Look out Hillary

April 30.  On this day in 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States. Shouldn’t it be a US holiday?  I guess the US gets his birthday off, or a combo day to mark his birthday and Lincoln’s birthday.  But this whole first inauguration thing seems like a bigger day to me.  But what do I know.  I’m a dog.

And speaking of dogs, on this historic day, I did a little research about Presidents and their dogs.  Most people remember dogs like Clinton’s Buddy ( a Lab) and George Bush Sr.’s Millie (a Springer Spaniel) and of course Obama’s current dogs Bo and Sunny who are Portuguese Water Dogs.  And if my stats are correct, 32 out of 44 Presidents owned dogs.  I’m not certain they all actually lived in the White House but 32 Presidents had dogs as pets at some point in their lives. But not John Quincy Adams.  He had silkworms.  Talk about boring.  Try and make those things retrieve. I bet they would be worse than Paxton. 

George Washington himself had American staghounds and Black and Tan Coonhounds.  He obviously liked the Hound Group.  And having a drink.  Two of his dogs were named Drunkard and Tipsy.  Seriously. 

And lots of other breeds were owned by Presidents – Newfoundlands,  a Siberian Husky, an Italian Greyhound, Spaniels, Scottish Terriers, Briards, Bouviers, Goldens, an Irish Setter, a Sheltie, Beagles, German Shepherds, a Great Dane, Bullmastiff – the list goes on.  And Franklin D. Roosevelt even had an Old English Sheepdog.  But guess what?  NO President has owned a PON.  Not one. 

I suppose I could wait for whoever next gets into office and see if they would like to adopt me.  But that would mean giving up my human – and I’m not keen on that idea.  So I guess I just need to go back to my original plan – and run for politics myself.  Picture me doing zoomies on the White House lawn – with the Secret Service in hot pursuit…

OK.  How do I go about getting my name on the ticket? Look out Hillary…

©  Linda Wozniak