Facts and Trivia About U.S. Presidents' Dogs

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