You can call me a lot of things, but a political commentator I am not. That was until the Mutts blog on the Baltimore Sun declared that Obama was a Great Dane and Hillary a Labradoodle.

I spent the last 24 hours weighing this hefty issue.

How many of use have wondered what our dogs would be if they were people?
Charlee would most assuredly be the bitch at the beach who snarks at the teenagers for getting too close to her towel, while reading great literary works. She would be the party hard on the weekend type of girl who holds a high powered job, and makes more than a few subordinates miserable along the way. Charlee would mess with people's heads just for the sport of it, and see a shrink every week. She is a work hard, play hard kind of gal.

My daughters and I have declared Finney a science nerd, complete with calculator and a pocket protector. He would be the kind of guy who is book smart, but lacks a little in the common sense department. Not unlike my cousin who teaches at Harvard, and had three members of my family get a van to help her move her brand new couch on a Saturday morning, only to find the couch was too big to fit up the stairs. Finney would be the guy that everyone liked in high school, but no one dated and everyone wanted to marry at the high school reunion. Slow bloomer type.

But what of our candidates? In group class last night I asked a long time Dane owner what she thought about Obama being a member of her breed. Quote, "well that must have been written by a man." Laugh out loud to that one! Why yes it was written by a man. She went on to tell me that Danes are too silly and would have little interest in politics. Agreed.
I was thinking Pointer, a hard working dog, but I hadn't really hit it on the head quite yet.

So I asked the class what about Hillary as doodle? They all agreed that was in insult to her. I was thinking terrier, or even standard poodle, but still the fit on both candidates, just wasn't quite right.

So....are you ready for this...I consulted the all powerful all knowing on line CATS The (C)anine (A)lgorithmic (T)ransfer (S)ystem, What breed of dog are you game from the movie Gone to the Dogs. They were dead on when they pegged me as a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog three years ago. Smart, more mellow than the other herding breeds and great with kids.

Oh I thought, this is genius.
I painstakingly filled in question after question and Hillary is a
Pyrenean Shepherd
"This adaptive dog wants to, and can, do all the jobs on the field".
Yup I thought, dead on.

So it was with a light heart that I plugged in Obama's info and he came out a Kuvasz. What?!? A WHITE guardian dog?!? Well that was close but no cigar . So I pondered this dilemma more and more and it hit me at about 3 am. this morning.
Why on earth would Obama be a pure bred dog in the first place.

He is an "All American" pure and simple.

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