Talk:United States presidential pets

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Inclusion of Checkers
I am uneasy with the inclusion of Nixon’s dog Checkers. All other animals in this article are limited to those owned during presidencies. Checkers was dead by Nixon’s presidency.

This got me thinking, since Checkers was owned during Nixon’s vice presidency, that we might want to research and compile a corresponding article on United States vice presidential pets. Details might be more scarce (particularly on early VPs), but that can be noted. Pets I can find at a cursory look are: SecretName101 (talk) 19:06, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Dick the Mockingbird (Jefferson)
 * LBJ had a plethora of pets
 * Shan the cat (Ford)
 * Millie (dog) (George H. W. Bush)
 * Gore’s dog Shiloh
 * Cheney’s Labrador retrievers Jackson and Dave
 * Champ (dog) (Biden)
 * Marlon Bundo the rabbit, Harley the dog, and Hazel the cat (Pence)

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Rework of table
I'd like to change the existing table, primarily to make it sortable by (notably) pet type. There's currently no way to easily find all Presidents with horses or pigs or dogs.

To do that, I propose having the following columns
 * President & pictures - would sort by order in office. Each would span the rows containing their pets.
 * Name - would have the name of the pet. I think that some would have multiple names, such as "Him & Her". Each pet would typically have its own row.
 * Type - would have a general type, followed by a dash and a more specific type/breed. This would allow for a sort, letting you see, for instance, all dogs sorted together. Or see all dogs that are spaniels. Examples:
 * Dog - Spaniel
 * Bird - Parrot
 * Cow - Durham
 * Notes - This would contain any notes on the specific pet.

It would take quite a lot of work, but would be interesting. But before starting, I'd appreciate feedback, as I'd hate to spend all of the hours doing it only to have someone revert it. RSStockdale (talk) 22:31, 22 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't think pictures of the presidents are necessary. But otherwise, the proposed changes sound fine. SilverTiger12 (talk) 00:11, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I wasn't thinking of pictures of the Presidents. I was thinking of the pictures that are currently in the table, although a few do show the President along with the pet. RSStockdale (talk) 12:07, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Grover Cleveland’s fish
Apparently he had fish https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/grover-clevelands-fish/ Victor Grigas (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2023 (UTC)