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Thursday, November 7
VIDEO: The Bidens welcome their new pet: Commander
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, introduced this Monday to Commander (Commander), a puppy of the German shepherd breed that will join the pets that accompany him him and his wife, Jill Biden, in the White House .
“Welcome to the White House, Commander (Commander),” Biden wrote on his Twitter account and accompanied the message with a photograph of the puppy playing with a ball.
In another post, Biden uploaded a video in which appears playing and guiding his new pet.
The US network CNN indicated that Commander was a gift that the president received from his family .
Last June, the Bidens announced Champ’s death , a German shepherd who accompanied the couple for the last 13 years old and who loved to sunbathe, chase golf balls and get pats on the belly
The dog became part of the family after the presidential election of 2008 in which Biden, until then senator from Delaware, became vice president of the Government of Barack Obama (2009 – 2017).
The Biden adopted in 2018 another German Shepherd, Major, who had to leave the White House for a time to receive training after that bit two people in the presidential residence.
And last April, the first lady announced that a cat would join her family of pets.
In the history of the United States, most presidential families have had l The company of a pet in the White House: Barack Obama (2009 – 2017) had two Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny, while his predecessor, George W. Bush (1200 – 2009 ) lived with three dogs and a cat.
Donald Trump (2017 – 2021) was the exception and became the first president in a century who did not have a dog.
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