Pet suggestions

Obama promised his daughters he was getting them a puppy during his speech on Tuesday night and I can't think of a more typical, lame White House pet especially for a president who ran on change.

Here is an article outlining some other pets that prior presidents have had in the White House, some highlights include:

A pygmy hippo that has sired most other pygmy hippos in the US
Gamecocks
Bobcat
Donkey
Goose
Gators used to scare guests
Opossums
Cows
Badgers
Tiger Cubs
a dog named "Satan"

So come on Obama, sack up, bring about the change you promised and move away from the dog/cat paradigm.