What is the name of President Barack Obama’s Portuguese Water Dog?

Bo ✅

During his 2008 campaign, Barack Obama promised his daughters, Sasha and Malia, a dog win or lose after the election. In his Grant Park victory speech, then President-Elect Obama said to his girls, “I love you both more than you can imagine. You have earned the puppy that is coming with us!”

Bo, a male Portuguese Water Dog, joined the Obama family at the White House in April 2009, and Sunny, a female Portuguese Water Dog, came along in August 2013.

2013.

The President and Bo, the Obama family dog, ride in the presidential motorcade en route to PetSmart in Alexandria, Va. The President bought Bo some Christmas gifts at the pet store then walked nearby to Best Buy to purchase gifts for his daughters.