BEMIDJI, Minn. — It's not everyday you learn a member of your household has a relative in the White House. But Julie Quanrud and husband Ric Mei...
Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.18.2009 | Style
Four-legged friends are a time-honored White House tradition. President Taft had a cow. FDR had his terrier Fala. The Kennedys gave young Caroline a p...
nytimes.com | DOUGLAS QUENQUA | Posted 05.17.2009 | Style
These questions are intriguing enough when applied to household pets -- do they know why they're not allowed on the couch? That we are coming home aga...
Janice Taylor | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living
Bo Obama, the first puppy, rollicks on the White House lawn in a natural state of joy and exuberance with complete abandon; essentially in a constant state of Flow!
TMZ | Posted 05.15.2009 | Style
We've already told you the Obama dog is a used pooch -- with a past! Here's the lowdown. Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog whose original name was Charlie...
US Magazine | Posted 05.15.2009 | Style
The puppy has already learned tricks, his trainer Dawn Sylvia says in the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands tomorrow. "He sits very well, he does ...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
There was quite a crowd at the White House today to see the Obamas show off Bo, the new presidential puppy. Bo was on a leash handled by Michelle Oba...
John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy
The following flier was found today posted in the vicinity of the White House...
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living
Many of us know that animals add to our emotional and spiritual well-being, and studies have demonstrated that having a pet is good for our physical health as well!
John Marshall | Posted 05.14.2009 | Comedy
"Although not a rescue, as many of you had hoped, I did come from Ted Kennedy, and while I appreciate his service to the nation, I am pleased to no longer have to drive in a car with him."
Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.14.2009 | Style
The arrival of Bo is truly change we can believe in. Once a puppy arrives at a house -- even the big white one on Pennsylvania Avenue -- things will never be the same.
Hank Morris | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
President-elect Obama blindsided his staff when not half-way through his victory speech, he freelanced the notion of a "well-earned puppy" for his girls Sasha and Malia.
Kathy Kastan | Posted 12.11.2008 | Style
I have owned dogs my entire life and I have never found an animal that's sweeter, gentler and more loving than a golden doodle.
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 12.08.2008 | Green
The decision sends a message to the nation of concern for animals in shelters -- many will follow the Obamas' lead, saving many more animals from being euthanized in shelters.
AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Style