The outcry was so great that Johnson had to issue a public statement regarding the incident, defending the dog’s yelps as “a sound of joy.” Neither dog survived their stay in the White House; Her died in 1964 after swallowing a stone and Him died in 1966 after being hit by an executive chauffeur. President Johnson scratches the belly of one of his two beagles... 3. Donkeys But back in the day, it was apparently acceptable to own bears. Teddy Roosevelt's White House was a real zoo The 26th U.S. president had a menagerie that included everything from dogs and bears to rodents and a one-legged rooster. President Trump, who was elected in the 2016 elections is the first president in 130 years to not have a pet. The most common pet is a dog. And so, as Barack Obama harbors Portuguese water dogs, we remember a time when the leader of the free world kept a pet that refused to be tamed--and was often perfectly capable of devouring a human. All the President’s Dogs (the ultimate list of presidential dog names) Throughout the history of the United States, our country’s commanders in chief have had dogs. Franklin D. 2. Lyndon Johnson and Him and Her. A dog or cat knows nothing of politics, and is a reminder of the simple life. "Being the leader of the free world is likely a pretty stressful job. Not every President has a dog, and publicly this is the first time Donald Trump has been associated with a pet. Thomas Jefferson and Dick. Some have had one, others had many. Bill Clinton had a chocolate Labrador named Buddy as well as a cat named Socks. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) , a Virginian,... 4. In 2004, the President gave his wife Laura a Scottish terrier puppy named Miss Beazley for … The last thing the White House needs is another dog, damn it. They were both Portuguese Water Dogs with the names Bo and Sunny. What we can say for sure is that there have been dozens of dogs in the White House. George W. Bush inherited a lot of things from his father, like the entire country, but maybe the best was his love of dogs. The wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, had silkworms. The first to have had a dog during his presidency was George Washington, while Barack Obama most recently had two dogs during his … 5 President Roosevelt was the president with the most pets while being in office. Here are nine of the strangest pets owned by former presidents of the United States of America. Franklin Roosevelt and Fala. 9 Presidential Pets 1. Dogs have been the most popular pet for a president to have during his time in the White House — 30 of the 44 presidents have had at least one dog in the West Wing. The most recent president prior to the 2016 elections, Barrack Obama had two dogs. But more than dogs have lived in the White House. Now everyone wants Trump and the first family to get a dog, too... dogs are obviously the most common presidential pet today. That's been the animal of choice for the last several presidents. 1. After the wild success of the 41st president's First Dog, Millie, the 43rd president decided to get an official presidential dog of his own: Miss Beazley, a Scottish terrier. John Kennedy and … And Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president, had a raccoon named Rebecca that walked on a leash!