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Champ, a name coined by his grandchildren but also the nickname Biden's father gave him when he was a child, lived at the vice presidential residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory. Months into his first term as the second dog, the family had to replace the off-white carpet at the residence with hardwood floors because of \"the occasional puppy accident,\" a Biden spokeswoman told The Washington Post at the time. She added that he'd \"generally been a good dog.\"

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PHOTO: Joe and Jill Biden with their dogs, Major and Champ, in a photo posted to Joe Biden's Instagram account.
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Both Champ and Major are frequently featured on the Biden family's social media pages and made several appearances leading up to the election in an appeal to pet-lovers.

\"No ruff days on the trail when I have some Major motivation,\" Biden wrote alongside a video of Major licking his face.

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PHOTO: First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and their dog Champ, arrive for a Joining Forces service event at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.
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The Biden campaign even launched \"Dog Lovers for Joe\" with the slogan \"Choose your human wisely\" and ran on the promise that dogs would return to the people's house.

\"Red state or Blue state, we all can agree on the power of dogs,\" the website said. \"It's time we had a dog-lover back in the White House.\"

Outgoing President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is the first president in more than a century not to have a pet of some kind at the White House. Trump reportedly doesn't like dogs and in February 2019 said he doesn't \"have any time\" to have a pet and that getting one \"feels a little phony.\"

\"How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?\" Trump said at a rally in El Paso, Texas.

But with Biden moving into the White House, Major and Champ will be joining an elite list of presidential pets -- some wackier than others.

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PHOTO: Joe Biden's dog, Champ, lays down during a Joining Forces service event at the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, May 10, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
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President Theodore Roosevelt's mongrel terrier Skip was famously dubbed the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier, but he owned dozens of other animals including a one-legged rooster, snakes, guinea pigs and horses.

Many may remember President George W. Bush's Scottish terriers, Barney and Ms. Beazley, who became early online sensations with dogs' eye view videos of the White House complex.

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PHOTO: President George W. Bush walks off Air Force One carrying the family pets Barney, right, and Ms. Beazley as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Aug. 13, 2006.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's terrier mix, Yuki, was the first stray dog in the White House -- found by his daughter at a Texas gas station. Biden's Major still makes history as the White House's first official rescue dog.

President Barack Obama promised his daughters a dog while they were on the campaign trail -- win or lose. Sen. Ted Kennedy gave them Bo, a Portuguese water dog, a few months after Obama took office and Sunny was added to the family in 2013.

\"Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House,\" Obama said in 2008.

Similarly, Biden had promised his wife Jill Biden he'd wait on getting a German shepherd -- Champ -- until after their winning 2008 campaign.

One of the oddest White House pets was a raccoon later named Rebecca that was sent to President Calvin Coolidge to be served at Thanksgiving dinner. Coolidge pardoned the raccoon instead and adopted it.

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PHOTO: First Lady Grace Coolidge shows her pet raccoon to children gathered on the White House grounds for Easter egg rolling, circa 1923.
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