After Obama announced this, there was much speculation in the press to just what kind of dog the Obama family was going to bring with them to their new home. The Obama family has said that they want a shelter dog and that the dog will also have to be hypoallergenic due to the fact that Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, has allergies. Even if a dog is a mutt, “like me,” as Obama has said, a dog mixed with one of these breeds it can inherit the hypoallergenic fur. After George Bush’s Scottish Terrier snapped at a reporter, the Obama family should consider a dog who is going to be very sociable, and can handle itself around different people. Chuck McDevitt from the Chester County SPCA said that a good possibility for the Obama family may be a Standard Poodle if they are looking for a larger dog. Even though poodles are often stereotyped as fashionable, girly dogs, McDevitt said that poodles were originally hunting dogs, and poodles do not necessarily have to be groomed to look girly and fashionable.

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