Talk:United States presidential pets

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Date	Process	Result
September 13, 2024	Featured list candidate	Not promoted

This article was nominated for deletion on 24 January 2009 (UTC). The result of the discussion was speedy keep.

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Nath, Sayantani (February 20, 2021). "Is Lindsey Graham Trump's 'pet'? Wikipedia lists him among WH dogs after Greg Kelly calls Biden's Champ 'dirty'". Meaww. Retrieved February 22, 2021. On February 20, an unknown individual filled the gap against Trump's name in the presidential pets' list — by linking Lindsey Graham's Wikipedia page there.

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Inclusion of Checkers

I am uneasy with the inclusion of Nixon’s dog Checkers. All other animals in this article are limited to those owned during presidencies. Checkers was dead by Nixon’s presidency.

This got me thinking, since Checkers was owned during Nixon’s vice presidency, that we might want to research and compile a corresponding article on United States vice presidential pets. Details might be more scarce (particularly on early VPs), but that can be noted. Pets I can find at a cursory look are:

Dick the Mockingbird (Jefferson)
LBJ had a plethora of pets
Shan the cat [1] (Ford)
Millie (dog) (George H. W. Bush)
Gore’s dog Shiloh [2]
Cheney’s Labrador retrievers Jackson and Dave [3]
Champ (dog) (Biden)
Marlon Bundo the rabbit, Harley the dog, and Hazel the cat (Pence) [4]

SecretName101 (talk) 19:06, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Rework of table

I'd like to change the existing table, primarily to make it sortable by (notably) pet type. There's currently no way to easily find all Presidents with horses or pigs or dogs.

To do that, I propose having the following columns

President & pictures - would sort by order in office. Each would span the rows containing their pets.
Name - would have the name of the pet. I think that some would have multiple names, such as "Him & Her". Each pet would typically have its own row.
Type - would have a general type, followed by a dash and a more specific type/breed. This would allow for a sort, letting you see, for instance, all dogs sorted together. Or see all dogs that are spaniels. Examples:
- Dog - Spaniel
- Bird - Parrot
- Cow - Durham
Notes - This would contain any notes on the specific pet.

It would take quite a lot of work, but would be interesting. But before starting, I'd appreciate feedback, as I'd hate to spend all of the hours doing it only to have someone revert it. RSStockdale (talk) 22:31, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think pictures of the presidents are necessary. But otherwise, the proposed changes sound fine. SilverTiger12 (talk) 00:11, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't thinking of pictures of the Presidents. I was thinking of the pictures that are currently in the table, although a few do show the President along with the pet. RSStockdale (talk) 12:07, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Grover Cleveland’s fish

Apparently he had fish https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/grover-clevelands-fish/ Victor Grigas (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Non-presidential & non-pet

The Mongolian horse was presented to Biden when he was VP and remained in Mongolia. I modified the entry accordingly (source provided: LA Times), but perhaps it should be deleted altogether. --136.54.237.174 (talk) 19:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]