FILE – Int his April 14, 2009, file photograph Malia Obama runs with Bo, adopted by President Barack Obama and Sasha Obama, on the South Garden of the White Home in Washington. Former President Barack Obama’s canine, Bo, died Saturday, Could 8, 2021, after a battle with most cancers, the Obamas mentioned on social media. (AP Photograph/Ron Edmonds, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama’s canine Bo died Saturday after a battle with most cancers, the Obamas mentioned on social media.
Information of Bo’s passing was shared by Obama and his spouse Michelle on Instagram, the place each expressed sorrow on the passing of a canine the previous president described as a “true buddy and constant companion.”
“He tolerated all of the fuss that got here with being within the White Home, had an enormous bark however no chunk, liked to leap within the pool in the summertime, was unflappable with youngsters, lived for scraps across the dinner desk, and had nice hair,” Barack Obama wrote.
Bo, a Portuguese water canine, was a present to the Obamas from the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., a key supporter of Obama’s 2008 presidential marketing campaign who turned near the household. Bo helped Obama maintain a promise to daughters Malia and Sasha that they might get a canine after the election.
A companion canine, Sunny, joined the household in August 2013.
Each have been fixed presences across the White Home and fashionable amongst guests there, typically becoming a member of the Obamas for public occasions. The canine entertained crowds on the annual Easter Egg Roll and Bo often joined Mrs. Obama to welcome vacationers. The canine additionally cheered wounded service members, in addition to hospitalized youngsters the primary woman would go to annually simply earlier than Christmas.
In a publish that includes a slideshow of photographs of Bo — together with one in all him sitting behind the president’s Resolute Desk within the Oval Workplace — Mrs. Obama recounted his years bringing some levity to the White Home.
“He was there when Barack and I wanted a break, sauntering into one in all our workplaces like he owned the place, a ball clamped firmly in his tooth. He was there after we flew on Air Pressure One, when tens of 1000’s flocked to the South Garden for the Easter Egg Roll, and when the Pope came around,” she wrote.
Mrs. Obama wrote that she was grateful for the time the household obtained to spend with him because of the pandemic, and mentioned that over the previous 12 months, “nobody was happier than Bo.”
“All his folks have been below one roof once more,” she wrote.
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Related Press author Darlene Superville contributed to this report.
