Biden Second Puppy Coming From Pound

[Undercurrent]

Joe Biden's wife Jill gave him a German Shepherd puppy as a post-election present. The Vice President-elect loves the breed, but he took some heat for his choice from animal rights activists who wish he had chosen a dog from a shelter. Now Biden tells ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that he's getting a second dog, and this one will come from the pound.

"I've had German Shepherds since I was a kid and I've actually trained them and shown them in the past," Biden said. "So I wanted a German Shepherd and we're going to get a pound dog, which my wife wants, that is hopefully a Golden ."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/19/biden-second-puppy-coming_n_152465.html

[firedupdem]

1. Good for him...I'm sure he'll still get heat about it. n/t

[Jennicut]

2. Well, good for Joe. I hope he gets a great dog. He seems like a real animal lover

He is gonna have his hands full with TWO puppies though.

[Political Tiger]

3. That's good to hear.

There are so many loving animals just begging for someone to come and take them home.

[DevonRex]

4. That's great. And now for a hilarious doggy video. You HAVE to see this.

http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow/

[firedupdem]

5. That was so cute!!

He was having so much fun! I'm almost jealous!!

-firedupjen

:fistbump:

[DevonRex]

9. Firedupjen, I hoped you would see this. We need a little levity. :)

[firedupdem]

12. don't we! I try to agree with people and get yelled at!

I'm outta here!!

[DevonRex]

14. That's happening to me over in Jenmito's thread as we speak.

This place is surely Bedlam.

[firedupdem]

15. I PM'd you....

[DevonRex]

22. Got it!

[Undercurrent]

7. OMG

That is the funnest thing I have seen all day!

Good thing that dog is a sleek short haired fellow. Taylor made for snow swimming! I'm buried under a blanket of snow, and ice right now, and our very long, very curly haired dog comes in from the yard one solid snow ball!

[DevonRex]

10. I bet he dripped all OVER your house, too. And you loved it. :)

[Undercurrent]

23. Yes he drips,

but first I have to pull off all the snow balls that mat to her coat. Her coat is so think, and curly it acts like velcro. Then I can try to dry her off, but by that time she has usually jumped on the bed to roll dry.

But I do love her, and all funny, happy dogs. They do their jobs of making people smile.

[KittyWampus]

20. can you imagine how much energy that dog must have to burn when there ISN"T 4 ft snow on the ground?

YIKES

[DevonRex]

21. I was thinking exactly the same thing. Loved watching him, but whew,

I'd hate to have to exercise all that energy out of him every single day, year after year after years. Yikes is right!

[Algorem]

6. Whut 's he gonna do?Turn Cheney's bunker into some kind of puppy mill or something?

Whut the hell kind of a mess are we getting into here?

[Critters2]

8. So he heard us! Yay!! Now we can hope Obama will hear us, too! nt

[Sanity Claws]

11. I hope they get an adult dog

The adult dog can help teach the puppy some manners.

[elleng]

17. IF its a well-mannered 'dolt!

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[Orsino]

13. He'll find it hard to pick a breed there...

...but blessings upon him for promoting pound puppehs.

[Clio the Leo]

19. I think "pound" might include rescue groups.....

.....like the "Goldie Rescue of Deleware" or something like that.

And now that we have the dog situation settled. Off I go to start a new thread....

[Neecy]

16. I hope he uses this as a teaching opportunity

They didn't get that dog from a reputable breeder - it came from a puppy mill.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/16/112331/48

[Clio the Leo]

18. Now THAT is good news!!!

I was actually wishing something like that would happen.