!? ChoppinBroccoli Jan 2021 #23
Aren't we all glad... 3catwoman3 Jan 2021 #10
Yes!!! That would have been awful! niyad Jan 2021 #14
Yay Meowmee Jan 2021 #15
Me too I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2021 #17
yes, Socks was great... Meowmee Jan 2021 #24
Yes, things are getting hairy at the historic White House True Dough Jan 2021 #16
Aw MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #20
Still has a way to go to catch up with Teddy Roosevelt (though good to see hounds in the House!) hatrack Jan 2021 #18
That was interesting MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #21
As I've Said For Years, Never Trust Anyone Who Doesn't Like Dogs ChoppinBroccoli Jan 2021 #22

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)
3. Isn't it amazing how something so simple as a dog running around in the White House
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 05:58 PM
Jan 2021

is making all of us smile? Normal life.

dutch777

(3,023 posts)
4. Seems to me the place was previously overrun with mutts and strays...the two legged kind
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 06:02 PM
Jan 2021

I wonder what it is like to be a (real) WH dog? Lots of lawn is good.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. Don't forget the lapdogs too
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 06:39 PM
Jan 2021

Especially his White House staff kissing his ass and leaving hickies during meetings.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
5. And the soul of The WhiteHouse has just received a major shot of a champion spirit...
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 06:23 PM
Jan 2021

Adding a feline will instantly magnify the majesty.


niyad

(113,348 posts)
13. The murdering, orange traitor hates dogs. KO did a segment on it during his "Closer"
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 07:51 PM
Jan 2021

Segments.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
7. I understand Major has completed Ranger school and has been assigned to...
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 06:31 PM
Jan 2021

squirrel patrol for the entire White House grounds.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
24. yes, Socks was great...
Tue Jan 26, 2021, 01:49 AM
Jan 2021

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.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
18. Still has a way to go to catch up with Teddy Roosevelt (though good to see hounds in the House!)
Mon Jan 25, 2021, 10:28 PM
Jan 2021

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&quot .

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

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