There have been many kinds of dogs to reside at The White House, but what will the Obamas adopt to live with them?
President Obama stated in Nov. '08, "We have two criteria that have to be reconciled. One is that Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic," he said. "On the other hand, our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me."

As it stands today the Obamas have narrowed it down to 2 breeds, a Portuguese Water Dog & a Labradoodle. The Labradoodle is a crossbred between Poodle & Labrador Retriever, thus not recognized by the AKC, but many backyard & puppy mill breeders breed them with their popularity starting in the 80s.

A relatively unknown breed is the Portuguese Water Dog. "Boots" was one who was owned by the 1st kidnapped victim of George Machine Gun Kelly, Howard A. Woolverton of South Bend, Indiana. There were very few in the USA in the 30s & it would be another 30 years until they were reintroduced to the USA. As I recall Boots was a liver color but I could not find any pictures of him with my mom.


For others doing the Thursday Challenge "Mystery and Suspense" click here.