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Our soon to be White House dog -- and he's a rescue (Original Post) CatWoman Nov 2020 OP
Beauty. And I think there's another, also a rescue. BKDem Nov 2020 #1
Yep--Champ: tblue37 Nov 2020 #6
Omg, the dog of my lifetime was a German Shep eleny Nov 2020 #25
Think his name is Major. AngryOldDem Nov 2020 #20
I don't know which is which. But they are Champ and Major. BKDem Nov 2020 #24
Love him! deminks Nov 2020 #2
OMG! Georgeous!!! Squinch Nov 2020 #3
Awwww!!! What a sweet pup! LaMouffette Nov 2020 #4
Beautiful! Karadeniz Nov 2020 #5
There's also Major! mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #7
This is Champ. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #19
The OP originally said Champ so I assumed this was Major, thanks for the heads up :) nt mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #21
That is Major Biden, one of the two first dog elects! Here is Champ: CottonBear Nov 2020 #8
I hope he likes interesting smells... JHB Nov 2020 #9
Hahahahaha!!!! Talitha Nov 2020 #17
How does he react to sulfur? lastlib Nov 2020 #35
What a beaut! Disaffected Nov 2020 #10
here is to normalcy! peacebuzzard Nov 2020 #11
A beauty! Shrike47 Nov 2020 #12
Champ and Major---DOTUS-elect! 🐶 🐶 Tanuki Nov 2020 #13
Yup! Karma13612 Nov 2020 #26
Champ was a rescue dog, but Joe and Jill Biden were a FAILED foster family Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #14
I was a foster fail... Chili Nov 2020 #30
What a wonderful fail! A bit misty here, so thank you! niyad Nov 2020 #36
Oh God he's cute! I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2020 #15
Who's a good boy? Cal Carpenter Nov 2020 #16
I have a 14 month old German Shepard! ismnotwasm Nov 2020 #18
Champ is an absolutely great name for a dog. AngryOldDem Nov 2020 #22
Yea! Karma13612 Nov 2020 #23
Dogs rule. broiles Nov 2020 #27
I am glad that we will have dogs back in the White House Gothmog Nov 2020 #28
If Trump refuses to leave the White House, let Champ and Major take care of the problem. sop Nov 2020 #29
Oh, wow. I can imagine that and love it! LOL. n/t monmouth4 Nov 2020 #31
I cannot imagine that tub of lard moving fast, let alone running. niyad Nov 2020 #38
Beautiful Demovictory9 Nov 2020 #32
Send Lindsey's WH bowl to Moscow Mitch. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #33
What beautiful, loyal dogs. SergeStorms Nov 2020 #34
Such gorgeous babies. It will be wonderful having fur babies in OUR HOUSE again! niyad Nov 2020 #37
So excited to have some pets in the White House again! They (like the Biden Family) will be Illumination Nov 2020 #39

eleny

(46,166 posts)
25. Omg, the dog of my lifetime was a German Shep
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:38 PM
Nov 2020

Mother, sister, daughter - what a dog. They're so smart & loving and too often they're the boss! It was the best work I ever did, training and living life with a fuzzy haired Shep.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
9. I hope he likes interesting smells...
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:12 PM
Nov 2020

...because after four years of a howler monkey and a pack of baboons, the White House is going to be pretty damn "interesting" that way.

lastlib

(23,224 posts)
35. How does he react to sulfur?
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:32 PM
Nov 2020

There will be a strong smell of it around the WH for a long time.........especially around Stephen Miller's old office.

Brother Buzz

(36,423 posts)
14. Champ was a rescue dog, but Joe and Jill Biden were a FAILED foster family
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:17 PM
Nov 2020

and in the dog rescue realm, a failed foster family is the BEST thing in the world, bark none.

Chili

(1,725 posts)
30. I was a foster fail...
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:49 PM
Nov 2020

..me and my Mom - after we adopted a wonderful rescue Labradoodle and Dal - were asked to go down to Cincinnati and save two 1-year-old Dals who were in a shelter. Our first and only foster attempt. One of the soon-to-be-owners was a co-worker, very nice man, but the other guy just wanted to breed the girl. No matter how many times I told that jerk that rescues were always fixed before adoption, no breeding possible, he still nagged me to bring her back unfixed. Just before we drove down to get them, he broke off the deal, so the girl Dal would not have a home.

When we got down there, we discovered that the boy had been spoiled and played with constantly, while the girl - so badly abused, including sexually, that she had been yanked out of a house by the police - had been isolated in her cage and never let out because she was "hostile." We told them she no longer had a potential owner, so we asked, what happens to her if we leave her? "She goes down next Saturday." Not going to happen. We took her home in the hopes that we'd find her an owner, a family. When we got home and she saw our two dogs, she panicked, jumped up into my arms, and shivered uncontrollably. Broke my heart. My two dogs, though, accepted her and welcomed her and they became a family.

The 3 possible adopters sucked, to me, I didn't like their attitudes. So I was a foster FAIL.

So Chloe found a home. We loved her crazy neurotic destructive defiant loving adoring little self for 14 more years. When she passed at age 15, it broke my heart. And she did bite me, a harmless nip several times, on the ear lobe, especially when we stayed at our Cavs games or visited relatives for too long - pissed her off and I paid for it. Bless her sweet soul.

ismnotwasm

(41,977 posts)
18. I have a 14 month old German Shepard!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:28 PM
Nov 2020

She’s the dog that turned me into “that” dog owner

So glad to look forward to these beautiful rescues in the White House

Gothmog

(145,176 posts)
28. I am glad that we will have dogs back in the White House
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:42 PM
Nov 2020

I agree that it is special that JOe's dog is a rescue

sop

(10,170 posts)
29. If Trump refuses to leave the White House, let Champ and Major take care of the problem.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:45 PM
Nov 2020

Imagine the POS running across the White House lawn with two large German Shepherds hot on his heels.

niyad

(113,288 posts)
38. I cannot imagine that tub of lard moving fast, let alone running.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:41 PM
Nov 2020

Besides, that would be too toxic for those precious ones.

SergeStorms

(19,200 posts)
34. What beautiful, loyal dogs.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:24 PM
Nov 2020

Animals bring so much love into your life. It's no mistake Trump's White House was totally devoid of animals, and love.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
39. So excited to have some pets in the White House again! They (like the Biden Family) will be
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:52 PM
Nov 2020

welcome with open arms!

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