First Pets Who Have Shared Their Lives with First Families

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Bo Obama - The First Dog

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Sasha, Malia Will Attend Chelsea's Alma Mater

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The animal of choice for most First Families in the White House, offered at the link, appears to be of the canine variety, with only two cats provided at the link.

Click here to see, among the 20 photos offered, President Nixon's Checkers, the Clintons' cat, Socks, President Bush's Barney, who it seems was so cantankerous, he was often muzzled and the newest First Pet, Bo, the First Daughters' nod to their grandfather named Diddley, who happened to share that moniker with the musician Bo Diddley.