Champ has been with the Bidens since Christmas 2008 after the family bought him from a breeder.
Major and his siblings had been abandoned at the shelter and were ‘not doing well at all’ when rescuers took them in, said the center.INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOUR PET: The Saluki is the world’s oldest dog breed. They appear in ancient Egyptian tombs dating back to 2100 B.C.
Biden contacted the shelter and took Major home as a foster owner, before falling in love with him and deciding to adopt.
The White House has a long history of presidential pets, with an exhibition showcasing photographs of them on the wall in the East Wing. In 2016, Donald Trump became the first president in more than a century to not have a dog. In a video included in an unofficial Biden campaign advert, Trump said with a grimace: ‘How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?’ The video, created by Dog Lovers For Joe Biden, suggested that Trump could not be trusted because he did not own a dog .
It then cuts to a photo of Biden with Champ and says: ‘Choose your humans wisely.’ George W. Bush had three dogs – two Scottish terriers called Barney and Miss Beazley, and an English Springer Spaniel called Spot. Bill Clinton’s family lived with beloved chocolate Labrador Buddy. Franklin D Roosevelt’s Scottish terrier Fala became so famous he had cartoons and a film made about him.INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOUR PET: Seeing eye dogs are trained to do their “business” on command. This way their owner can clean it up a bit easier. Some of the popular commands are “get busy” and “go time”.
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