Obama dog: Mutt prints help cause

It doesn't matter that the Obama dog is going to be either a Labradoodle or a Portuguese Water Dog, which is what the President-elect told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week." A few staunch holdouts are still hoping for a mutt.

Pia Salk, an animal advocate who works with Adopt-a-pet.com, pounced on Obama's first post-election press conference in which he said "a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me" and that the family should adopt one for the White House. So she contacted Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the popular "Hope" portrait of Obama that was used during his campaign, and asked if he could use his art to help save shelter animals. He agreed.

The result is a limited-edition of 400 numbered and silk-screened prints of a dog, done in a style replicating the "Hope" print with the word "Adopt." Proceeds go to saving shelter animals through Adopt-a-pet.

OK, so a Labradoodle and a Portuguese Water Dog don't exactly fit the profile of a mutt. But at least the Obamas will be looking for their dog in a shelter.

Comments

[Jean]

I don't recall this much attention going to Pres Bush and I think this is so crazy and the american people need to get a life I personally own three dogs but I really don't care what kind of dog Obama and his family get we have more seriouse things going on in our country then turning his Presidency into a Hollywood spotlight it is getting to the point I'm not even going to watch the swearing in first I don't trust him or his admin they are as hypocritical as Pelosi and Reid and I sure don't trust the media who is slobbering all over this for the last two years.AMERICA GET A GRIP you have no idea what is coming.But if knowing what kind of dog their going to get inspirers you we have alot more problems then I thought.GOD HELP US.