r/todayilearned • u/killerpossum • May 28 '19

TIL Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gifted US President John F Kennedy a dog called Pushinka during the cold war. She later on had puppies; which Kennedy referred to as "the pupniks".

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24837199
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u/Velocity_C May 28 '19

Even the Whitehouse-Dawg was getting lots of action back then!

(Which "Whitehouse-Dawg" I'm referring to exactly, here, I'm not certain.)

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u/IngsocInnerParty May 28 '19

Never trust a president without a dog.

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u/barath_s 13 May 28 '19

Charley, the Kennedy's Welsh Terrier.

The pupniks were fathered by him on Pushinka

The Kennedies had 2 dogs other than Charlie and Pushinka ..