is it time to vote for the first dog?

http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-images/funny-dogs/huge-great-dane.jpg
go grebt dane

Let Obama's two kids decide. They earned it.

Look we can at least make suggestions. Dogless people dont know what the hell theyre doing.

http://www.americanwhippetclub.net/AWC%20WEB%20SITE/KV0H9855.JPG
hoverdog

a pitbull with lipstick

http://www.peacockshock.com/archives/komondor%2002-thumb.jpg

Oojooblooooba bojuboobulobubla uh uh uh uh mooonoopoofoonoo. gah.

I'm sorry. What were you saying?

xpost

SHELTER DOG

I thought it had to be a special hypoallergenic dog since one of the girls was allergic to pet dander?

Shelter dog seconded.

Google for hypoallergenic dog reveals:

http://www.pupclassifieds.com/Breeders/pictures/Beaner%20Boy.jpg

which is alll awwww, isn't he cute, cuet, cuet, look at that waggly tail, aawwwwwww...

Cockapoos (and poodles generally) shed little and have little dander, comparatively.

Michelle has already said rescue dogs which is why a dane is perfect because there are a lot of dumbasses out there who are all oh shit my great dane got big?!?!

Greyhounds, too - they could adopt an ex-racedog!

Yes, rescue dog, plz.

if PP would give me permission to release his image i could give you a video glimpse into what future rose garden speeches will look like with a gd running around. we'll see.

The one where I push the dog off the porch off-camera? Go for it.

i think a really cute mangy mutt would be awesome

elitist Havanese

Greyhounds, too - they could adopt an ex-racedog!

― post-apocalyptic time jazz (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, November 5, 2008 1:22 PM (11 minutes ago)

Yes, Kate beat me to this suggestion. A greyhound would be great!

Cockapoos (and poodles generally) shed little and have little dander, comparatively.

Yeah, one reason we bought a Cavapoo was because poodles are a non-shedding breed. Unfortunately, Gypsy is more of a poodle than a CKC spaniel in demeanor -- we were hoping for a lapdog and got a 17-lb. ball of energy.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get a pitbull; I know he can't for all kinds of bullshit reasons but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

I'm totally in love with CKC spaniels, but the health issues with them seem just ridiculous (including one defect where their brains get too big for their heads and press down around their spinal cords and they suffer debilitating head pains and have to be put down)

pugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpugpug

haha the White House would be filled with labored snarly breathing

No change there, then.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/chicago/4-17-08eamespug.jpg

sup america? just chillin in the oval office

haha the White House would be filled with labored snarly breathing

― nabisco, Wednesday, November 5, 2008 2:51 PM (51 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/leftcoastleaner/cheney_short_of_breath.jpg

awwwaaawawwaaawww lookit, so cuuuet!

Then again, you could just post any picture of a dog and I'd just turn into a slathering mess.

HA HA HAHAHAHAHHA HHHAAA X-POST!!!

I guess a French bulldog would have bad associations for many

My only issue w/Danes is that they tend not to live very long. I think a nice heinz 57 mutt would be nice.

http://i33.tinypic.com/2aglxeq.jpg

I think a nice heinz 57 mutt would be nice.

This is an inane sentence, but my love of mutts still stands. They are the best.

My only issue w/Danes is that they tend not to live very long. I think a nice heinz 57 mutt would be nice.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Wednesday, November 5, 2008 1:59 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It is unfortunate that Danes have a life expectancy of only 8 years.

But hey! That's not some planning for a family planning on moving into the White House.

that pug!

I look forward to the Presidential Pet Debates of 2012.

what up white house press corp:

http://flickr.com/photos/equinestate/2890648663/

I am anti-pug or any smushy faces and I think a ginormous English sheepdog galumphing around the White House would be hilars.

