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The First Dog

by John Cole|  April 29, 20097:53 am| 13 Comments

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That is a picture of Bo Obama at the tender age of six weeks, which I found in this USA Today story about the trainer who is working with Bo.

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  1. 1.

    cleek

    April 29, 2009 at 8:04 am

    i read that they’ve trained him to roll over and point to Mecca, if you tell him “Allahu Akbar!”

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    rob

    April 29, 2009 at 8:08 am

    Sweet- but he is no Tunch. btw, Don’t think I will survive all the networks “celebrations” of the first 100 days. The anchors on CNN are pretty much hyperventilating. Hopefully one of them passes out on live TV.

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    R-Jud

    April 29, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Whoops, wrong thread. That’s a cute puppy, and I’m not a dog person at all.

  4. 4.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    April 29, 2009 at 9:48 am

    Aaaawwwww.

  5. 5.

    Comrade Dread

    April 29, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Are we sure he’s qualified to be the First Dog? Have we seen a notarized copy of his birth certificate yet?

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    geg6

    April 29, 2009 at 10:53 am

    Oh, my. That might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

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    Mino

    April 29, 2009 at 10:56 am

    I was pleasantly surprised at how well teh puppy was built and moved on his legs. A very nice youngster, especially his front.
    Though that six-week old picture kinda made my eyes hurt.

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    Krista

    April 29, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    Awww…what a sweet little behbeh. Those girls were already absurdly cute, and now to add a cute dog to the mix? I’m surprised heads aren’t exploding from teh cute.

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    harlana pepper

    April 29, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Oh lord, looka that sweet lil bebeh. Luurve this pic, btw.

  10. 10.

    DonkeyKong

    April 29, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    He looks so cute without his explosive vest on.

  11. 11.

    Robertdsc-iphone

    April 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    Color me a heretic, but I’m not too hot on Bo, either as he is now or the puppy size.

  12. 12.

    omen

    April 29, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    another pic of bo & bo.

    http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/for-your-viewing-pleasure/

  13. 13.

    Bob UK

    April 30, 2009 at 9:26 am

    Aw John,

    You should have asked someone to ‘claim their pet’, You may have got POTUS to pop on and claim Bo :)

    You missed your chance !

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