Time for A Presidential Poodle!

Barack Obama has been elected to be the next President of the United States! And, as is a standard question for all newly elected Presidents with a lovely wife and children to share the White House with, Obama was asked what kind of puppy he was planning to get for the title of “First Dog.”

And yes, it’s going to have to be a dog, because 10-year old First Daughter Malia has allergies she can’t escape with a cat, but could easily avoid with just the right kind of dog. Plus, as Obama mentioned, the family is going to want a shelter puppy…

“But obviously, a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me,” said Obama, in an apparent self-depreciating reference to his mixed race heritage. “So whether we’re going to be able to balance those two things, I think, is a pressing issue on the Obama household.”

Yet a surprising number of shelter dogs are purebreds. We got our beloved giant mutant mountain poodle Beau (pictured at top) at our county’s animal shelter when he was 6 months old, and his pedigree was a whole lot more impressive than mine! A size-large standard poodle with your basic kennel cut would make a delightful First Dog!

And poodles are, among all dogs, among the few that are certifiably hypoallergenic. The list includes breeds like the Maltese, Bichon Frise, and Shih Tzus, but these are what my daughter calls “yapper punting dogs,” small enough to be utterly unimpressive in a mansion the size of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Even better, there are poodle rescue outfits out there right now with poodles to spare, and some of ‘em are already housebroken!

And if the Obamas are serious about a “mutt like me,” there are a wide variety of poodle crossbreeds invented mostly because a good percentage of them get the benefit of hypoallergenic hair so people with allergies can have a canine companion to love. There are the famous bred-to-be service dogs known as Labradoodles, and an amazing list of other crossbreeds your imagination can run with…

• Saint Berdoodle
• Scoodle (Scottish Terrier + Poodle)
• Eskapoo (for non-allergenic dog sled teams)
• Pugapoo
• Doodleman Pinscher (too scary for the White House!)
• English Boodle (this might be a winner, just for laughs…)

So my advice to the Obama family is to put your feelers out right now to the poodle rescue societies and be open to an interesting poodle ‘mutt’ that looks a whole lot like Winston Churchill!

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