OES for the Obamas
Besides, nothing like a white and black sheepie to mark the end of race identity politics in the U.S.! P.S. not to be political or anything, but I hope it would be a tailed puppy! |
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 Great idea.
(especially since he mentioned possibly a goldendoodle.  ) |
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AAAAAHHHHHHHH!
 I can't imagine how many breeders will start breeding OES and how many will wind up in rescue with bad breeding and typical OES puppy behavior (that wouldn't be seen by the public in the Obama's 40 hour a week trained and 40 hours a week groomed dog).
I'd think that they would want a well behaved, lower energy type dog that a sheepie puppy. Or at least I hope so. 
Although seeing an OES romping on the White House grounds would be kinda cool.  |
Well, we could always petition for permission to have sheepie day at the White House! Call it a black and white doggie ball!  |
| I bet ...hope... praying ...their kids ask for a different dog. I think it would be well-taken care of, but I also cringe when I think of the number of people who will try to get one after he does. |
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Oh drat, there goes the coffee on the screen and keyboard again. (Thanks ButtersStotch) |
| I'm sure if they even get a dog - is there any evidence they'd want one except for the PR value? - he'd consult with his friends at the HSUS and get a politically correct mutt.
At least McCain has dogs. Real dogs. An assortment of them. Which he apparently wanted for the dogs themselves, not their political impact. And I'm a life long democrat, so that's not a political slam so much as a personal one
Perish the thought of an OES at the White House. I have two baby fosters right now owner surrendered for lack of training and time for the dogs and that's ENOUGH. We already survived the worst of the clueless owner flood after the Shaggy Dog movie. You'll have to pardon the crankiness. Feeling a but misanthropic at the moment since I had to solicit help from my vet to get the latest foster addition depelted. Mostly because she's a better groomer than I am. Not that he's the worst pelted puppy rescue's ever seen. But really.
Kristine |
| deep breaths Kristine - this too shall pass |
| So now we even criticize a candidates choice of dogs
This election can't be over soon enough for me. I hope he does get an OES, everyone should know the joy of owning a sheepie. |
| Not to get into a political debate but who said Obama will be the winner today!
In my opinion, OES are already celebrity, royal dogs! |
| well one way or another (win or lose) the Obamas did like most families and bribed their kids to get through a tough time. they have promised them a dog after the election. AKC took a poll of what they should get and poodle beat out the soft weaton terrier (by a hair).
Animal rights activists have reported the Obamas promised to get a (heaven help me ) "Rescue Dog"* - the most popular breed in the North east.  and Kristine they are attributing the choice to the head of PETA not HSUS.
I've watched those girls - I bet they get what they want after this. *Nothing against rescue just the culture |
| I find this post absolutely AMAZING.
Did anyone think that MAYBE, just maybe the family wanted a dog but made the responsible deicsion to wait til after the elction when they had more time to devote to a dog??? DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE POLITICIAL??????????????????? |
Tasker's Mom wrote: DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE POLITICIAL??????????????????? with a politician - YES. but I really don't care. I think every kid should have a dog so they really need to get two. and personally I don't care what breed they get. i do like to stir things up though
According to one web site FDR had an OES among other dogs in the white house. |
Mad Dog wrote: Perish the thought of an OES at the White House. I have two baby fosters right now owner surrendered for lack of training and time for the dogs and that's ENOUGH. We already survived the worst of the clueless owner flood after the Shaggy Dog movie.
Exactly. |
| Can NOTHING just be humorous and light-hearted? Randomness? Just goofing around?
People. Xanax helps. |
| They have wanted a dog. I saw on tv they said they promised the kids it would be the first thing they got. They said it will be a rescue. |
Joahaeyo wrote: They have wanted a dog. I saw on tv they said they promised the kids it would be the first thing they got. They said it will be a rescue.
Gee, what a shock.