TODAY

http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/old-english-sheepdog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/old-english-sheepdog-0001.jpg

TOMORROW
http://www.directoryofdogs.com/old_english_sheepdog.jpg

awwws!

how does this look, is it too much?
http://www.petshed.com/files/u13/president_dog.jpg

that dog is GIANT and is going to EAT THE WHITE HOUSE

oh no MARMADUKE!

if they get a shelter dog, there are a ton of sweet shepherd mixes in shelters that are lovely, wonderful dogs. purebred shepherds are more standoffish, but shepherd mutts really fucking cool dogs.

http://images.cafepress.com/jitcrunch.aspx?bG9hZD1ibGFuayxibGFuazo3NF9GLmpwZ3xsb2FkPUwwLGh0dHA6Ly9pbWFnZXM4LmNhZmVwcmVzcy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvMjI4NTQwNDhfNDAweDQwMC5qcGd8fHNjYWxlPUwwLDI4MCwxODksV2hpdGV8Y29tcG9zZT1ibGFuayxMMCxBZGQsMTAxLDI3fGxvYWQ9bWFzayxibGFuazo3NF9GX21hc2suanBnfGNvbXBvc2U9YmxhbmssbWFzayxNYXNrLDAsMHxjcD1yZXN1bHQsYmxhbmt8c2NhbGU9cmVzdWx0LDAsNDgwLFdoaXRlfGNvbXByZXNzaW9uPTk1fA==

http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/uploaded_images/socks-the-cat-774904.jpg

http://www.travelingdogs.com/images/buddy1.jpg

^ban cat

http://www.costumedogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/basketball.jpg

one time i was on marthas vinyard when the clintons were there and the public access cable station spent the entire time broadcasting messages from local pets to buddy and socks

OMG^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm sure they'll go for something that won't get too big to be uncontrollable by a 7 and 10 year old, who are probably going to have to make the Yes, We'll Be The Ones Taking Care Of It pledge.

yorkie poo is hypoallergenic on two levels

also
http://www.teenieweenieweinery.com/sitebuilder/images/moose-399x539.jpg

> I am anti-pug or any smushy faces

Suggest ban.

I am also anti-small dog while you're hating.

I am pro ALL DOGS!

But I prefer dog-size dogs myself.

NEVAR FOARGET

I am betting on a puggle. It's very "next-gen".

Oh man, changes since I was last there. The guy with the goggles!

I want all of those pits but they look like they would break every stick of fragile thing in your house with their irrepressible-ness!! OM NOM NOM NOM FACE LICKS

look at all these rumors
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27556259/

"Mr. Putin, would you please throw Whitesox his Kong?"

I wuv my pit so much.
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v373/146/19/1202589090/n1202589090_175289_1929.jpg

I like the yorkie poo because it appears to be wearing a wig.

I also appear to be a massive fatty. Go pits!

yorkie poo, for
1) hypoallergenic (think of the children)
2) easy to take care of (ditto)
3) topknot (for our amusement)

http://www.puppypawprints.com/photos/20080320/yorkie-poo-1m-001.JPG

HIDEOUS MONSTER

I will take two yorkipoo's, plz.

http://www.buysellcommunity.com/uploads/040208/ww1/zfwyeujdcoyj.jpg

I'm sure the Obamas can't get a yorkipoo or people will be all like "lol your gay" because they got a wee little dog.

but they are so confident that they can deal with "ur gay" because they are obamas

apparently michelle obama said on Entertainment Tonight that they were going to get a shelter dog...

they have littledogs at shelters
also rescue

pallin' around with terriers

Having a dog as a pet is prohibited in Islam. In fact, if a Muslim keeps a dog as a pet God will take away some heavenly reward for his good deeds! Notice that the amount taken away changed from one to two qirats.

no dog, guys :(

fuck, TWO qirats?

http://www.dogfacts.org/Cocker-Spaniel-Picture.jpg

oh sweet jesus do i love a cocker spaniel

My mother's dogs LOVE qirats!

No wait.

Carrots.

You know, of all the cultural points I find myself repeatedly informing people of, "the mid-east / Muslims aren't huge on dogs" is #1 by a long, long way

(usually to explain why shopkeepers are making a face like "omg eww, you are bringing a dog into my store?")

In Land of the High Flags, which is a memoir about 1960s Afghanistan, there's a very nice scene where the dictatorial sort-of-butler guy who manages the entire household declines the rescued puppy that the author offers him, and explains that dogs are unclean for him and he can't keep one. She later finds him in the kitchen with a lap full of puppies, singing them to sleep when no one is around.

