Michelle Obama: Bo 'is my son'

[Tx4obama]

Appearing on the "Late Show with David Letterman" Monday night, first lady Michelle Obama joked that she has three children -- daughters Malia and Sasha, and Portuguese water dog Bo.

"He is my son. I have two girls and a boy," Obama said with a smile.

Bo is "a very sweet dog," the first lady said, adding: "I'm not being biased. He is really a good dog, he's very well-mannered, he's very even-tempered." And, she said, he has "a very busy schedule ... we're thinking about getting him an agent."

The first lady said that her daughters and "a number of people" are willing to take Bo out when he needs to. "He usually will tell you. He doesn't talk, but he will come up and put his paw on your leg and kind of nudges you," she said. "And then you're like, what do you want? And then gets excited. And you say, you want to go out? And then he starts barking. He's very smart."

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[Suich]

1. Just got done watching it and loved it!

How's your weather...did the tornado touch down anywhere near you?

[Tx4obama]

28. I'm in Houston, had big winds all night - and rain today.

Other than that all is okay here.

I haven't watched the weather news today but I heard that there was a tornado in the San Antonio area.

[JI7]

2. this type of article needs a pic

[Skittles]

3. OMG

they are both just striking

[CAPHAVOC]

6. Bishon

A non-allergenic breed. Single layer coat.

[Drahthaardogs]

9. No such thing.

All dogs produce dander, single layer coat or not. There are less allergic, but not hypoallergenic.

[jsmirman]

10. Portugese Water Dog

not sure where you're getting Bichon.

[CAPHAVOC]

17. What I thought.

Are they similar? I hope he did not get it from a puppy mill.

[Brother Buzz]

26. I doubt Ted Kennedy ran a puppy mill

[magical thyme]

30. they are not similar breeds

and you will not find a Portuguese Water Dog in a puppy mill. Bichone Frise's are very small, white French dogs. Very smart, very cute with a single curly coat.

PWD's are elite dogs,and I mean that seriously. Try to buy one in the US. Good luck. it's not that they're that much more expensive than other well bred dogs. It's just that you have to be approved by the breeders before they will allow you to adopt one of their puppies, and the requirements to be approved tend to be designed to exclude run of the mill, 99%ers.

The good side of their restrictions is that the majority of the breeders (if not all) will take back a puppy if it turns out not to be a good fit. That is how the Obama's ended up with Bo. Bo's first people had gotten him in part as a companion to an elderly PWD who'd recently lost her elderly PWD companion. Bo's high energy puppyhood turned out to be very stressful for her, so he was returned to the breeder before it became an issue. Ted Kennedy was personal friends with the breeder and apparently the timing was such that Bo was a fit with the Obamas.

[snooper2]

21. wrong on the name, wrong on the number of coats,

and that's about it as far as I can tell

[typhoid mary]

12. ....

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. What a gorgeous picture. Thanks for sharing that.

[Quantess]

23. beautiful photo!

[TBF]

36. Aw, I love family photos :) nt

[crunch60]

41. Michelle Obama is a beautiful classy lady, and Bo looks so happy sitting

there with her.

[SunsetDreams]

4. aww that is so sweet

Thank you for sharing.

I'm sure Bo has never took a ride on the top of the car

[madokie]

5. And I'd bet he won't have too ever

[SunsetDreams]

7. I'd be willing to wager on that one

I'm sure there are a few Romney's out there that think it's the normal thing to do and would find themselves on the other side of the bet.

[dimbear]

8. It was over the top when Dave asked if Joe Biden did the same thing.

You could tell the audience was all on her side. Classy lady.

[PotatoChip]

11. A true animal lover Michelle is-

Anyone who thinks of their pets as their 'kids' are kinded spirits to animal lovers everywhere. Mine definately have taken on that role, especially now that my human child has grown and left the nest.

Just one more of the hundreds of reasons to love Michelle in my book.

[Worried senior]

25. I feel the same

way you do PotatoChip, my Butchy is my baby.

[RebelOne]

32. I have always thought of my dogs as children.

They were just hairy kids.

[pipi_k]

34. Yah, we are

"Mommy" and "Daddy" to our two German Shepherd girls...

If one gets into trouble (like chewing up a paper towel or something), it will usually be, "Look what your daughter did..."

[Bluenorthwest]

13. I am a fan of the dog. So cute. And I like how the First Lady speaks of him...

The contrast in treatment with the Romney dogs is suddenly useful politics as well. I want a water dog. Our cat really doesn't want one. I do.

[CAPHAVOC]

18. Romney

Might strap it to the roof of AF1.

[typhoid mary]

14. And meanwhile, back in the desert...

The drones fall like rain and parents weep for their powerless, innocent children. These people mean just as much as we do, maybe MORE!

[stevenleser]

15. Is there a reason you feel entitled to hijack this OP to discuss something totally unrelated? nt

[Kali]

16. the reason was they were a troll and have been tossed

[stevenleser]

27. Bingo!

[Suich]

29. 13 posts in 28 minutes, then...poof!

[itsrobert]

19. I guess she has never had a dog before

Dogs are smart. Cats are stupid. Most dogs will let you know they have to go. Cats will just go hide somewhere and piss and poop. That's why you have to put a litter box inside the home for them.

[Life Long Dem]

24. Cats are not stupid.

They are just independent. They don't need you to hold their paw while they take a piss.

[Jennicut]

31. Cats are most definitely not stupid.

They are very intelligent animals. They just don't want to trained. My cat Daisy does come when I call her but she will not do any tricks. Which is just fine with me.

[Life Long Dem]

35. You need to train dogs to go outdoors or they'll go inside the house.

My two cats come when I call them. One of them is always looking for something to eat, and he'll come up to me and start nudging me telling me he wants something. Mostly it's his food bowl getting low. Not empty, but low enough where there is the dried crumbled up cat food on the bottom. But that's empty to my cats. The other one Rex just lets Poky do all the work when they want something.

[magical thyme]

33. you need a litter box for cats because

they refuse to go outside in the rain or snow, like silly dogs do.

It's not that they are stupid. It's that they are too smart for their own good. I know someone who taught her cat to use a toilet. I'm not sure if she taught it to flush, though.

[Arugula Latte]

37. Cats are not stupid at all. They're fantastic pets.

I'd much rather have a cat than a dog (not that I dislike dogs).

I don't know why so many dog people have to make nasty remarks about cats. I'm sick of it.

[roody]

40. I love them both.

Dogs are my focus, but life would be boring without cats.

[roody]

39. I have had many house trained cats.

I'm looking at two now.

[Odin2005]

22. Bo is the cutest White House dog ever!

[Raine]

38. Aw that's so sweet

I love both her and Bo.

[politicasista]

42. Love this lady