H.W. Bush and Big Dog(s)

[bigtree]

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine —Former President George H.W. Bush is welcoming a new member of the family: a yellow Labrador retriever who'll be his first service dog.

The 94-year-old and his new companion, named Sully, got acquainted Monday at the Bush family compound on the coast of Maine.

A photo sent via Twitter shows Sully lounging at the feet of Bush and former President Bill Clinton, who had been visiting on Monday.

twitter.com/wbaltv11/status/1011423254404218880

Sully can open doors, pick up items and summon help but "more than anything else, the dog will be a wonderful companion," said an aide, Evan Sisley.

The nation's 41st president uses a wheelchair and an electric scooter for mobility since developing a form of Parkinson's disease. Bush is recovering from a recent hospitalization and is without his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush, who died in April.

http://www.wbaltv.com/article/former-president-bush-gets-a-service-dog-named-sully/21940501

...I like this.

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1. kick

[Raine]

2. Nice picture

of the two former presidents and what a sweet dog thanks for posting this!

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Awwww! This is good news for both of them!

And, like all of our previous presidents, we know that the senior Bushes love dogs!

[Gothmog]

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Link to tweet