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Tag >> obama

Report on Obamas' decision on dog

Posted by: djogon in obamas select dog, obama, dog selection, dog breed, breed on Feb 26, 2009

djogon

Evreyone in dog world is following this one carefully. What will it be ... Labradoodle? Poodle? ... I hope they make the right choice!
Here is a bit of scoop on this

 

After months of speculation, it appeared that the selection of a first dog was at hand. People magazine, with a fetching report on its Web site, revealed that first lady Michelle Obama has narrowed the family's choice to a rescued Portuguese water dog. All that stands in the way now is spring break - then comes a dog in April.
"You're getting some scoops here,'' the first lady told the magazine, People reported, and "the only thing still up in the air is the name."
But is the magazine barking up the wrong tree?
The first lady's press secretary, Katie Lelyveld, threw cold water on the report today, suggesting that a decision actually has not been made.
"They have not selected a breed," Lelyveld said. "Mrs. Obama likes the Portuguese water dog, but she is only one of four votes.''
The Obamas have not narrowed the search down to a particular breed, the spokeswoman said, but "their primary focus now is that they get a dog that works with their lifestyle." President Barack Obama had allowed in an earlier interview that the family had narrowed its search to the water dog or a Labradoodle, not a breed really, but a cross between a Labrador retriever and the Standard poodle.

Well ... like anyone else who has ever had a dog and was a responsible dog owner ... deciding on a breed is not an easy task.

 







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