You know, of all the cultural points I find myself repeatedly informing people of, "the mid-east / Muslims aren't huge on dogs" is #1 by a long, long way

― nabisco, Wednesday, November 5, 2008 4:22 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Mine is "Germans are afraid of lightning." Except mine is made up.

South Asians who are not Muslim not wild about pets/dogs either, BTW.

1. Pit
2. Boxer
3. Jack Russell

I'd add Siberian Husky except it's, y'know, Siberian...

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Dog_Closer.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/DSC01334.jpg
MAGGIE FTW

Puppy Name Odds from Irish betting site

George 8 - 1
Washington 10 - 1
Denzel 12 - 1
Jackson 12 - 1
Luther 14 - 1
King 14 - 1
John/Jack 16 - 1
Abraham 20 - 1
Lincoln 20 - 1
Kennedy 25 - 1
Change 25 - 1
Dubya 33 - 1
Kenya 33 - 1
Bill 33 - 1
Reagan 33 - 1
Yes We Can! 33 - 1
Jesse 33 - 1
Sarah 33 - 1
Nixon 50 - 1
Paddy 50 - 1
Clinton 50 - 1
Ronald 50 - 1
Humphrey50 - 1
Bubbles 66 - 1
Buddy 66 - 1
Hillary 66 - 1
Gordon 66 - 1
Condi 80 - 1
OJ 100 - 1
Snoop 100 - 1
Whitney 100 - 1
50cent 100 - 1
Lipstick250 - 1
Oprah 250 - 1
Monica 250 - 1
Joe the plumber 250 - 1
Osama 500 - 1

you guys they are obviously going to name it after one of the jonas brothers, malia loves her jobros

Read some place that mom and dad were gently reminded by a shelter official that they'd already agreed on rescuing a goggie, so :D :D :D

C'mon Obamas, you know you want a mutt from a shelter.

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v62/8/65/19400695/n19400695_30292316_384.jpg

a mutt would be awesome. they could make a big deal of going to the humane society shelter and make a plug for adoption.

http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/1191990474pembroke_welsh_corgi.jpg

or

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet/images/breeds/pomeranian.jpg

supernatch

I will retract my vote if they don't get a shelter dog.

Hypoallergenic shelter dog? Is that possible unless there's a sudden influx of unwanted cockapoo puppies?

Greyhounds, too - they could adopt an ex-racedog!

Talking of which, hooray for MA...

xpost

Aren't hypoallergenic pets a bit of myth? It's the proteins in the saliva that people react to, not the dander. Yes it sticks to dander but surely hairless pets still have dander.

Guys theyve already said theyre getting a rescue dog.

Well you know politicians, always going back on their word.

http://photos-577.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v254/224/57/516053577/n516053577_484768_1907.jpg

my puppy is hypoallergenic!! BICHON FRISE '09

bichon frise are my least favorite of all dogs

Guys theyve already said theyre getting a rescue dog.

― a country packed with ponies (sunny successor), Thursday, November 6, 2008 8:35 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Every time you say this, I think they're getting a St. Bernard.

Brandy for all, tiny American flags for others!

im sold

Famous Pit Bull owners
* Helen Keller
* Mark Twain
* Thomas Edison
* Monica has a pitbull that has made many public appearances with her, including in the video for Everytime tha Beat Drop.
* Jessica Alba.[
* Michael J. Fox.
* Alicia Silverstone.
* Jessica Biel owns three Pit Bulls.
* Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson have a Pit Bull named Penny Lane.
* Cesar Millan, otherwise known as The Dog Whisperer owns several Pit Bulls and uses them as model dogs with which to aid in rehabilitating misbehaved dogs in some circumstances. His most famous and commonly used Pitbull, Daddy, onced belonged to rapper Redman
* Big Boi from hip-hop duo Outkast is a registered Pit Bull breeder.
* Radio host Ira Glass has a Pit Bull.[116]
* West Coast Choppers owner Jesse G. James owns a Pit Bull after whom he named his restaurant.
* TV cook Rachael Ray has one Pit Bull. Her Pit Bull's name is Isaboo and has appeared in cooking episodes and on her talk show. Rachel had another Pit Bull named Boo before she became famous.
* Comedian Jon Stewart has two Pit Bulls, named Monkey and Shamsky.
* Author Andrew Vachss, a vocal opponent of Pit Bull fighting and breed-specific bans, has a Pit Bull named Honey.
* Actor James Madio owns pitbulls, and is a strong advocate for the breed.
* Actor Humphrey Bogart
* American president Woodrow Wilson
* Actress Mary Tyler Moore

insert 'Helen Keller's pit bull' joke here

not sure if this should go here, but...

