Click on any photo to learn more about these selected presidential pets in history.
Pushinka
The Kennedy family poses with their dogs at Hyannisport: Irish spaniel Shannon, Welsh terrier Charlie, German shepherd Clipper, and the pups of Pushinka, who was a gift to Caroline from Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Mamie Eisenhower, right, tires to restrain Heidi as the dog jumps up on the director of the Tailwaggers Club of Washington, center. At left is Charles Hamilton of the Animal Rescue League. May 1958 photo by AP wire service.
Misty Malarky Ying Yang, August 15, 1977. National Archives photo.
No known photos of Veto exist, but this black Newfoundland from today probably looks very similar.
Photo courtesy the Richard Nixon Foundation
No known photo of Grim the greyhound exists, but he might have looked like this. Cute, right?
Stock photo of a ram. But Old Ike probably looked something like this. But with chewing tobacco.