Proving that he's got a playful streak (he is, after all, a canine and still a puppy) Bo sniffed out the camera crew surrounding him on the White House lawn and decided that one particular microphone looked the tastiest.
As far as misbehaving goes, Bo's playfulness is mild and good-natured compared to some other presidential pets! (See below.)
Watch as he romps with the microphone and gives it a few good bites before it's rescued.
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Every time a presidential pet breaks protocol or gives in to their "bad" side, it's reported as international news. So far the Obamas' Portuguese Water Dog, has only been guilty of trying to chew on people's feet and chomping on a news camera microphone like it was a tasty treat. How have other presidential pets acted badly in the past?
Presidential Pets Behaving Badly
During the last days of President George W. Bush's presidency in November 2008, his Scottish terrier Barney bit a Reuters reporter, Jon Decker, on the finger, requiring the newsman to get it bandaged and take antibiotics for several days. Why was Barney so irritable? Maybe because he was cooped up on the White House grounds for eight years! "Barney had never walked in a neighborhood," Bush revealed in a speech he made to the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan in May 2009. "He only knew the South Lawn [of the White House]."
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In 1985, then President Ronald Reagan's exuberant dog Lucky, a Bouvier de Flanders, unceremoniously dragged the president across the White House Lawn, making the president look bad in front of a bevy of photographers and visiting Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Described as a "clinically depressed poodle" by one newspaper, Sumo the Maltese snapped one night in January 2009 and bit his owner, the former French President Jacques Chirac. "The dog went for him for no apparent reason," said his wife, Bernadette Chirac. "We were already aware the animal was unpredictable and is actually being treated with pills for depression." Mr. Chirac was bitten so badly --- though Mrs. Chirac refused to divulge where --- that he had to go to the emergency room.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Labrador retriever Koni sure knows how to party! In April 2009, she snuck into a room containing a table heaped with platters of cookies, cakes and biscuits meant to be served at a meeting of Russia's ruling party members and helped herself to the goodies --- every last crumb. "Koni ate everything," marveled one of Putin's bodyguards, who witnessed the whole incident and (wisely) decided not to intervene.
Alexei Druzhinin, AP
President Theodore Roosevelt's bull terrier, Pete, caused an international incident when the temperamental canine chased the visiting French ambassador Jules Jusserand down a White House hallway and bit him --- reportedly on the seat of his pants! When the French government complained, Pete was "exiled to the Roosevelt mansion at Sagamore Hill," according to the book, "The Pawprints of History" by Stanley Corent and Andy Bartlett.
AP
Old Whiskers, a goat belonging to the son of President Benjamin Harrison, had a mischievous streak. One day, Old Whiskers ran away with some of the grandchildren and the president had to chase after the old goat down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Pol, a yellow-headed Amazon parrot belonging to President Andrew Jackson, had to be removed from his funeral due to her "crude language." She was reportedly cursing up a storm!
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President Bill Clinton and his family famously had Socks the cat when they lived at the White House. When the Clintons later got a chocolate Labrador retriever named Buddy to join them at the presidential residence, the cat never took to him. Socks would hiss at Buddy and they had to be kept apart. Sadly, Socks passed away in February 2009 after a long bout with cancer, and Buddy died in January 2002 when he was hit by a car near the Clintons' home in Chappaqua, New York.
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Good puppy, good boy. Evil, evil press. Good puppy!!!
Why did you put ATTACK in the headline? If I were a dog and had a microphone in my face I would have destroyed it. Geesh, be sensible people...it's a D-O-G!!!!!!!! and a PUPPY at that...get over it and report something that is really news...or do you just want to try to stir outrage over a cute little dog to get the public grumbling???
WHAT A BAD WORD FROM THE PRESS "ATTACK" COME ON GUYS HE IS JUST BEING A PUPPUY. YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE HE BIT SOMEONE. I PUT THAT WORD ON THE LINE WITH WHAT A PITBULL DOES TO A PERSONS LEG.
Everyone needs to get out of the poor puppy's face. He probably can't even take a poop without a camera up his butt! If Bo turns out to be an attack dog-then the PRESS is to blame. Let them live in peace & enjoy their new pet like any other family-keep it up and maybe he will take off more than the microphone cover!!!
I agree! Evil, evil press. State-owned no less.
Sami... I suggest you take a look at Bush's dog who bit a reporter, with the excuse that the dog hadn't been walked in neighborhoods before and had only been in the White House area for 8 years... before you go critiquing a puppy for chewing.
Which is what all puppies do. Barney was a mature adult dog when he bit ... and it wasn't play.
sheesh
It is just a puppy being a puppy and to the idiot who thinks its Obamas fault get over it. ITS A FREAKING PUPPY. What was he suppost to do hit the dog?
I thought that was soooo cute, that little Bo just walked over and nibbled on the camera mike...looked like a chewy toy to me a too! Good Bo! He is gentle as a lamb...and a puppy
By the way, who was the Moron that printed "attack" ? What a Dip**** of a reporter!
Get a grip people and grow up!!! The president has a cute dog! It's a puppy for goodness sakes! Why don't you just go hunting with all the guns you've purchased and let "us" enjoy our new president!
It's a puppy! what do you expect it's teething and playing like a dog should!
I'm really sorry that bo is not reponding the Obama wants him to but bo has a good teacher.
Sami, bet your dog skills are better, maybe just maybe you shouldn't put your hand or camera in the puppys face. I think the behavior of the press in the face of celebrities should have the same reaction as this or any dog who's space has been challenenged. But just my opinion.
Bob C
Bo is adorable, and much more friendly then bush's dog barney! He has his owners personality ;)
P.S. Sami, the Obama's are excellent parents, their daughters will not be out drinking and getting knocked up like Bush & Palin's.lol
He's a Puppy!!! Wow,and he looked like he was playing, so after pulling on the microphone which i'm pretty sure they stuck in his face, everyone goes to pet him. Goodness and the media make it seem like it's some sort of monster attack, (drama queens). He wasn't being a bad dog, just curious and problibly alittle annoyed being surrounded by all those reporters often. This wasn't as bad as Bush's dog Barney he almost bit the reporter.
That was the cutest little bit of news I've seen for a long time. Usually its all bad news. Enjoy people "Don't take it to Heart"
Love Love Love isn't that what we're striving for as Americans
Some ATTACK! Looks like the vpuppy is playing tug with the sponge cover of the mike. Puppies do things like that!!!
Someone reported on a dog attacking a microphone? In todays economy? Are you kidding? I think that there are much more important topics to discuss. However, I say "Go for it Bo". If reporters are much more interested in how the 1st dog acts then that reporter needs to get their priorities straight and maybe interview the homelss guy down the street
Ray, your language is disgusting. Only stupid people with a poor vocabulary uses such words. You'r trashy.
In defense of Barney, I have to say that the dog acted completely appropriately. He must have said (in dog terms) "please, I do not wish to interact with you" at least 5 times before that reporter reached to pet him. Then, when the reporter did go to pet him, he reached over the dog's head; this motion is a direct threat to any dog, and one that is anxious or unwilling to interact with others will understandably act to defend itself.
As so many of you have said about Bo, "leave the poor dog alone".
Cute dog.But this is old news happened days ago .Why does Aol continue to post stories "after the fact",The dog did not take anything away from the president just added a sense of humor