Peruvians Offer White House Mutt

An international wrinkle to the Obamas’ dog search: A group of Peruvians want to gift the future first family with a particularly unsightly pooch. The Daily Telegraph reports the Friends of the Peruvian Hairless Dog Association have sent a letter offering to send 4-month-old Ears over to the White House. The Peruvian Hairless, “a bald and often toothless breed once popular with Incan kings,” is nonetheless hypo-allergenic, an Obama requirement. Ears is ready to go, “But if we send it to the United States, its official name will be Machu Picchu,” the president of the dog association said.