03/25/2021 9:35 AM
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Updated 03/25/2021 9:35 AM
Classes of "decorum and behavior" were enough for
Champ and Major
, the dogs of US President Joe Biden, to
return to the White House.
They had left weeks ago and sent to Delaware when Major, the younger of the two presidential German shepherds
, bit a Secret Service agent.
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said Wednesday during a news conference that the dogs met the Bidens last weekend at Camp David, Maryland, and returned to Washington on Sunday.
Champ and Major on the South Lawn of the White House.
Photo: AFP
The dogs had been at the Bidens' residence in Delaware, where
Major received additional training
after being startled by the presence of a Secret Service agent, who suffered a minor injury from the altercation.
One of the two German shepherds waited on the balcony of the White House Tuesday afternoon as the Marine One helicopter landed on the south lawn of the presidential residence, bringing the president back from Columbus, Ohio.
"Dogs will come and go, and it will not be unusual for them to return to Delaware on occasion, as the president and the first lady often do," Psaki said.
With Biden's victory, the mascots returned to the White House.
Donald Trump, a cleaning freak, never wanted to keep animals in the presidential house.
But the
dog's
welcome was
soon ruined
when it was reported in early March that the dogs
were no longer
in the White House.
Three-year-old Major, adopted by the Biden family from a shelter in 2018, "was surprised by an unknown person and reacted in such a way that the result was a minor injury to the individual, which was treated by the medical unit of the White House with no need for further treatment, "Psaki said at the time.
Also at the time, Psaki denied that they had been removed for bad behavior and said the trip "was
previously planned
" as First Lady Jill Biden was on a three-day trip to the West Coast and the pets will be cared for by a friend.
Biden's two German Shepherds "are still acclimating and getting used to their new surroundings and new people," he said.
"The dogs will be returning to the White House soon," Psaki told reporters.
And they did come back, but after taking some presidential dog behavior.
Agencies
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