Bo (dog)

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Bo (2009)
Bo in March 2010
Bo and Obama (2012)

Bo (born October 9, 2008 ; died May 8, 2021 ) was a dog belonging to the former US presidential family, Obama. It was a male black and white Portuguese water dog . From 2009 Bo lived with Michelle and Barack Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia in the White House in Washington . It was a gift from the late Senator Edward Kennedy . In the media, Bo was often called "First Dog". Since August 2013 the family has another dog of the same breed, the bitch "Sunny".

Life

Barack Obama had promised his daughters that they would get a dog if he was elected president. He announced this at his first press conference after the election in November 2008. When Bo moved into the White House in April 2009, media from around the world reported about the dog. A Portuguese water dog was chosen because Malia Obama suffers from a dog hair allergy; Dogs of this rare breed do not shed and are therefore considered hypoallergenic. According to current knowledge, however , hypoallergenic dogs do not exist.

Bo has often been photographed with the Obamas. According to Barack Obama, he was allowed to move around and stay in the entire White House, including the Oval Office .

Several children's books about Bo have been published in the United States, and he is also marketed as a stuffed animal. He was a guest on the TV shows of Jimmy Fallon and Ellen DeGeneres .

Bo died of cancer on May 8, 2021.

See also

Web links

Commons : Bo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Another dog for Obama , Spiegel article from August 20, 2013, accessed on July 23, 2015
  2. ↑ First press conference: Obama announces rapid economic stimulus package , Spiegel article from November 7, 2008, accessed on July 23, 2015
  3. ↑ Meet Bo, the First Dog ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , White House blog entry April 12, 2009, accessed July 23, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.whitehouse.gov
  4. ↑ Habemus "First Dog" , article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 17, 2010, accessed on July 23, 2015
  5. ^ A. Butt, D. Rashid, RF Lockey: Do hypoallergenic cats and dogs exist? In: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology . Volume 108, Number 2, February 2012, pp. 74-76, ISSN  1534-4436 . doi : 10.1016 / j.anai.2011.12.005 . PMID 22289723 .
  6. ↑ DW Vredegoor, T. Willemse, MD Chapman, DJ Heederik, EJ Krop: Can f 1 levels in hair and homes of different dog breeds: lack of evidence to describe any dog ​​breed as hypoallergenic. In: The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Volume 130, Number 4, October 2012, pp. 904-9.e7, doi : 10.1016 / j.jaci.2012.05.013 , PMID 22728082 .
  7. ↑ Barack Obama mourns his dog Bo: "He was exactly what we needed". In: editorial network Germany. May 8, 2021, accessed May 8, 2021 .