President Biden’s German shepherds were sent back to Delaware this week after the youngest dog, a 3-year-old major, injured an employee of the White House, but Biden’s dog trainer told TMZ that it was a “resolvable” problem. which can be corrected after training time.
“You are living in a quiet house, just with family and friends arriving and you move from a very calm environment to a very stressful, active one, a lot of people you don’t know – do they like dogs? They don’t like dogs “And interactions range from limited to numerous,” explained Mark Tobin, the Bidens’ dog trainer, to TMZ.
“Training is the key to anything that happens,” he continued. “It’s solvable, but it takes two: you have to put time and effort into it, and go a little slower this time. … We have to put that dog in that stress, overcome the stress and really try to help this dog calm down and say, ‘Okay, I got you’. “
BIDEN’S DOG HAS SOMEONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, PSAKI CONFIRMS
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that the first dogs “are still getting used to and used to their new environment and new people”.
“On Monday, the youngest dog in the first family, Major, was surprised by an unknown person and reacted in a way that resulted in a minor injury to the individual, who was treated by the White House medical unit without further treatment. “, she said.
ARCHIVE – On November 16, 2018, the photo, the file provided by the Delaware Humane Association shows Joe Biden and his newly adopted Major German Shepherd, in Wilmington, Del. (Stephanie Carter / Delaware Humane Association via AP)
(Delaware Humane Association via Associated Press)
Psaki said the trip back to Delaware was pre-planned and that the dogs will be returning to the White House soon.
The Bidens adopted Major, 3, from a shelter in 2018. Champ, 13, has been with the family since 2008.
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President Biden slipped while playing with the Major last November and fractured a bone in his right foot, forcing him to wear a boot for several weeks.
The cubs moved to the White House on January 25, after spending the first days of the Biden government in Delaware.