“Is Major out of the dog house?” ABC Stephanopoulos of ABC News asked Wednesday in a one-on-one interview with the president that aired on “Good Morning America.”
“The answer is yes,” Biden replied. “Major was a rescue puppy. Major did not bite anyone and penetrate the skin. The dog is now being trained by our trainer at home in Delaware.”
Earlier this month, Major had what one source described to CNN as a “biting incident.” The person bitten by Major was a U.S. Secret Service agent, according to a Secret Service official.
During his ABC interview, Biden did not say whether Major would return to the White House.
But White House press secretary Jen Psaki said shortly after the incident that both the Biden family’s dogs, Champ and Major, were being cared for by ‘family friends’ in Delaware and that the dogs would return to the White House ‘soon’. ‘
The president also claimed that Major was not exiled to Delaware in response to the incident, but that the move was previously planned to accommodate the first family’s upcoming schedule.
“He would go home. I did not banish him to the house. Jill would be away for four days. I would be away for two, so we took him home,” Biden said.
Major, a German shepherd adopted by the Bidens through a shelter in Delaware in 2018, is known for displaying excited behavior on several occasions, including jumping, barking, and ‘staffing’ and security. complains, according to people at CNN with the dog’s attitude at the White House. The parent of Biden’s German Shepherd, Champ, is about 13 and has declined physically due to his advanced age.
Biden said 85% of the people in the White House ‘like’ Major.
‘But he made a turn, there are two people he does not know at all, you know, and they move and move to protect. But he is a sweet dog. Eighty-five percent of the people there like him. “All he does is lick them and wag his tail,” the president told ABC.
CNN’s Kate Bennett contributed to this report.