- Dogs are the most popular pet for a president to have during his time in the White House.
- Despite the longtime presidential tradition, President Donald Trump has yet to bring a dog into the White House, saying after two years in office that he would feel “a little phony doing so.”
- But daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump did get her daughter Arabella a dog in July.
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Dogs have been the most popular pet for a president to have during his time in the White House – 30 of the 44 presidents have had at least one dog in the West Wing.
The first to have had a dog during his presidency was George Washington, while Barack Obama most recently had two dogs during his presidency.
So far, President Donald Trump has yet to have a pet since entering the White House, and shows no sign of changing his pet ownership status, making him the most recent president to not have a dog in the White House since William McKinley over 100 years ago.
But daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump got her daughter Arabella a puppy named Winter for her eighth birthday. While Winter won’t live in the White House, the newest member of the Kushner family is the first dog for this first family:
Here are 25 photos of some of the most adorable and well-known canines to grace the Oval Office.
Grover Cleveland's cocker spaniel named Gallagher had a brown coat and ears of "inconvenient length."
Source: America Comes Alive
Warren Harding's terrier, named Laddie Boy, was six months old when he moved into the White House.
Source: America Comes Alive
Calvin Coolidge's collie Rob Roy was named after the popular cocktail.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Herbert Hoover had a Belgian shepherd named King Tut, who would patrol the gates of the White House on a nightly basis. He also helped Hoover get elected, appearing in a campaign photo.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum, The Hoover Presidential Library
Franklin Roosevelt's German shepherd, Major, used to chase the White House maids around.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
FDR also had a Scottish terrier named Fala that would often accompany the president on his travels.
Source: BarkPost
Harry Truman gave away his dog, a cocker spaniel named Feller, to a family physician because he was not a dog lover.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave John F. Kennedy a dog named Pushinka as a gift.
Source: BBC
Other than Pushinka, JFK had eight dogs, including his German shepherd named Clipper.
Source: JFK Presidential Library and Museum
Two of Lyndon B. Johnson's beagles, Him and Her, were frequently on the receiving end of the president pulling their long ears.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
One of Lyndon B. Johnson's beagles named Kimberly was given to his daughter Luci.
Source: America Comes Alive
Luci also got another one of his beagles named Freckles.
Source: America Comes Alive
LBJ found his fifth dog, a terrier mix named Yuki, at a Texas gas station on Thanksgiving in 1966.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Richard Nixon's three dogs were an Irish setter named King Timahoe, a poodle named Vicki, and a terrier named Pasha.
Source: America Comes Alive
Gerald Ford and his daughter Susan had a golden retriever named Liberty. Susan got Liberty as a surprise for her father when she was a puppy. Years later, Liberty had nine puppies of her own.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Jimmy Carter had a border collie mix named Grits that was born on the same day Carter was elected president.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Ronald Reagan had two White House dogs. The one seen here was a Bouvier des Flandres named Lucky that Nancy Reagan received as a gift in 1984.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Reagan's other dog in the White House was a Charles Spaniel named Rex.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
George H.W. Bush had two Springer Spaniels, Millie and Ranger.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Bill Clinton named his chocolate Labrador retriever Buddy after his great-uncle.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
George W. Bush and his first dog in the White House, an English Springer Spaniel named Spot, was one of Millie's puppies.
Source: Presidential Pet Museum
Bush also had two Scottish Terriers named Barney and Miss Beazley, who were separated in age by four years.
Source: George W. Bush Presidential Center
The Obamas had two famous Portuguese Water dogs named Bo and Sunny.
Source: The Washington Post
Bo often exercised and played with the president.
Source: White House
Bo and Sunny were so popular that they apparently had official White House schedules for all of their appearances.
Source: PBS
Donald Trump bucked White House tradition when he went two years in office without a dog.
Trump told a crowd in February 2018 that though he "wouldn't mind having one," he doesn't have any time and getting a dog to improve his image would feel "a little phony."
Source: Business Insider