First Dog Trivia

Facts and Trivia About U.S. Presidents' Dogs

As Washington DC's first dog adventure and fitness company we love all the dogs in this city regardless of political affiliation! This page lists all of the President's' dogs from George Washington to Joe Biden along with First Dog facts and trivia.

US Presidents' and their Dogs

Fun First Dog Facts:

  • President James Buchanan’s dog, Lara, a Newfoundland, weighed 170lbs and is to this day the largest First Dog to ever occupy the White House.



  • President Lincoln’s dog, Fido, was the first First Dog ever to be photographed


  • John Adams had a dog named ‘Satan’.


  • Only three Presidents did not have any presidential pets while in office: James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Donald Trump.


The Complete List of Presidents' and their Dogs


George Washington 

• Azor – Greyhound 

• Sweet Lips, Scentwell and Vulcan – American Staghounds

• Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy – Black and Tan Coonhounds


John Adams 

• Juno, Mark, and Satan – Dogs (unknown breed)


Thomas Jefferson 

• Buzzy and unknown – Briards


James Monroe 

• Spaniel 


John Tyler 

• Le Beau – Italian Greyhound 


Franklin Pierce 

• Seven miniature Oriental dogs


James Buchanan 

• Lara – Newfoundland

• Punch – Toy Terrier


Abraham Lincoln 

• Fido – Dog (unknown breed)

• Jip – Dog (unknown breed)


Ulysses S. Grant 

• Faithful – Newfoundland 

• Rosie – Dog (unknown breed)


Rutherford B. Hayes 

• Dot – Cocker Spaniel 

• Hector – Newfoundland 

• Duke – English Mastiff 

• Grim – Greyhound

• Otis – Miniature Schnauzer 

• Juno and Shep – Hunting dogs

• Jet – Dog (unknown breed)


James A. Garfield 

• Veto – Dog (unknown breed)


Grover Cleveland 

• Hector – Japanese Poodle 


Benjamin Harrison 

• Dash – Collie 


Theodore Roosevelt 

• Pete – Bull Terrier 

• Skip – Rat Terrier 

• Jack and Peter – Terriers 

• Blackjack – Manchester Terrier

• Manchu – Pekingese 

• Rollo – Saint Bernard

• Sailor Boy – Chesapeake Bay Retriever 

• Gem and Susan – Dogs (unknown breed)


William Howard Taft 

• Caruso – Dog


Woodrow Wilson 

• Davie – Airedale Terrier 

• Mountain Boy – Greyhound (hooray!)

• Bruce – Bull Terrier


Warren G. Harding 

• Laddie Boy – Airedale Terrier

• Old Boy – Bulldog 


Calvin Coolidge 

• Rob Roy and Prudence Prim – White Collies 

• Peter Pan – Terrier 

• Paul Pry – Airedale Terrier 

• Calamity Jane – Shetland Sheepdog 

• Tiny Tim and Blackberry – Chow Chows 

• Ruby Rouch – Collie 

• Boston Beans – Bulldog 

• King Cole – German Shepherd 

• Palo Alto – Bird dog 

• Bessie – Collie


Herbert Hoover 

• King Tut – Belgian Shepherd

• Pat – German Shepherd

• Big Ben and Sonnie – Fox Terriers

• Glen – Scotch Collie 

• Yukonan – Eskimo dog 

• Patrick – Irish Wolfhound 

• Eaglehurst Gillette – Setter 

• Weejie – Norwegian Elkhound 


Franklin D. Roosevelt 

• Fala – Scottish Terrier

• Majora – German Shepherd 

• Meggie – Scottish Terrier 

• Winks – Llewellyn Setter 

• Tiny – Old English Sheepdog 

• President – Great Dane 

• Blaze – Bullmastiff 


Harry S. Truman 

• Feller – Cocker Spaniel

• Mike – Irish Setter 


Dwight D. Eisenhower 

• Heidi – Weimaraner 


John F. Kennedy 

• Gaullie – Poodle

• Charlie – Welsh Terrier 

• Pushinka – mutt (gift of Russian premier, puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)

• Shannon – Irish Cocker Spaniel 

• Wolf – (mutt, possibly part Wolfhound and Schnauzer)

• Clipper – German Shepherd

• Butterfly, White Tips, Blackie, and Streaker – (offspring of Pushinka and Charlie)


Lyndon B. Johnson 

• Him and Her – Beagles 

• Edgar – Beagle 

• Blanco – White Collie 

• Freckles – Beagle 

• Yuki – mongrel 


Richard Nixon 

• Vicki – Poodle 

• Pasha – Terrier 

• King Timahoe – Irish Setter 

• Checkers – Cocker Spaniel 


Gerald Ford 

• Liberty – Golden Retriever

• Misty – (Liberty's puppy born in the White House)


Jimmy Carter 

• Grits – Border Collie

• Lewis Brown – Afghan Hound


Ronald Reagan 

• Lucky – Bouvier des Flandres

• Rex – Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

• Victory – Golden Retriever 

• Peggy – Irish Setter 

• Taca – Siberian Husky 

• Fuzzy – Belgian Sheepdog 


George H. W. Bush 

• Millie – Springer Spaniel

• Ranger – one of Millie's puppies


Bill Clinton 

• Buddy – Labrador Retriever 


George W. Bush 

• Spot "Spotty" Fetcher – English Springer Spaniel

• Barney – Scottish Terrier

• Miss Beazley – Scottish Terrier


Barack Obama 

• Bo – Portuguese Water Dog

• Sunny – Portuguese Water Dog


Joe Biden

• Major – German Shepherd

• Champ – German Shepherd

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