Cardigan Corgi Rescue

With all the WAG of the first dog's tail will perform secret missions for dogs everywhere. The dog in the White House Obama will teach children and their counterparts in homes across America on compassion, responsibility and respect for animals while offering plenty of fun to the perfect shot and stress.

But the dog has already sparked controversy and hope among people who care about animals with passion. The dog Obama will fulfill its tasks as a dog trends of the nation with all the choices the family makes their new pet.

First, there was the question of whether Obama would be to buy a dog from a breeder or adopting a rescue. Not everyone agrees that the dogs are saved the way forward. The dog must first earn high approval ratings to convince the skeptics who are opposed to bringing home a dog with an uncertain lineage or past.

The debate Obama proved that by choosing a Portuguese Water Dog saved, called Porties. Is the choice of dog deliver the same message that the Obama campaign that anyone, regardless of origin or descent, may make the White House?

Then, animal experts examined whether Porties are a good representative of rescued dogs for so little of their race are abandoned. With about 6 to 8 million dogs and cats in animal shelters that euthanize 3-4000000 per year animal lovers hope will be the first dog show that all types of rescued animals is a pet family.

Other questions were raised: Does the new hypoallergenic dog be sufficient and is it really a creature like a dog anti-allergy? Is a protected harbor Sasha and Malia, or the gregarious dog Happy-Go-Lucky to be unconscious of the danger?

Another secret mission of the dog in the White House will be an example for children and pets by providing children the opportunity to discover Obama what is like to have another creature dependent.

The ASPCA "Guide for children and pets" to his parents on site index what to expect from children of different ages to do with an adopted animal. American Humane Association says on its website, "We believe that one of the best ways to protect children and animals - and on a larger scale, to create a more humane world - is education that teaches human kindness others, animals and the environment. "

According to the axiom that children learn leadership skills and empathy with a pet, the first lady Michelle Obama has stated unequivocally that his children will make walking and scooping shit.

Children who beg their families to adopt a dog usually face the dilemma of how to cope with the responsibilities of pet owners to juggle schoolwork and growing business and social life. If Mrs. Obama manages to keep her children involved in high profile missions dog every day, parents can point to the White House and say, "See? Sasha and Malia are taking care of THEIR dog.

An example of dogs with a mission to help children is in our new book, Angel Dogs with a Mission (New World Library, 2008). Zoom, a Cardigan Welsh Corgi, and Deb Richeson Smithfield, Kentucky began visiting a local primary school and providing patients with the dog listening to students with special needs. Not only does "The Children of Zoom" improved, but also the whole school reading test scores increased. Maybe Sasha and Malia will read the school newspaper for the first dog they write at the desk in the room Lincoln and be encouraged by the appreciation canine.

Some questions to be raised about the first dog is serious. The way the agreement with Obama on the following issues are sure to send important messages to the responsible management of these homes which already contain the America of the 60 million dogs.

* Given the debacle of pet food, what will be the first dog eat? Organic foods for pets? Wheat and corn-free? Veget.