# Help the Obamas pick a dog!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716 "2008-07-08T17:09:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716/61 "2008-07-10T19:25:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Knorf]  
But don’t forget the request is for a hyperallergenic dog. I suspect it’d be tough to find one of those in a shelter.  
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First, he’s Barack Obama. He puts out the slightest hint that he’s looking for a hypoallergenic dog from a shelter, he’ll have a thousand offerings within the week. (And that’s a _really_ low estimate). Think of the prestige to the shelter that Answers the Call!

Second, [http://www.petfinder.com/](http://www.petfinder.com/). Hundreds of Bichon Frises alone.

Daniel

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716/62 "2008-07-10T19:55:58Z")

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Well, true. Still, there aren’t a ton of hypoallergenic breeds.

(I just realized I wrote “hyperallergenic” before. D’oh! That would be bad.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716/63 "2008-07-11T13:19:20Z")

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[QUOTE=whiterabbit]  
Well, no, you don’t have to groom a Bichon into a fluffball. But if I had one I think I would, at least once in a while. It’s too cute. And a lot of dogs can do with the occasional trim around the edges.  
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Here’s a [pic](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/my%20dogs/ernie/?action=view&current=DSCF2744.jpg) of him about a month after [“puppycut”](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/my%20dogs/ernie/?action=view&current=alldogs012.jpg) grooming. Ain’t he cute? 😃

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716/64 "2008-07-11T14:32:54Z")

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We got one of our standards through a rescue agency and one from a private owner who had contacted the agency but not taken the dog in yet.

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**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-obamas-pick-a-dog/455716/65 "2008-07-11T15:59:22Z")

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Your pup is adorable! Awwww.

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