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| Obama girls 'to have a water dog' | Obama girls 'to have a water dog' |
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| US First Lady Michelle Obama wants to find a rescued Portuguese water dog as a pet for her daughters, People magazine has reported. | US First Lady Michelle Obama wants to find a rescued Portuguese water dog as a pet for her daughters, People magazine has reported. |
| Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, were promised a puppy by their father, Barack Obama, when he was elected president, as a reward for all they had coped with. | Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, were promised a puppy by their father, Barack Obama, when he was elected president, as a reward for all they had coped with. |
| The water dog, which does not shed hair, could be less aggravating for Malia who suffers from allergies. | |
| Mrs Obama told the magazine the family were hoping to get the puppy in April. | Mrs Obama told the magazine the family were hoping to get the puppy in April. |
| She said water dogs were temperamentally "pretty good". | She said water dogs were temperamentally "pretty good". |
| "From the size perspective, they're sort of middle of the road - it's not small, but it's not a huge dog. And the folks that we know who own them have raved about them." | "From the size perspective, they're sort of middle of the road - it's not small, but it's not a huge dog. And the folks that we know who own them have raved about them." |
| Sounds like a perfect fit for the Obama Family and the Obama administration Sen Ted Kennedy | Sounds like a perfect fit for the Obama Family and the Obama administration Sen Ted Kennedy |
| One of those people is veteran Senator Ted Kennedy, who owns two of the breed - Splash and Sunny. | One of those people is veteran Senator Ted Kennedy, who owns two of the breed - Splash and Sunny. |
| Splash even featured as narrator in Mr Kennedy's children's guide to US politics - My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, DC. | Splash even featured as narrator in Mr Kennedy's children's guide to US politics - My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, DC. |
| In January, Mr Kennedy said he was "proud to endorse the Portuguese water dog as the next First Dog of the United States". | In January, Mr Kennedy said he was "proud to endorse the Portuguese water dog as the next First Dog of the United States". |
| "They have a can-do and hopeful spirit. They are smart. They are resilient. They are determined. They are optimistic. And they are tireless," he said. | "They have a can-do and hopeful spirit. They are smart. They are resilient. They are determined. They are optimistic. And they are tireless," he said. |
| "Sounds like a perfect fit for the Obama Family and the Obama administration." | "Sounds like a perfect fit for the Obama Family and the Obama administration." |
| Frank or Moose | Frank or Moose |
| Mr Kennedy said he was proud to endorse the water dog breedBut Mrs Obama said the family had still not agreed on a name for the future pet. | Mr Kennedy said he was proud to endorse the water dog breedBut Mrs Obama said the family had still not agreed on a name for the future pet. |
| "There are names floating around and they're bad," she said. | "There are names floating around and they're bad," she said. |
| "Frank was one of them. Frank! Moose was another one," she said, adding that she had told her daughters to "work with the names a little bit". | "Frank was one of them. Frank! Moose was another one," she said, adding that she had told her daughters to "work with the names a little bit". |
| Mrs Obama also used the interview to talk about family life in the White House, saying her daughters still had to do chores and that staff had been asked not to help them too much. | Mrs Obama also used the interview to talk about family life in the White House, saying her daughters still had to do chores and that staff had been asked not to help them too much. |
| "People want to make your life easy, and when you have small kids - I've explained this to the staff - they don't need their lives to be easy. They're kids," she said. | "People want to make your life easy, and when you have small kids - I've explained this to the staff - they don't need their lives to be easy. They're kids," she said. |
| But Mrs Obama said the girls had a free run of the White House, as long as they told her where they were going. | But Mrs Obama said the girls had a free run of the White House, as long as they told her where they were going. |
| "I've tried to encourage them to feel like this whole place is their home," she said. | "I've tried to encourage them to feel like this whole place is their home," she said. |