First dogs Champ & Major moved into the White House Sunday
"(CNN)The first dogs have entered the White House -- the Bidens' 2 German shepherds, Champ & Major, officially joined the first family in their new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday.
'The First Family wanted to get settled before bringing the dogs down to Washington from Delaware. Champ is enjoying his new dog bed by the fireplace, & Major loved running around on the South Lawn,' First Lady Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa told CNN in a statement...
The Bidens' dogs moving in marks a return to a longstanding tradition of Presidents & their families bringing their pets with them to the White House...
Champ has been with the Biden family for more than 10 years -- since December 2008, weeks after Biden became Barack Obama's vice president-elect. Major, a shelter dog, joined the Biden family more recently. He was adopted in November 2018, months before Biden announced he would run for president in the 2020 election cycle.
Major is the first shelter dog to live in the White House. Earlier this month, the Delaware Humane Association, where he was adopted from, & Pumpkin Pet Insurance hosted a virtual celebration — an 'Indoguration Party' — for Major.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter, Luci, rescued a mixed-breed pup abandoned by his owner at a gas station in Texas named Yuki. Former President Bill Clinton's family cat, Socks, was also a rescue.
Jill Biden has also said she would 'love to get a cat,' telling Fox 5 in Washington, 'I love having animals around the house.'
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she did not have an update about the cat.
The tradition of keeping pets in the White House dates back to Thomas Jefferson, who kept a mockingbird & a couple of bear cubs during his presidency. Throughout the years, presidential pets have become celebrities of sorts."
CNN.com
Jan. 25/2021
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