WASHINGTON — The first pets, Champ and Major, are back at the White House after spending about two weeks in Delaware following a biting incident, according to multiple reports.
Michael LaRosa, press secretary for first lady Jill Biden, confirmed the move to CNN on Wednesday.
Champ and Major were sent to Delaware earlier this month after an incident involving Major. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that on March 8, “the first family’s younger dog, Major, was surprised by an unfamiliar person and reacted in a way that resulted in a minor injury to the individual.”
Psaki said plans had already been made to send the dogs to Delaware while the first lady toured military bases earlier this month.
“I didn’t banish him to home,” President Joe Biden said last week during an interview with ABC News. “Jill was going to be away for four days. I was going to be away for two, so we took him home.”
The president told ABC News that Major is “a sweet dog” who was still adjusting to life in the White House.
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“Look, Major was a rescue pup,” the president said. “Major did not bite someone and penetrate the skin. … The dog’s being trained now (with) our trainer at home in Delaware.”
Major is the first rescue dog to find a home in the White House. The Bidens fostered, then adopted, Major from the Delaware Humane Association in 2018.
The first couple got Champ in 2008 after Joe Biden was elected to serve as vice president beside President Barack Obama.
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