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The “first dogs” are in the dog house – for now.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s pet pooches were sent back to their home in Delaware after one of them bit a White House guard, according to reports.
But White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki insisted that Major and Champ were shipped off to the first family’s hometown only because the first lady was travelling for three days.
“Major and Champ … are adjusting to their new home,” Psaki said Tuesday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “They are beloved members of the family (and) of course of the White House family too.”

Psaki would not comment on reports that the two dogs were sent to Wilmington, Delaware, after Major was found guilty of “aggressive behaviour” and a “biting incident.”
The three-year-old German shepherd made history as the first rescue dog ever to live in the White House.
Major is the same dog who sprained Biden’s foot during a bout of horseplay during the presidential transition.
The Bidens adopted Major from a shelter in 2018. They already had Champ, a 13-year-old German shepherd.
Joe Biden fractured foot playing with dog Major
The dogs moved into the White House the weekend after Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Since then, they have been given the run of the place and are even known to bound into the Oval Office.
Jill Biden suggested it has not been all kibbles for the pair as she has had to ease them into to their new lifestyle.
“They have to take the elevator, they’re not used to that, and they have to go out on the South Lawn with lots of people watching them,” the first lady said in an appearance on the The Kelly Clarkson Show in February.
“So that’s what I’ve been obsessed with, getting everybody settled and calm,” she said.


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Joe Biden’s dogs sent back to Delaware after White House ‘biting incident’

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epa08964968 A handout photo made available by the White House shows First Dog Major outside the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 24 January 2021 (issued 25 January 2021). The First Dogs Major and Champ arrived at the White House four days after US President Joe Biden was sworn in. EPA-EFE/ADAM SCHULTZ / WHITE HOUSE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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German shepherd Major, a rescue dog, was said to have bitten a guard and shown ‘aggressive behaviour’
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki says Major and Champ were sent back to the first family’s hometown because Jill Biden is travelling for three days



German shepherd Major, a rescue dog, was said to have bitten a guard and shown ‘aggressive behaviour’.


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Joe Biden’s dogs sent back to Delaware after White House ‘biting incident’

German shepherd Major, a rescue dog, was said to have bitten a guard and shown ‘aggressive behaviour’ White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki says Major and Champ were sent back to the first family’s hometown because Jill Biden is travelling for three days

German shepherd Major, a rescue dog, was said to have bitten a guard and shown ‘aggressive behaviour’

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki says Major and Champ were sent back to the first family’s hometown because Jill Biden is travelling for three days