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Funny Dog Video: Bo Obama "Attacks" Microphone on Reporter's Camera --- See the Video!

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Jun 4th 2009 4:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets, Funny Animal Videos

The First Dog is so darn cute, we can hardly stand it.

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.

Want more Bo? Click here for more videos of the presidential pup with President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama.

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.

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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Will Bo Obama be as Rambunctious as His Big Brother Solo?

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): May 5th 2009 2:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

Bo Obama's big brother, Solo. Photo: Lee Anderson

Remember when Michelle Obama told a group of kids that First Pup Bo is "kind of crazy" and likes to chew on people's feet?

Turns out Bo's high-spiritedness may run in the family! His big brother Solo, a 14-month old Portuguese Water Dog with rakish black hair, is a "whirling dervish" according to his owner Karen Douglas, who lives near Washington D.C. Solo has been known to gleefully chomp through "shoes, purses, books, toilet paper, paper towels, toys that make noises and an empty two-liter soda bottle," reports People Pets.

Seems like Bo -- who's already awakened the President and First Lady at night by carousing with a ball -- shares a naughty nocturnal streak with his big brother Solo. Though he's over a year old, Solo is still not trusted to sleep unsupervised at night, even in Douglas' bed. "Solo can't do that yet," says Douglas. "He can take a sock from the laundry or a book that wasn't put away and start chewing."

Will Bo turn out to be as mischievous as his older brother? Only time will tell.

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Bo Obama is 'Kind of Crazy'

by Maria Coder (Subscribe to Maria Coder's posts): Apr 24th 2009 1:49PM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

There he goes again! Bo takes Michelle Obama for another walk. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty

Chew toys for the first dog? No way. Bo Obama prefers people's feet.

Michelle Obama revealed Bo's taste for toes, and admitted the pooch is "kind of crazy," to children visiting the White House on Thursday.

The first lady says the 6-month-old Portuguese water dog is full of surprises and has a very busy schedule. "It was like 10 o'clock. Everybody was asleep and we hear all this barking and jumping around," said Mrs. Obama. "The president and I came out and we thought somebody was out there. And it was just Bo. He was playing with his ball..."

MSNBC reports that the more than 100 children of White House staffers invited to a meet-and-greet had all sorts of questions about the first pup. Among them: What would Mrs. Obama do if Bo ran away?

"I would be very sad, first of all but ... he has (dog) tags, and hopefully someone would find him and bring him back," Mrs. Obama said.

Even without his lei, we're pretty sure he'll be recognized.

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EBay Alert! Bo Obama Beanie Baby 2.0

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Apr 23rd 2009 8:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

Bo the Beanie Baby costs $4.99 and is already a sold-out sensation. Photo courtesy of Ty Inc.

You knew it was coming.

First dog Bo Obama is so darn cute and cuddly, it was only a matter of time before be became a Beanie Baby.

With the introduction of Bo Obama, the Portuguese Water dog doll, there are stirrings of the Beanie Baby craze that swept the country in the 1990s.

Priced at $4.99, "Bo the Beanie Baby," with his soft black hair and white markings -- just like the real Bo! -- sold out within hours of appearing at a few select stores on April 16. Not currently available online through the manufacturer, Ty Inc.'s, website, Bo the Beanie Baby has popped up on eBay, selling for $100. (Which sounds cheap, considering another seller who is auctioning off Bo the Beanie Baby and the original, ill-fated "Marvelous Malia" and "Sweet Sasha" dolls as a trio for $2,399.99.)

"We are very proud of the First Family and wanted to join in celebrating their choice of a family pet. Now everyone can own a little Bo Beanie Baby 2.0 and join in the excitement," company president Ty Warner told Reuters, adding that a portion of the proceeds will be donated to local animal shelters. (The company is based in Westmont, Illinois.)

Confession? We want one!

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Puparazzi Sniffing Around Bo Obama's Family Tree

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Apr 21st 2009 11:30AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

How do you know you're the most "famous dog in the world?" You get a one-word nickname--"BoBama"--and the press starts digging into your background like they're making an E! True Hollywood Story.

Here's what reporters have unearthed so far:

--Bo Obama's daddy is named Watson (short for "Champion Valkyrie Dr. Watson is Here - catchy!). He's a dignified 6-year-old who lives with a nice family in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Watson is a stud dog and commands $1,900 for his services.

--Bo's mama is Penny, who lives with Bo's breeders, Art and Martha Stern, at their kennel in Texas. Penny's full name? "Champion Amigo's Phor What It's Worth," of course.

--First Dog Bo doesn't live too far from his maternal grandmother, Pooka (i.e., Penny's mother). Grandma Pooka belongs to Janet Forsgren, who works at the Department of Transportation in Washington D.C.

--A half-sister, Ruby, has surfaced in Bemidji, Minnesota, of all places. The 2-year-old Ruby and 6-month-old Bo have the same daddy, but different mothers.

--Bo's famous brother, Cappy, lives with Senator Ted Kennedy, his wife Victoria and two other Portuguese Water Dogs named Sunny and Splash.

--One of Bo's sisters is named Bailey and lives with the Koach family in Kingwood, Texas, where she is a local celebrity due to her lineage.

Since Bo has seven other full siblings besides Bailey and Cappy, no telling when, and where, they will turn up. Bo had no comment when mobbed by reporters on the South Lawn of the White House last Tuesday. He merely sniffed them out, then bounded away in the opposite direction. Now that's one smart dog!

Take a look at Bo Obama's entire genealogy chart.

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