a rescue dog for the White House.
Having been the proud parent of pound dogs for over the last 15 years (never had anything but) I would love to see the Obamas choose a dog that has been discarded. You find dogs at pounds that are a treat - our latest is "Noki" - translated to "Noodle" (smarter than cup ramen but not a smart as tortellini; the only "telepathetic" dog; able to broadcast pathetic without a word)
Better yet adopt one of the dogs from Colorado Springs or other military community where the dog has had to be given to the shelter because of a deployment of a member of the military. Let the troops know we support them and that their precious friend has found a home where the children will be reminded every day of a soldier in harms way.
The other would be to adopt a rescue dog - one of those unfortunate dogs that has found the wrong homw or an abusive home or an unqualified home. The nice part of rescue dogs is you can frequently find the background and can match the dog to the family.
Ok, let's hear from the pet lovers here - poll below.
Update:
I had originally put the ASPCA donate link up.
Rebeleyeball recommended Best Friends Animal Society in the comments - so their donate link is here
Another nod to Rebeleyeball - she covered this back in July with this diary