The Obamas brought a new dog to the White House, a Portuguese Water Dog named Sunny, on Monday, and while many think that the decision was rather disappointing - granting that there are many shelter dogs left homeless - Sunny's addition is what the family had long hoped for their other same-bred, 5-year-old dog, Bo.
The interesting, 1-year-old pup was born in Michigan, and was apparently brought to the first family's Rose Garden, to bring excitement to the house and to serve as Bo's loving playmate and sister all the same.
"Sunny is the perfect little sister for Bo - full of energy and very affectionate - and the first family picked her name because it fit her cheerful personality," said a post from the White House blog site.
First lady Michelle Obama shared a photo of their two dogs on the South Lawn via Twitter, which rapidly became viral in the social networking site on Tuesday.
On the other hand, president Barack Obama welcomed the dog by tweeting a different photo of the two Portuguese Water dogs, while the Washington D.C.-based mainstream media was flooded by witty remarks for the photo - one of which that captured much attention was from Washington examiner and political writer Rebecca Berg that says, "Team of rivals."
The remark that Berg posted for the official White House Instagram upload about the two dogs, is actually a reference to former President Lincoln's notoriously ambitious Cabinet members.
Nevertheless, many citizens began to express their disappointment on the first family's choice of dogs. President of The Humane Society of the United States Wayne Pacelle shared on a blog post his thoughts on the new White House dog, noting that Sunny is unlikely to have come from a rescue home because of its pure-bred status.
"As we always say in such circumstances, we hope the Obamas considered adoption or rescue as the first choice in obtaining a pet," commented Parcelle after finding out that the Obamas didn't consider sharing where exactly they got the dog from.
Although Pacelle recognized and thanked the first family for adopting Sunny as well as the administration for passing two new dog-related rules, he opined that the White House ought to impose these policies as laws so as to reduce the suffering of many dogs that are sold commercially as soon as possible.
According to a post found on the Humane Society's official site there are a lot of things the White House can still do to mitigate cruelty to dogs and provide them with the right attention. "An estimated 2.7 million healthy shelter pets are not adopted each year."
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