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L'Atelier Robert Coane
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WELCOME,
BO[BAMA]!!! |
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THE POWER OF DOG There
is sorrow enough in the natural way |
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1789
- 1797 George Washington America's first president was not only the father of his country but the father of the American Foxhound. He carefully bred and maintained his Dogs, listing more than 30 hounds in his journals, including hounds named Drunkard, Tipler and Tipsy. |
![]() American Foxhound |
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1801 - 1809
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson owned a Sheep Dog and is the President who instituted the first dog license. He actually had a Dog hanged once for attacking his sheep. |
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1817
- 1825 James Monroe James Monroe owned a Spaniel. |
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1861
- 1865 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln owned at least 2 Dogs called Fido and Jip. Fido, suffered a violent death much like his master. Fido was knifed to death in the street by a drunk who became angry when the Dog jumped on him with muddy paws. |
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1869
- 1877 Ulysses S Grant Ulysses S. Grant brought a Newfoundland Dog named Faithful to the White House. Faithful belonged to Jesse Grant, the son of President Grant. |
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1877
- 1881 Rutherford Hayes Rutherford Hayes owned an English Mastiff called Duke, two German Shepherd Dogs named Hector and Nellie and a Greyhound called Grim. |
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1885
- 1889 Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland was believed to have owned a Poodle. |
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1889
- 1893 Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison owned a Dog called Dash. |
![]() Dash |
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1901
- 1909 Theodore Roosevelt Gen. George Custer took his Chesapeake Retrievers into battle with him. Legend holds that President Teddy Roosevelt’s own Chessie, Sailor Boy, right, was descended from Custer’s own Dogs. |
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1913
- 1921 - Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson did not own a Dog while he was President. He was the first to shake hands with a Dog which was a war hero. Woodrow Wilson. The dog was Stubby, a Bull Terrier, who captured a German spy in World War I. Woodrow Wilson made the following quote, "If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience." |
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1921
- 1923 Warren Harding Warren Harding owned an Airedale called Laddie Boy and a Bulldog called Oh Boy. Laddie Boy who had his own chair to sit on at cabinet meetings. |
![]() Laddie Boy |
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1923
- 1929 Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge owned at least 12 Dogs: Terrier (Peter Pan) Airedale (Laddie Buck/Paul Pry) 2 White Collies (Oshkosh/Rob Roy and Prudence Primm) Shetland Sheepdog (Calamity Jane) 2 Chows (Tiny Tim and Blackberry) Brown Collie (Ruby Rough) Yellow Collie (Bessie) Bulldog (Boston Beans) Police Dog (King Kole) Bird Dog (Palo Alto), |
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1929
- 1933 Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover owned at least 9 Dogs 2 Police Dogs (King Tut and Pat) 2 Fox Terriers (Big Ben and Sonnie) Scotch Collie (Glen) Eskimo Dog (Yukon) Wolfhound (Patrick) Setter (Eaglehurst Gillette) Elkhound (Weejie) |
![]() King Tut |
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1933
- 1945 Franklin D Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt owned at least 7 Dogs: German Shepherd (Major) 2 Scotch Terriers (Meggie and Fala) Llewellyn Setter (Winks) English Sheepdog (Tiny) Great Dane (President) Mastiff (Blaze) Pekingese (Manchu) Fala was given to the President by his cousin, Margaret Suckley. Fala the star of an MGM Hollywood movie about the typical day of a Dog in the White House. Fala also became an honorary army private. He received this honor by contributing one dollar to the war effort setting a trend for the rest of the US. Fala is depicted in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Meggie, the other Terrier, was infamous as she once bit a senator! Manchu was owned by Alice Roosevelt and was a small black Pekingese which she received as a gift from the last Empress of China. |
![]() Fala |
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1945
- 1953 Harry S. Truman |
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1953
- 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower owned a Weimaraner named Heidi. |
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![]() J.F.K. & CHARLIE |
1961
- 1963 John F. Kennedy The Prime Minister of Ireland gave JFK the Irish Cocker Spaniel, Shannon. |
![]() Charlie & Pushinka |
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1963
- 1969 Lyndon B Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson owned 7 Dogs: Mix - Yuki 5 Beagles - Beagle, Little Beagle, Him and Her and J. Edgar White Collie - Blanco As president he received as a gift the white Collie, Blanco. He always shook hands with the Dog whenever he left or returned to the White House. His favorite Dog, the Beagle called Him, was run over and killed on the White House grounds. Edgar Hoover gave him a Dog to replace Him which he named J. Edgar. His Mongrel Dog, Yuki, was famous for disgracing everyone present in the oval office including the Shah of Iran. His next escapade occurred when he bit a White House police officer in the groin. Despite these indiscretions Yuki was honoured by his picture appearing on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. |
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1969
- 1974 Richard Nixon Richard Nixon owned 4 Dogs Spaniel - Checkers Irish Setter - King Timahoe Terrier - Pasha Poodle - Vicky When he entered the White House a member of his staff gave him the Irish Setter, King Timahoe, which he named for the little village in Ireland where his mother’s ancestors came from. |
Checkers |
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1974
- 1977 Gerald Ford Gerald Ford owned a Golden Retriever called Liberty who gave birth to nine puppies at the White House. |
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1977
- 1981 Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter gave a Dog as a gift to his daughter Amy. The Dog was a Mix who was called Grits. |
![]() Grits with Amy |
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1981
- 1989 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan owned two Dogs, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Rex and a Bouvier des Flandres called Lucky. The President was photographed being dragged across the White House lawn by Lucky in the presence of Margaret Thatcher. An undignified image for the President of the USA. Lucky was sent to live in California leaving just Rex, the little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel at the White House. |
![]() Rex with Nancy Reagan |
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1989
- 1993 George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush owned a Springer Spaniel called Millie and her puppy named Ranger. "Millie", the Springer Spaniel, has been the subject of a book which has sold more copies than the autobiography of George Bush himself. |
![]() Millie |
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1993
- 2001 President Bill Clinton Bill Clinton owned a chocolate Labrador called Buddy. The TV cameras caught him relieving himself on the carpet! Buddy was barely in the White House a month before Newsweek proclaimed, “At last, a friend who can’t testify against him.” |
![]() Buddy |
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2000
- 2008 President George W. Bush President George W Bush's Dogs include a Scottish Terrier named Barney and an English Springer Spaniel named Spot. Spot was named after Scott Fletcher, a former Texas Rangers baseball player. President Bush's Dog Spot is the only Dog to live in the White House during two administrations. Spot was born to Millie, George H.W. Bush's Dog, when George H.W. Bush was President. Spot was given to his son George W. Bush who returned the Terrier to the White House for his term of office. Miss Beasley, Barney's companion Scottie, is Laura Bush's Dog. |
![]() Spot ![]() Barney & Miss Beasley |
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2009 - President Barack Hussein Obama Bo |
BO-BAMA |
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Lessons
Learned From Presidential Dogs In
the White House, they play howl to the chief. They are presidential
dogs -- the most common presidential pets. dogs.myfoxny.com |
Meanwhile, back at the Palace... |
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...forever CORGIN! |
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ROBERT
COANE 2010 © All rights reserved |