Times non-fiction bestseller entitled Millie’s Book as Dictated
to Barbara Bush, describing presidential life.
In terms of animal vigor, Teddy Roosevelt’s pony Algonquin
not only took a ride in a White House elevator but rivaled
Caroline Kennedy’s pony named Macaroni, a gift from
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Macaroni was one of
many pet gifts that the Kennedy children received during
their father’s term.
In 1960, Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union gave
Carolina Kennedy a 6-month old white mixed breed dog
named Pushinka (“Fluffy”) as noted on the dog’s Russian
passport, who had gone into space on Sputnik 2.
The Clintons had a dog and a cat. President Obama had
two large Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny. In 2009,
Bo was a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy who helped
Obama keep a promise to his young daughters that if he
won the 2008 election, they would get a puppy.
When it comes to pet names, President Johnson had two
beagles whose names were hard to forget. The pair were
national celebrities, the focus of press photos and magazine
articles, lived in a newly redesigned dog house, and
had the run of the Johnson White House. The beagles were
named simply “Him” and “Her.”
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