President Barack Obama is strategically employing his Portuguese water dog, Bo, in official campaign-related marketing aimed at gaining more support from pet-loving voters. "Political pets have long attracted inordinate attention … but Obama ...

Richard M. Nixon's dog, Checkers, was the subject of speech on an early 1950s scandal. Bill Clinton had an adopted stray cat, Socks. But Obama may be trotting into uncharted territory by featuring his Portuguese water dog in campaign ads and ...

That means the president’s Portuguese water dog is fronting for not only fundraising efforts aimed at liberal dog owners but is also the face of a merchandising line that will sell Bo stuff like dog sweaters to Democratic consumers.

This inherently simple assessment, of course, is also wrong. As a 52-year-old man who participates in dog agility (running with Cooper, my Portuguese water dog, through an obstacle course), I can speak with some authority about why middle-aged ...

In fact, the Friedman family of Deerfield, Ill., calls their "high-maintenance" 12-year-old Portuguese water dog, Payton, their "oldest child." The Friedmans' estate plan, handled by Lindsey Paige Markus of Chicago law firm Chuhak & Tecson ...