The Obama Portuguese Water dog is the big choice that the Obama girls are faced with and the election has been reduced to the final two candidates. The choice between a Portuguese Water Dog or a Labradoodle. The Portie has a rich history from Europe and the breed as with other water dogs are good swimmers with webbed feet.  They are also herd dogs so they herd fish into the nets of Portuguese fisherman of the Algarve in Portugal. The Portie has a non shedding coat and tends to get portly without exercise they will get chubby, so Malia and Sasha will be doing some walking with their new dog.  This breed is highly intelligent, obedient and will retrieve balls and toys for the Obama girls.  They are also good at guarding their house so the Secret Service will have a companion on security detail in the Obama’s first dog. All in all the Portuguese water dog is a five star dog in anyone’s books and some famous celebrities that owned this breed are Jacques Cousteau of course the famous water guy and the actor Raymond Burr from the TV series Ironside. So I would vote for the Portuguese Water hound as the first dog, and the new vote for 2009 is about the Obama’s new dog. We could use some levity after last year’s economic woes. The best part of the whole story is that the Obama’s are adopting from a shelter and that makes dog lovers very happy – for there are many dogs in shelters that need a good home. So if you want to be first in line to join with the Hollywood celeb gossips and adopt a dog as the Obama’s will do to their family, and you are capable of providing not a Whitehouse but a nice house for a dog, go to your nearest animal shelter and find a friend. I still will vote for the Portuguese water dog if it were me, and I am very sure that Whoopie my Puli would welcome a new friend in the house.

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