Traditional homeless shelters have long been off limits to pets, leaving animal owners who want to get off the streets with a difficult choice.

President Joe Biden says that Champ, the older of the family's two dogs, has died “peacefully at home.”.

President Joe Biden announced on Twitter that the family’s beloved German Shepard and “sweet, good boy” has passed away.

(Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON – Doggie doo in the White House? Michael LaRosa, a spokesperson for Jill Biden, said the 3-year-old German shepherd “nipped someone while on a walk” on Monday. The person, who was not identified, was examined by the White House medical staff and returned to work without injury, LaRosa said. Champ, 12, and Major recently had returned to the White House after Major caused a minor injury to a Secret Service employee on March 8. AdPresident Donald Trump did not have a pet at the White House.

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo the White House is seen in Washington. Family dogs Major and Champ have been banished from the White House for a doggie time out in Delaware after Major caused a “minor injury” to a Secret Service agent. Jill Biden brought the dogs to the White House shortly after the inauguration in January. Even if my door's closed, they're sitting right outside the door like, ‘Let me in, let me in,’” Jill Biden said. AdMeanwhile, Jill Biden previously promised to broaden the family's pet pool by eventually introducing a cat to the mix, too.

The dogs moved into the White House on Sunday, following Biden's inauguration last week. Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, a self-described germaphobe, does not own any pets and had none with him at the White House. “Pets have played an important role in the White House throughout the decades, not only by providing companionship to the presidents and their families, but also by humanizing and softening their political images,” said Jennifer Pickens, author of a book about pets at the White House. Among the stranger White House pets was Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge’s raccoon Rebecca. But instead she got an embroidered collar with the title “White House Raccoon” and entertained children at the White House Easter Egg Roll.

TULARE, Calif. Manuel Vejars dog, Champ, ran away while he was serving in the U.S. Navy in 2013. Vejar first saw Champ as an 8-week-old puppy. He knew theyd be together the moment he saw Champ. When he returned, hed get six more months with Champ before he ran away chewing through two fences. For the following two months, hed continue to look for Champ throughout the area, going off of Facebook messages hed get.

VIRGINIA - Two dogs from Virginia will be featured in a calendar for disabled dogs. The 2020 Walkin' Pets calendar will include two of the commonwealth's cutest residents - Harley Quinn, of Greenbackville, and Champ, of Elkwood. Harley Quinn is a boxer who was fitted with a wheelchair after being diagnosed with a spinal cord tumor when she was 3 years old. Champ is a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois who survived distemper and moved to Virginia after being abandoned in a ditch in Texas. The woman who owns Champ drove down to Richmond and adopted Roo.

In honor of National Dog Day (annually on August 26), meet the canines vying to become America's next First Pup. Elizabeth Warren and BaileyAfter losing her beloved golden retriever Otis in 2012, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren feared she wouldn't be able to love another dog. It seems even when it comes to her dog, she's got a plan for that. Michael Bennet and PepperThe Colorado senator promised his three daughters if he won his first campaign, he'd get them a dog. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has admitted he does not own a dog, missing an opportunity to name a St. Bernard after himself.