(And never expect anything to be light hearted in an election year )
The president and their choice of dogs is not a new subject of interest. I think there's a book about it, I know I have a (different) book at home that speaks to what types of dogs attract what types of personalities that uses the presidents' dogs as examples, there are websites dedicated to the topic - here's one: http://www.dog-names.org.uk/american-pr ... s-dogs.htm I even had a poli sci professor in grad school who talked about the political impact and statement of the various presidents' pooches. More to the point I hope whatever fourlegged critter or critters end up at the white house fare better than Clinton's chocolate lab who was banished for his lack of proper reverence for the place (didn't he later meet some kind of unfortunate demise?) and Reagon's unruly Bouv who got shipped off to his ranch after embarrassing the prez with his poor training and manners. One of Johnson's Beagles got run over and killed. Somebody's mutt was notorious for running around biting people. The list goes on. All told, the most powerful man (or woman, maybe some day) in the country should probably be turned down by any self-respecting rescue group given the track record of the office itself
The home visit part WOULD be fun though 
With that in mind, should Obama win, I would like to offer them our current one year old male for consideration: His hobbies include digging up the yard and eating anything made out of wood. He can't walk on a leash. He doesn't enjoy being groomed to put it politely. He annoys every self-respecting bitch in a 20 mile radius by virtue of his very being (two and four legged). He screech barks if left alone, or on the wrong side of a baby gate. He's a slob. He has no concept of his body, so mows down every thing and every being in his path. And if he doesn't want to move in a certain direction, you need a forklift to make him do so. I'm sure he'll make a delightful pet project for the presidents' girls to rehab. That will really spell change, and I'm sure most of our historical monuments can be restored, right?
(and for all that, he is pretty cute. Or he will be. Once he's been fully restored to his naked form) Kristine |
Quote: With that in mind, should Obama win, I would like to offer them our current one year old male for consideration:
His hobbies include digging up the yard and eating anything made out of wood. He can't walk on a leash. He doesn't enjoy being groomed to put it politely. He annoys every self-respecting bitch in a 20 mile radius by virtue of his very being (two and four legged). He screech barks if left alone, or on the wrong side of a baby gate. He's a slob. He has no concept of his body, so mows down every thing and every being in his path. And if he doesn't want to move in a certain direction, you need a forklift to make him do so. I'm sure he'll make a delightful pet project for the presidents' girls to rehab. That will really spell change, and I'm sure most of our historical monuments can be restored, right? Wink (and for all that, he is pretty cute. Or he will be. Once he's been fully restored to his naked form) |
Mad Dog wrote: More to the point I hope whatever fourlegged critter or critters end up at the white house fare better than Clinton's chocolate lab who was banished for his lack of proper reverence for the place (didn't he later meet some kind of unfortunate demise?)
Yes, Clinton's lab was hit by a car & killed. When we got our Invisible Fence there was a letter from Clinton in the literature endorsing the system since his dog got out and hit by a car. I always loved seeing the video of Bush's Scotties who would never give him the time of day, when Bush would call them. At least he didn't banish them for their disobedience. |
| I believe the clinton's dog was banished for not getting along with socks the cat and was run over by a car in NY.
it will be interesting to see how it plays out but since the latest dog movies are chihaua. marley and me and what winn dixie? I think OES are safe  I really doubt the Obama girls have seen the chihaua movie and I don't see Mrs Obama allowing them to emulate Paris Hilton anyway- so its probably a yellow lab for the whitehouse:) |
cyakins wrote: Well, we could always petition for permission to have sheepie day at the White House! Call it a black and white doggie ball!
I second this. I think the photos of our dogs on that awesome, perfect lawn would be gorgeous! |
Tasker's Mom wrote: I find this post absolutely AMAZING.
Did anyone think that MAYBE, just maybe the family wanted a dog but made the responsible deicsion to wait til after the elction when they had more time to devote to a dog??? DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE POLITICIAL??????????????????? I like how you think. I don't know if you are right, but I want to believe you are. the election is stressful enough without adding weird dog issues. |
| I've changed my mind. I want Obama and McCain to grow tails. |
| I am not sure the White House is ready for a Sheepie. Yesterday, Ellie (5 1/2 mths) decided that she needed to take a nap on the kitchen table. I could only imagine what the White House staff would think of that. They would definitely all have smiles on their faces and it could lighten the stress!
Everyone should have at least one sheepie in their house if not more! Michelle, Lulu, Dudley and Ellie |
ButtersStotch wrote: I've changed my mind. I want Obama and McCain to grow tails.
Are you sure they don't have tails? I mean, has anyone ever really checked?
Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: I mean, has anyone ever really checked?
