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    Celebrating President’s Day with Presidential Pups

    Learn about the four-legged friends of our nation's leaders

    Every February, Americans take pause on the third Monday of the month to honor and remember our presidents on President’s Day, also known as Washington’s Birthday.

    This President’s Day, we are looking through history and honoring not only the past and present leaders of our nation, but their four-legged companions as well.

    Dogs have been in the alongside presidents for many years. Read on to learn more about these presidential pups:

    President George Washington (1789-1797)

    Sweetlips, Scentwell and Vulcan – American Staghounds

    Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy – Black and Tan Coonhounds

    Cornwallis – Greyhound

    President John Adams (1797-1801)

    Juno, Mark and Satan – Mixed breeds

    President Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

    Bergére and Grizzle – Shepherd Dogs from France

    President James Monroe (1817-1825)

    Buddy – Spaniel

    Sebastian – Siberian Husky

    President John Tyler (1841-1845)

    Le Beau – Italian Greyhound

    President Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

    Japanese Spaniel

    President James Buchanan (1857-1861)

    Lara – Newfoundland

    Punch – Toy Terrier

    President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

    Fido – Mixed breed

    President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

    Faithful – Newfoundland

    Rosie – Mixed breed

    President Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)

    Dot – Cocker Spaniel

    Hector – Newfoundland

    Duke – English Mastiff

    Grim – Greyhound

    Otis – Miniature Schnauzer

    Juno and Shep – Hunting dogs

    Jet – Unknown breed

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    Rutherford B. Hayes and Dot (Photo courtesy of PresidentialPetMuseum.com)

    President James A. Garfield (1881)

    Veto – Newfoundland

    President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 and 1893-1897)

    Hector – Japanese Poodle

    Dachshunds, Foxhounds, Collie, Cocker Spaniel and Saint Bernard
     

    President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

    Dash – Collie

    President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

    Pete – Bull Terrier

    Skip – Rat Terrier

    Jack and Peter – Terriers

    Blackjack – Manchester Terrier

    Manchu – Pekingese

    Rollo – Saint Bernard

    Sailor Boy – Chesapeake Bay Retriever

    Gem and Susan – Unknown breeds

    President William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

    Caruso – Unknown breed

    President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

    Davie – Airedale Terrier

    Bruce – Bull Terrier

    Mountain Boy – Greyhound

    President Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)

    Laddie Boy – Airedale Terrier

    Old Boy – Bulldog

    President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

    Rob Roy, Prudence Prim, Ruby Rouch, Bessie – Collies

    Peter Pan – Terrier

    Paul Pry – Airedale Terrier

    Calamity Jane – Shetland Sheepdog

    Tiny Tim and Blackberry – Chow Chows

    Boston Beans – Bulldog

    King Cole – German Shepherd

    Palo Alto – Bird Dog

    President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

    King Tut – Belgian Malinois

    Pat – German Shepherd

    Big Ben and Sonny – Fox Terriers

    Glen – Scotch Collie

    Yukonan – Eskimo Dog

    Patrick – Irish Wolfhound

    Eaglehurst Gillette – Setter

    Weegie – Norwegian Elkhound

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

    Fala, Meggie – Scottish Terriers

    Major – German Shepherd

    Winks – Llewellyn Setter

    Tiny – Old English Sheepdog

    President – Great Dane

    Blaze – Mastiff

    President Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

    Feller – Cocker Spaniel

    Mike – Irish Setter

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

    Heidi – Weimaraner

    President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

    Charlie – Welsh Terrier

    Gaullie – French Poodle

    Pushinka, Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, Streaker – Mixed breeds

    Wolf – Irish Wolfhound

    Shannon – Irish Cocker Spaniel

    Clipper – German Shepherd

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    The Kennedys and some of their dogs (Photo courtesy of PresidentialPetMuseum.com)

    President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

    Him and Her, Edgar, Freckles – Beagles

    Blanco – Collie

    Yuki – Mixed breed

    President Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

    Vicki – Poodle

    Pasha – Terrier

    King Timahoe – Irish Setter

    Checkers – Cocker Spaniel

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    Richard Nixon and Checkers (Photo courtesy of PresidentialPetMuseum.com)

    President Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

    Liberty, Misty – Golden Retrievers

    Lucky – Mixed breed

    President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

    Grits – Border Collie

    Lewis Brown – Afgan Hound

    President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

    Lucky – Bouvier des Flandres

    Rex – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

    Victory – Golden Retriever

    Peggy – Irish Setter

    Taca – Siberian Husky

    Fuzzy – Belgian Sheepdog

    President George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)

    Millie, Ranger – Springer Spaniels

    Sully – Yellow Labrador Retriever (Sully was former President Bush’s service dog for six months until Bush’s passing on Nov. 30, 2018)

    President Bill Clinton (1993-2001)

    Buddy – Chocolate Labrador Retriever

    President George W. Bush (2001-2009)

    Spotty Fetcher – Springer Spaniel

    Barney, Miss Beazley – Scottish Terriers

    President Barack Obama (2009-2017)

    Bo and Sunny – Portuguese Water Dogs

    President Donald Trump (2017-Present)

    No pups … yet :)

    What a list! It could be said that the Newfoundland breed was popular among presidents; Teddy Roosevelt loved his terriers; and there are some very unique names. But one thing is clear: Many of our U.S. Presidents were dog lovers, just like us!

    Sources: Dogtime.com ; Wikipedia ; PresidentialPetMuseum.com

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