President's best friend: White House pets

POSTED: 04:17 AM PDT Oct 26, 2012

Bo the Portuguese water dog is just the latest furry member of the first family to inhabit the White House. Take a look at photos of first pets dating back to the late 1800s.

Presidential pets - Dwight Eisenhower with Heidi — 11 / 20

President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks alongside his Weimarander, Heidi. The Eisenhowers also had a parakeet while in the White House.

Barack Obama with daughters and Bo

Presidential pets - George W

Presidential pets - Clinton pets Socks and Buddy

Presidential pets - George H

Presidential pets - Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan and Rex

Presidential pets - Amy Carter with Misty Malarky Ying Yang

Presidential pets - Gerald Ford with Liberty the Golden Retriever

Presidential pets - Nixon dogs

Presidential pets - Lyndon B Johnson with Yuki the dog

Presidential pets - Caroline Kennedy on Macaroni the pony

Presidential pets - Dwight Eisenhower with Heidi

Presidential pets - Harry Truman's dog Feller

Presidential pets - Franklin D

Presidential pets - Herbert Hoover with dog, King Tut

Presidential pets - Grace Coolidge with raccoon, Rebecca

Presidential pets - Warren G

Presidential pets - Sheep on White House lawn in 1919

William Howard Taft's cow, Pauline Wayne

Archie Roosevelt on Algonquin the pony

Presidential pets - Russell Harrison and goat

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