Kristine eeeew! |
kerry wrote: Mad Dog wrote: I mean, has anyone ever really checked? Kristine eeeew! I bet Sarah Palin really has a tail. That's why her lack of transparency and refusal to release detailed medical records. And she likes to kill animals! |
Cadenza wrote: kerry wrote: Mad Dog wrote: I mean, has anyone ever really checked? Kristine eeeew! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I bet Sarah Palin really has a tail. That's why her lack of transparency and refusal to release detailed medical records. And she likes to kill animals! |
| ^^^^^^^ I take it something is missing? |
| oops
just thought it was funny |
Tasker's Mom wrote: oops
just thought it was funny Really? Interesting. Was it the fact the her cute tail was one of things that probably got her on the ticket that amused you? Because I have to tell you that thanks to the HSUS' endorsement of Obama, had she had any intelligence or real experience whatsoever going for her, her hunting abilities would have pushed me to vote for a republican presidential candidate for the first time in my life. It's the politicians with bad aim regardless of party affiliation that scare me Her tail, cute or not, was never a deciding factor.
Kristine |
| Well, you gotta admit, we would have been the first country with a VP that sports a tail (at least that we know of). Many have had tales but not so many tails...................
Being an "antigun" person, owning a gun aloneis enough for me to count them out, regardless of how good a shot. ALthough I would pick SP over Chancy if I had to go into the woolds with an armed person. |
Tasker's Mom wrote: Being an "antigun" person, owning a gun aloneis enough for me to count them out, regardless of how good a shot. ALthough I would pick SP over Chancy if I had to go into the woolds with an armed person.
Ya think???
Her tail doesn't impress me much because I come from a country were we happily had a "tailed" (OK, not as cute as Palin's) prime minister for years. In fact, so many years that she finally had to beg off and took over running the World Health Organization instead. She was a Harvard educated MD. It took me quite some time after moving to the US to get used to the fact that the leader of this country inevitably has such a deep voice and peculiar reluctance to wear a skirt??
Kristine |
| I do think it would be funny if Obama got some kind of Doodle. He could anger both the animal activists and all of the ethical breeders both at the same time. |
VerveUp wrote: I do think it would be funny if Obama got some kind of Doodle. He could anger both the animal activists and all of the ethical breeders both at the same time.
ahh deb I like the way you think |
VerveUp wrote: I do think it would be funny if Obama got some kind of Doodle. He could anger both the animal activists and all of the ethical breeders both at the same time.
Except that the time for the politics of division is over, as U.S. voters have so soundly repudiated the Republicans talk of Real America vs. Fake America. Yes, there is room in this great nation for both docked and tailed sheepies to live peacefully side by side! |
ButtersStotch wrote: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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| I'm ready to stop stopping about tails now, at least ones on OES. |
| There would be no way in hell they would get one from me tailed or not. |
Tasker's Mom wrote: So now we even criticize a candidates choice of dogs
This election can't be over soon enough for me. I hope he does get an OES, everyone should know the joy of owning a sheepie. wont be over for me until the next 4 YEARS are over....... I've rented my home in mexico to move asap |
| Well, I guess feeling that way it is a good idea to move to Mexico. You might want to make sure it's a long term lease, the next 4 years could turn into 8! |
| can my sheepie (Beckett) and i come to visit the house in mexico too??? we're in canada and its getting cold... and being that we're in canada i too have heard quite enough of this election!!! keep me posted!!!
i think the obama's will get more of a (dare i say it) normal/generic dog for the white house anyway. i think he's smart enough to know that a sheepie or other high maintenance dogs would be WAY to much for 2 young girls to be responcible for - and it seems to me their family has enough sence to try to impose values and responcibilities on their children so i don't think anyone here needs to worry about our beloved sheepies |
Tasker's Mom wrote: Well, I guess feeling that way it is a good idea to move to Mexico. You might want to make sure it's a long term lease, the next 4 years could turn into 8!
HEAVEN HELP US............. I hope it's only 4. Not that i wouldn't gladly stay in Mexico for another 4. |
| Like many Americans ( a majority apparently) I am quite excited over the promise of the Obama Presidency. The problems created by the Bush administration will not be solved overnight and will not be solved with pain and sacrifice.
But I for one am proud to be an American at this historic time in our history. The election is over and and whether we are Repulican, Democrate or member of the Libertarian party I believe we need to support the government elected by the people If you cannot do that then I guess Mexico is as good a place as any for you to go. Although I suspect you will find the conditions there much more difficult than here. |
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