Ruh roh! Biden pooch drops doggie doo in White House hallway
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs Champ, right, and Major are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs Champ, left, and Major are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs Champ, right, and Major are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs Champ, right, and Major are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs Champ, right, and Major are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's two German shepherds, Champ, shown here, and Major, officially joined the first family at the White House in late January.
Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s dog, Champ, lies down during a Joining Forces service event at the vice president’s residence in Washington. Champ and Biden’s other dog, Major, are now residents of the White House.
President George W. Bush’s English Springer Spaniel, Spot, plays on the south lawn of the White House in 2001. Spot is the offspring of former first dog, Millie. Millie lived in the White House with her owner President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s dog, Champ, lies down during a Joining Forces service event at the vice president’s residence in Washington. Champ and Biden’s other dog, Major, are now residents of the White House.
First lady Barbara Bush and her granddaughter, Marshall Lloyd Bush, look at the Bushes’ dog Millie and her litter of puppies at the White House in Washington.
President Ronald Reagan, along with his son Michael’s family and the president’s dog Lucky, gather around a snowman on the White House grounds, Jan. 19, 1985. From left are Michael’s son Cameron, the president, Michael, and his wife, Colleen, holding their daughter Ashley.
One of President Joe Biden’s dogs apparently deposited the pile of poo in the hallway outside the Diplomatic Reception Room, just off the South Lawn, on Wednesday.
Reporters accompanying Jill Biden on a trip to California spotted the brown stuff on the red-carpeted hallway as they waited just inside the mansion to be escorted to the first lady’s motorcade.
It was unclear which pooch — Major or Champ — dropped the poo.
Michael LaRosa, a spokesperson for Jill Biden, said the 3-year-old German shepherd “nipped someone while on a walk” on Monday. The person, who was not identified, was examined by the White House medical staff and returned to work without injury, LaRosa said.
He said Major was still adjusting to White House life. Both dogs had lived with the Bidens in Delaware before Joe Biden took office.
Champ, 12, and Major recently had returned to the White House after Major caused a minor injury to a Secret Service employee on March 8. They had spent some down time back in Delaware, and the president had said Major was being trained.
Champ and Major were later seen on the South Lawn before the first lady’s motorcade departed Wednesday. Major was on a leash while Champ roamed freely.
What happened Wednesday wasn’t the first known instance of dog poop inside the White House, given the long history of presidential dog ownership.
