The story of a lucky puppy, a Portuguese water dog named Bo, who found his way to Obama's family is all over the news sites, TV and blogs. The puppy is adorable as any healthy puppy would be. He was lucky enough to be a pure breed dog which almost automatically grants him a ticket into a good life. Plus being taken into Obama's family (the dog already got a web nick- Bobama) granted him a celebrity status.

Frankly speaking, it's kind of sickening to follow all those sentimental ahhhh's and ohhhh's descriptions of the new President‘s contemplations about the future first dog's breed and where he would (and wouldn't) sleep. Doesn't our President have more important things to deal with?

Come on, if he simply wanted to take a pet for his daughters, they could've had it long ago, without this showing off.

I count that it will benefit any child to have a pet to learn to become a more responsible, caring and responsive person. As a child I had a dog and she was a mix of a dwarfish terrier and a hairy toy-terrier. When my son was big enough to have a pet I decided to take a dog for him and wanted it to be rescued from a street. I consider that it doesn't matter what breed you take into your house as long as you are going to love your pet. Expensive pure breed canines need and give the same love and attachment as simple creatures. Those simple mixture pets even need more mercy and luck in this world than those who are granted good life already by their belonging to some pure blood.

I give more honor to people who take care of pets which would be gone without those sacrificing efforts for the sake of those pets. I am touched more by the stories about brave animals that suffered and still remained lovely characters.

These are some of them, including my story.

This is my son's celebrity dog, which was found in a street on an Israeli rainy and cold February of 1998. She was approximately a three-month-old puppy, all in wounds and worms. I used to joke that she was a mix of a rat and a butterfly, as her ears were bigger than her head and she looked like a rat overall. I was not sure if she might survive at all and even when she started to gain weight and became more self-assured I doubted that she might live long. Look at her now; she is 11 and still as lively as a puppy.

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which needed to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him. His first owner also did not think that he could survive. By this time, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself. Therefore she named him 'Faith'. In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfing board to let him feel the movements.

Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for him to stand up and jump around.

Even the other dog at home also helped to encourage him to walk. Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward.

After further training in the snow, he now can walk like a human being. Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where he goes, he just attracts all the people around him.

He is now becoming famous on the international scene. He has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows.