Bill Clinton with "Buddy" & "Socks"

President Bill Clinton had two pets while in office: cat Socks and Labrador retriever Buddy. They enjoy some time on the White House lawn with Clinton's nephew Tyler in October 2000.

When President Clinton and his family first went to the White House, they had a cat, named Socks. On Christmas Day 1994, Socks perched herself atop a reindeer statue behind the Oval Office.



Socks, Clinton's cat




Clinton loved his buddy very much








1998 President Bill Clinton gives his dog Buddy a kiss in the Rose Garden of the White House


1996 President Bill Clinton's cat Socks with the presidential secretary Betty Currie