Here is a painting of Amy Carter in pigtails and her spaniel mix, a dog named Grits. The Carters had one noticeable Pet episode while at the White House which the Press played up to it’s fullest. Amy Carter’s fifth grade teacher gave her a present: a young puppy called “Grits”. Grits was so uncooperative in helping to promote Heartworm Awareness Week, that she would not let the veterinarian give her a pill. That, coupled with relieving herself on the Lincoln Room carpet, the dog was returned. Everyone breathed a sign of relief as Grits did not get along with Amy’s Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang either, and on one occasion tried to bite a guest. Like Democrats and Republicans, dogs and cats have not carved out a working relationship in the history of White House pets. I tried to capture the fondness that Grits had for Amy, but Amy “belonged to no one” so she stated, and perhaps that is visible here.