FIRST DOG BITES WHITE HOUSE REPORTER!!!

note to ILX: with video!

symbolic!

Yeah, they really don't care for the press much, huh?

Screw the First Dog, there should be a First Hippo

Two weeks ago, a pitbull powered through a fence gate and chased me and my little cairn terrier down the block trying to bite me until i threw my dog over a fence and then jumped over it myself just in time.....so pitbulls can kind of eat it IMO.

jesus fuck i was never so scared as when i saw that big thick necked thing growling and push through then break in to a sprint. yikes.

that sucks

it sucks even more that I'm having inappropriate giggles at the idea of someone having to throw their dog over a fence

I am glad you are both okay

HELLO BABBY RIVER HORSE

OMG that hippo

it sucks even more that I'm having inappropriate giggles at the idea of someone having to throw their dog over a fence

haha it WAS kinda funny, especially since some part of my lizard brain kicked in and I actually recall tossing Dot with a classic "two hand" pass like you learn in junior high gym for the basketball unit

Sorry about your bad dog experience Matt; I do always hasten to point out that it's not about the dog, it's about the owner. Pits aren't dangerous unless they've been mistreated and then allowed to run rampant. Unfortunately, they've somehow become the posterdog for shitty owners... lord knows I see a lot of asshole pits/owners in my own neighborhood and I'm always struggling with my girl's sometimes aggressive attitude, but they're truly sweet animals when well taken care of. I do dig that don't much matter when you're being chased; I'd only ask that you bear in mind it was a bad dog moreso than a bad pit.

From Times Press conference today:
As for the dog, he recognizes it’s a major issue, saying it has generated more interest on our Web site than anything. He says he has two criteria that may not be reconcilable: His older daughter, Malia, is allergic to dogs, so the dog has to be hypoallergenic; at the same time, “our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but obviously a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.”

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v62/8/65/19400695/n19400695_30292316_384.jpg

^^^^^WHERE IS THIS DOG I MUST HAVE HIM/HER I DON'T CARE IF SHE/HE ALREADY HAS OWNERS

MR QUE IF U LUV ME YOU WILL FIND THIS DOG AND BRING TO ME

SERIOUSLY I THOUGHT SAME THING

HI FIVES

HERE DOGGIE DOGGIE

LET'S DO THIS THING

^^^^love!

i kind of hate dogs and think most are really ugly, but i vote Bedlington Terrier

http://www.pups4sale.com.au/bedlington_terrier_03a.jpg

http://www.ashcrofterriers.com/images/cocoa%20moving%205x7.jpg

i kind of hate dogs

what a fucking surprise.

We need more info. I should start a "So gonna happen Q family dognapping project" thread so ppl can figure out clues to track down location of doggie. Clues so far: green registration/rabies tag.

xXXpost gabb that dog is kind of vile

i think dude who posted it is from mlps, too, Q.

That's his idea of...NOT ugly? Laurel is confused.

so road trip this weekend to mlps dognap cuet doggie, y/n?

yeah but is it *HIS* dog or some awesome dog he found on GIS?

http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/uploaded_images/socks-the-cat-774904.jpg

cuet^^^^^^

yeah but is it *HIS* dog or some awesome dog he found on GIS?

prolly his???

dunno! But if so we should find out when he is at work so we can come get doggie without a fight. Also, we will have to buy a gun (we can do that in DC now!) so that we can ward of owner when he comes to reclaim.

I'm still beside myself at gabbneb's terrifying rat dog/lizard hybrid.

i vote no on gun re: dognapping. there are plenty of dogs, we don't need a gun to get one

If we were to make that doggie from scratch, we would blend dalmation with black lab or what?

yah that's what i was thinking! it's eyes are mega cuet

also Dan OTM re: lizard dog

that dog is like a shepard of some kind no?

the Q dog, i mean

hmmmmm, dunno. i want to hang out with it and walk it and stuff. also fetch, etc.

