Happy Valentine’s Day, Henry!
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve written a Pawlitics post! I’ve been working hard on getting background research for my project done, as well as filling out the proper forms to file for my IRB. I need the IRB information before I can begin doing any interviews or other primary research. Please stay tuned and bear with me as I am getting that stuff taken care of!
For a quick update, this week is Valentine’s Day! This past weekend, I convinced Kegan to decorate sugar cookies with me. We had pink, purple, and red icing and lots of different types of sprinkles. Kegan was actually pretty good at decorating (and I think he had at least a little fun).
I had a schnauzer cookie cutter I got a few years back. I got it because it was a dog. And you know, I like dogs. While getting out cookie cutters for our Valentine’s Day cookies, I found the schnauzer cookie cutter. I told Kegan it looked like Henry Holcomb, who is the First Dog of Indiana. Thus, we decided to decorate Henry Holcomb cookies, and I for one thought they were pretty darn cute.
Henry was one of the first political dogs I really cared about, so it was fitting to decorate a few Henry cookies.
Henry, we hope you have a happy Valentine’s Day!
Politics with Kegan Prentice 
Pete and ChastenButtigieg have two dogs, Truman and Buddy. You can follow them on Twitter. Because they are dedicated 🐶 persons, there is also a site dedicated to turning them into cat people called Cats4Pete. There is also Introverts for Pete but that’s not important right now. It is great for introverts though. Most presidents have had dogs or at least some sort of pet. Donald Trump has no pets. That says a lot about him imho. I am allergic to just about everything but mold and dogs. Naturally my doctor said, “Oh good, you can have a moldy dog!” I don’t have any objection to dogs in general, but I don’t have one myself, not because of mold but because of slobber. 🙀
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