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.

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President Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence, had an Airedale named Laddie Boy, an English Bulldog named Old Boy and several canaries.

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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