US Presidential Facts – Presidential Dogs

Dogs have been one of the more popular pets of the Presidents.

Here are some of the dogs that claim some of the Presidents as masters (Name, Breed, President):

• Bo  – Portuguese Water Dog – Barack Obama

• Barney – Scottish Terrier – George W. Bush

• Buddy – Labrador Retriever – Bill Clinton

• Millie – Springer Spaniel – George H.W. Bush

• Rex – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel – Ronald Reagan

• Grits – Border Collie – Jimmy Carter (given to his daughter Amy, but quickly returned)

• Liberty – Golden Retriever – Gerald Ford

• Checkers – Cocker Spaniel – Richard Nixon (became famous from Nixon’s “Checker’s Speech”)

• Him and Her – Beagles – Lyndon Johnson (Johnson caused quite a controversy when he lifted one up by the ears for the press in 1964)

• Pushinka – Mutt – John F. Kennedy (a gift from Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev, a puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)

• Fala – Scottish Terrier – Franklin Roosevelt

• King Tut – Belgian Shepherd – Herbert Hoover

• Calamity Jane – Shetland Sheepdog – Calvin Coolidge

• Laddie Boy – Airedale Terrier – Warren Harding

• Blackjack – Manchester Terrier – Theodore Roosevelt

• Veto – ? – James Garfield

• Faithful – Newfoundland – Ulysses Grant

• Fido – ? – Abraham Lincoln

• Punch – Toy Terrier – James Buchanan

• Le Beau – Italian Greyhound – John Tyler

• Buzzy – Briard – Thomas Jefferson

• Satan – ? – John Adams

• Drunkard and Tipsy – Black and Tan Coonhounds – George Washington

Sidenote: Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt probably had the largest mixture of animal choices as pets. Coolidge’s “pets” included: raccoons, a donkey, canaries, a goose, lion cubs (named: Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau), a duiker, a black bear, a wallaby, a Pygmy hippopotamus, a bobcat, a cat, at least ten different breeds of dogs. Theodore Roosevelt’s pets included: a one legged rooster, a barn owl, a Hyena, cats, a rabbit, a pig, a Badger, a small bear, a lizard, a hen, a macaw, a snake, a rat, ponies, guinea pigs and at least seven breeds of dogs.