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)

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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.

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)