Bo the White House Dog
The official White House photographer, Chuck Kennedy, took the above pix. of Bo for the Baseball card.
It’s a tradition that the “first dog” gets his picture on a basecard card and Bo’s is already out with some fun things: Like his goal is to “make friends with foreign dognitaries, favourite foods: tomatoes and/or toys”,
Any breed which becomes “The First Dog” can become very fashionable and people may clamour for the breed just as they did when movies made certain breeds very popular. There was “101 Dalmations”, “Beverley Hills Chihuahua”, “Lassie”, “Marley and Me”.
When the movie “A Dog of Flandres” came out, The American Bouvier Des Flandres Club acted swiftly to educate the public that the Bouvier was not a breed suitable for everyone. And children should always be reminded that the dog in the movie is a trained dog.
Responsible breeders will protect their breed and the feedback I am seeing is that the Portuguese Water Dog breeders will do just that. They will carefully screen the people wishing to buy puppies. It would be hoped that they are successful as if not, I am sure the puppy mills will spring up to supply the demand for Portuguese Water Dogs now made so popular because of Bo Ohama. 🙂
