Pets Are Family Too

After months since President Obama announced that he will allow his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to get a dog in the White House. Speculation on the type of dog and when it will arrive has been burning up the media waves from the internet to mainstream media, world wide. Bo Obama, a Portuguese water dog, is the latest addition to the White House.

Bo Obama is a black-and-white 6-month-old Portuguese water dog got his name from the First Daughters according to the Washington Post,

The girls named it Bo — and let it be noted that you learned that here first. Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama’s father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said. (Get it? Bo . . . Diddley?)

Controversy swirled wildly whether or not the First Puppy would come from a breeder or a shelter.  Dog lovers were drawing their lines in the sand and lobbying why a shelter dog would be more appropriate than a dog from a breeder. Guess who won? Read the rest of this entry »