They got a Portuguese water dog and named it Bo. They they got a second one and called it Sunny.
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His dog is a Portugese Water Dog.
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As of early 2012, the First Family had only a dog. The First Dog is Bo, a Portuguese Water Dog born in October, 2008. The breed is hypoallergenic as required by daughter Malia Obama's allergies.
The breed of dog that is owned by the Stark children is a Direwolf.
Barack Obama chose a Portuguese Waterdog, a gift from the late Senator Ted Kennedy, because of their daughter's allergies.
The winner of the 2006 World's Ugliest Dog was Archie, a Chinese Crested owned by Heather Peoples.
The Obamas wanted a Portuguese water dog. Sasha and Malia wanted a playful cute fluffy energetic dog.
The Chinese Crested is known as a hairless breed of dog. Hairless breeds of canines are often owned by people who have allergies to dog dander or those who don't want to have large dogs as pets.
"Hypo-allergenic," although no dog or breed really is, but some are less troubling for some people with allergies. The Portuguese Water Dog breed that the First Family chose is known to cause less problems for most people with dog allergies.