# RIP Spot, Presidental Pet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421 "2004-02-21T22:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/1 "2004-02-21T22:11:17Z")
[President Bush’s 15 year old dog has been put to sleep.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040221/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bushes_dog_dies_1) As a dog lover, this makes me rather sad. In dog years, she was 105. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/2 "2004-02-21T22:26:57Z")
Sadly, Spotty had to die. She knew too much. When did Spot know, and when? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/3 "2004-02-21T23:36:07Z")
How sad. These stories always make me worry about the day my beloved dog will be gone. He’s such a sweet little guy, it will kill me. Why on Earth did I give my heart to a damn animal with such a short life span! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/4 "2004-02-21T23:40:02Z")
I wonder how Terry Schiavo feels about this. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/5 "2004-02-21T23:49:20Z")
Spotty, while not the movie star that Barney was, was always more entertaining to me. In the famous “band aid” outdoor press conference in Crawford (in which a well-meaning reporter commented that Bush had wanted a mandate from the people, not a band-aid from the people, and Bush no-sold the lame joke entirely), Spotty started barking, and Bush turned to him. “Spotty, would you please?” It was just very surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/6 "2004-02-22T02:36:35Z")
> [@Michael Ellis](#): > > In dog years, she was 105. [No, she was 77 in “dog years”](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_010b.html) or in human terms. That aside, it is indeed sad news. Poor Spot. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/7 "2004-02-22T15:35:45Z")
She was Millie’s pup, First Dog of GHWB. RIP, sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/8 "2004-02-22T16:44:25Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Spotty started barking, and Bush turned to him. “Spotty, would you please?” > > It was just very surreal. Did he stop barking? I don’t see what’s so surreal about that. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/9 "2004-02-22T21:14:22Z")
I heard Ashcroft had him killed because he liked to do it doggie style. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/10 "2004-02-23T02:03:59Z")
There are so many good jokes about Bush having a fondness for lethal injection that could be made here, but out of respect for the dog, I shall refrain. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-spot-presidental-pet/230421/11 "2004-02-23T02:33:50Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There are so many good jokes about Bush having a fondness for lethal injection that could be made here, but out of respect for the dog, I shall refrain. I wonder if he made fun of the dog, like he did that woman that was executed in Texas. “Arf arf! Please don’t kill me!” (I couldn’t resist)