I'm not a dog person in that I know I'm not suited to looking after one but I would think everyone could agree that something that looks like it is the missing link between poodle and velociraptor is not the cutest thing in the world.

Maybe our dog-elect is an australian shepard mutt?

It's a Dr Seuss character, and not a good one.

XP! XP!

lolz

thats what i think quincie aus shepard-dalamation X

now go make one

there must be a Web site where I can order one?

The only time I've ever seen a Bedlington is at an airport x 2 in the guise of medical working dogs. Was actually much cuter than either of those above, but still ugly.

neb that dog is very you

I thought it had to be a special hypoallergenic dog since one of the girls was allergic to pet dander?

― post-apocalyptic time jazz (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, November 5, 2008 2:13 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

Ladies and gentlemen, the American Hairless Terrier

http://sweet-lucys.com/hairlessdogs/images/lucy10wk-4.jpg

there are visible lines of demarcation in the bedlington terrier's facial hair, a blended cut might look better.

hahaha

"..On the other hand, our preference would be to get a shelter dog. But obviously a lot of shelter dogs are mutts — like me.”

whattaguy

that dog has. . . manboobs?

that's just hysterical, estela

the Bedlington, like the American Hairless, is appropriate for the allergic. and yes, it is better-looking than all the fugly dogs on this thread except maybe Laurel's sheepdog puppy, maybe because it looks more like a cat or a lamb or an otter or something.

the ears are kinda weird, i admit

It's pretty easy to find a cockapoo at a shelter.

i hope to god they don't get a shitty little terrier.

Probably not. Most terriers are a little bit...musky. Blech.

http://airamerica.com/gallery/White-House-pets

OMG Taft had a cow (literally)

http://www.somdnews.com/stories/06062008/entecov172737_32166.shtml

Socks the Cat is still alive and living comfortably w/ Clinton's secretary.

Socks! Keep on keepin' on bro.

http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/Johnson/archives.hom/FAQs/dog/JPEG/C311-7-64.jpg

YAY!

http://i37.tinypic.com/5l8hmt.jpg

Best thing barack obama has done as president elect

i'm not a presidential dog
i'm presidential, dog

http://i36.tinypic.com/2nbx36s.jpg

Socks The Cat is 19 and has cat cancer :(

Search for 'first pooch' narrows to two choices: Obama

Sun Jan 11, 6:14 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President-elect Barack Obama says he and his family have narrowed their choice of pet hound to one of two breeds, and are ready to start combing animal shelters to find the lucky dog.

"They seem to have narrowed it down to a labradoodle or a Portuguese water hound," Obama told ABC's This Week in an interview broadcast Sunday.

"We're now going to start looking at shelters to see when one of those dogs might come up."

Obama promised daughters Sasha, seven, and Malia,10, a dog as a reward for their forbearance of the rigors of the presidential campaign.

The list of breeds in contention was narrowed by Malia's allergy to dogs, making it necessary that the first family pick a hypoallergenic breed. The president-elect has said his preference would be to adopt a pound dog rather than getting one from a breeder or pet shop...

http://www.labradoodle-breeder.com/labradoodle/LabradoodlePuppyCream.jpg

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images12/Portuguese%20Water%20DogP1010036.JPG

glad you guys have already moved on from health care lolz

don't blame me blame the afp

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bc_obama_dog

...First lady Michelle Obama tells People magazine that the target date for the arrival of the family pet is after her daughters' spring break trip in April, though 7-year-old Sasha is convinced the dog is coming April 1.

"So Sasha says 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's like, April!" said Mrs. Obama, who said she favors Portuguese Water Dogs...

I dunno; Labradoodles are a trend already out there, but this would kick off directed-breed-buying towards PWDs, starting yet another breed trend

http://www.nj.com/parenting/carrie_stetler/index.ssf/2009/02/the_suspense_has_been_broken.html

so it's not a rescue dog? bummer

(note: i didn't read those articles)