Bo Obama's other name: 'Amigo's New Hope'
We should have known Hope would get in there somewhere. We're only surprised that Change didn't as well.
We're talking, of course, about the name of the six-month-old Portuguese water dog that will officially call the White House home beginning Tuesday.
The Obama girls, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, have named their new dog Bo, but Mark Silva in The Swamp points out that the dog's registered name, according to the American Kennel Club, is a bit longer: "Amigo's New Hope.''
That name often references the kennel where the dog was bred. The AKC reports that the Obamas' puppy was bred by Art and Martha Stern, long-time breeders near Dallas. Their kennel is called Amigo Portuguese Water Dogs.
The naming of the dog is actually even more complicated than that. Before he was Bo, he was owned by another family and called Charlie. He was returned to the breeder, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, an owner of three Portuguese water dogs, is now giving the dog to the Obamas as a gift. Bo is a litter-mate of Kennedy's Portie named Cappy.
The AKC has a new Web site devoted to the first dog.
For more on Bo's name, click here.
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