QOTW-- Obama Dog- BO

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QOTW-- Obama Dog- BO
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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 10:52am

Is Bo a rescued dog or not? Did President Obama keep or break a campaign promise in picking the purebred as the family's new pet?

Enter Bo, a 6-month-old puppy given up by his first owner and matched with the Obamas through his breeders. Because he was given up by his first owner as a poor fit and is now with his second owners, the Obamas, but never spent time in a shelter or with a rescue group, Bo is a "quasi-rescue dog,"

So what do you think?

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Registered: 08-17-2007
Tue, 04-14-2009 - 12:50pm

In my opinion (and mind you, this is only my opinion... ;0) there are bigger campaign promises we need to worry about him keeping.

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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 1:10pm
While I'm definitely not putting much weight on it, I think he needs to put his daughter's needs first above a promise of getting a dog from a pound. Also, finding a full-bred hypo-allergenic dog at a pound is a very difficult thing to do, so I'm not worried about it. I think this was a decent compromise as opposed to buying a 6-week old puppy from a puppy farm.




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Registered: 08-17-2007
Tue, 04-14-2009 - 1:43pm

ITA, Alysha.

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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 1:45pm

I totally agree. At least it was adopted, and not bought. And, it was a gift.


I think he has bigger fish to fry than worrying about a puppy.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 04-14-2009 - 1:49pm

I agree about "bigger fish to fry" but it's still a nice break in all the bad news, and he's still a dad, even if he is President. . . I'm glad the girls got their puppy either way. I hope he turns out to be a great pet for them.




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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 2:35pm

True, Obama has bigger fish to fry.....however,

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Registered: 01-28-2004
Tue, 04-14-2009 - 6:32pm
thanks for posting your thoughts.

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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 8:47pm
I think that I don't really care what kind of dog or where it came from the Obama's have. I didn't even remember that he made any sort of promise about what kind of dog he would get the girls. Of course the sound of his voice tends to irritate me so I often don't give him my full attention.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 04-14-2009 - 9:11pm

I can't imagine caring any less about the first family dog! I'm surprised (but on the other hand, not at all surprised) at the level of press this received. Glad the girls got the promised dog, I don't envy them their life and loss of privacy, so they deserve it. Don't think the whole world needs to be in the midst of it though, to me it's just a minor footnote and no more needs to be discussed about it in the news.

Doesn't bother me that it is not a rescue dog. Of course, my dog just had puppies, so clearly I'm an irresponsible pet owner anyway, so my opinion doesn't count, lol.

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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 9:41pm

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