First Dog Bo Obama Greets Kid Reporters At White House Interview (VIDEO)

What better way to kick off the school year than a friendly send-off by first dog Bo Obama?

Scholastic News kid reporters Jacob Schroeder and Topanga Sena were interviewing President Obama at the White House when the President called in the family's Portuguese water dog, who was a gift from Sen. Edward Kennedy.

The reporters were able to pet Bo before he wandered off away from all the flashing cameras. "He's not going to stay around too long, there is too much stuff going on," the President said in the Scholastic video.

Bo seems to enjoy being included in school events. Last year, Bo accompanied First Lady Michelle Obama to a Take Your Child to Work Day. A video of the event on ABC News shows him "helping" Michelle answer questions from the kids.

The President's pooch has been photographed around the country. Check out these photos of his busy summer last year, soaking up the sun in Chicago, Maine and Martha's Vineyard.

WATCH Bo drop in on President Obama's interview:

---

Comments

[jgleveq]

08:21 PM on 09/08/2011

Doesn't "GREET" mean to welcome or receive? Bo came in (pushed in) at the end of the interview and didn't pay 2 cents of attention to the Kids Reporters:It's everything to promote B.O. as in BO! (Anyone got that?) That's a lot of B-S to me...

[baylormaggenti]

07:50 PM on 09/08/2011

So now o is using the dog to get votes. His daughter to Camp David wasn't enough. Did they abandon him. And now the dog didn't even stay. No one likes to be used.

[doctor1972]

08:07 PM on 09/08/2011

Does your dog piss on the blocks your cars are on in your weed infested front yard. By the way, I am white and can trace my American heritage back to the 1700's , that is part of it, the other part being Eastern Tribe Cherokee

[baylormaggenti]

07:33 PM on 09/10/2011

You must be reffering to one of you relatives. You might have a chance at life when it all crumbles.

[baylormaggenti]

07:44 PM on 09/08/2011

Wandered off? You mean he hasn't taught the dog to sit yet. That seems important to me.

[vtracy95]

07:14 PM on 09/08/2011

beautiful dog....good owners....

[tomcat1974]

07:30 PM on 09/08/2011

he'll be chained up to a tree in a week

[baylormaggenti]

07:52 PM on 09/08/2011

For a moment I thought you meant obama and I felt 5 seconds of bliss

[tomcat1974]

06:44 PM on 09/08/2011

don't lie that was michelle before the straightener

[neutronman69]

05:09 PM on 09/08/2011

Bo should give the big jobs speech tonight. He would get more viewers I'm sure.

[mrpell]

07:14 PM on 09/08/2011

Wouldn't need a prompter either.

[tomcat1974]

07:27 PM on 09/08/2011

and he'd make more sense

[baylormaggenti]

07:54 PM on 09/08/2011

Bo doesn't even like obama, that why he walked.

[laacevedo88]

05:04 PM on 09/08/2011

What a cute dog. =)

[angalmarketing2]

05:01 PM on 09/08/2011

Hey, O; anything to try and get the public from thinking about all of the terrible policies you have initiated, huh. Next time have Jimmy Hoffa come in and say some kind words.

[baylormaggenti]

07:55 PM on 09/08/2011

Would you use the lower case "o"?

[YanksWS96]

03:45 PM on 09/08/2011

When I saw it said "White House Dog" I thought Michelle was coming out to greet the kids.

[johnjhenry1]

06:57 PM on 09/08/2011

you must be thinking about your sister

[tomcat1974]

07:29 PM on 09/08/2011

lmao.......cold-blooded

[dasherdog]

12:06 PM on 09/08/2011

Ahhhhhh.....Bo, what a good boy.

[AlisonCarnie]

10:41 PM on 09/07/2011

... anyone that doesn't pick a dog up by it's ears?

My kind of guy!!!