undertaking. there are very varied moments in the white house where what you want to do is take your pet for a walk. >> reporter: lyndon johnson picked his animal up by the ears. some like teddy roosevelt turned the white house into a zoo with a wider range of animals and wilson used sheep to trim the white house lawn during world war i. in honor of the new pooch the white house says the obamas have made a donation to the washington humane society. chris? kate? >> athena, thanks so much. hmm. zebras at the white house, that's what's next. >> i like the sheep, that's back in vogue. >> what's gold is always good. >> you covered d.c. and know all the people, there's all this support stuff going on and you're talking about dogs? >> why not? >> we love our dogs! i love that bowe, that's the pc culture. bo wasn't getting enough dog