2026年9月16日 / 美国东部时间上午11:30 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：加布里埃拉·比耶洛（Gabriella Biello)
华盛顿——美国前总统巴拉克·奥巴马于周三宣布，家中爱犬桑尼已离世，并称这只13岁的葡萄牙水犬为“我们家备受珍爱的一员”。
奥巴马在社交媒体帖文中写道：“我们会无比思念她。”
“对我们全家而言，她几乎完美无瑕。”奥巴马写道。该帖文已由其妻子、前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马转发，发布后三小时内，在X平台上的浏览量已超过200万次。
奥巴马一家于2013年奥巴马第二任期期间，以幼犬的身份收养了桑尼。周三奥巴马在帖文中提到，包括家中第一只狗狗博在内的所有家庭成员，“立刻就爱上了她”，并补充道，在接下来的13年里，“她始终陪伴在我们身边——永远忠诚、永远温柔，永远准备好开启冒险，直到生命的最后一刻都依旧精力充沛、光彩照人。”
奥巴马还对比了两只狗狗的性格差异。他写道，博通常用零食就能哄好，而桑尼“更希望我们陪她到处跑、在地板上打滚，或是尽情地给她揉肚子，只要我们愿意。”
桑尼的闪光点
奥巴马家的两只狗狗都因在白宫草坪上奔跑而闻名，前总统奥巴马在悼念帖文中还形容桑尼“身手矫健、精力无限”。他还提到了桑尼的怪癖：作为葡萄牙水犬，它却反常地讨厌沾水。“对我们全家而言，她几乎完美无瑕。”他写道。
奥巴马表示，他的女儿萨沙和玛丽亚在桑尼刚加入家庭时分别只有12岁和14岁，两人和桑尼也十分亲近。“她（桑尼）很爱女孩们，哪怕她们会在她打盹时烦她。”奥巴马写道。奥巴马还称，桑尼也是白宫工作人员的好伙伴。“她很喜欢我们的团队，经常跟着他们四处转悠，帮他们搭把手。”
此次桑尼去世，距奥巴马一家失去博已有五年多时间。2021年，博因癌症去世，享年12岁。奥巴马一家于2009年收养了博，兑现了当时对玛丽亚和萨沙的竞选承诺。自巴拉克·奥巴马2009年首次就职后不久，博就一直陪伴着奥巴马一家。几年后，桑尼加入家庭，成为博的同伴，两只狗狗很快被媒体称为“第一狗狗”。
新迷你剧聚焦人与狗狗之间的羁绊（06:54）
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-miniseries-highlights-bond-between-dogs-and-their-owners/
Obamas’ dog Sunny dies: “A cherished member of our family”
September 16, 2026 / 11:30 AM EDT / CBS News
By Gabriella Biello
Washington— Former President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the family’s dog, Sunny, had died, calling the 13-year-old Portuguese water dog a “cherished member of our family.”
In a social media post, Obama wrote “we will miss her terribly.”
“As far as our family was concerned, she was pretty much perfect,” Obama wrote. The post was reshared by his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, and had been viewed on X over 2 million times within three hours of being shared.
The Obama family adopted Sunny as a puppy during his second term in 2013. On Wednesday, Obama wrote that the whole household, including their first dog, Bo, “immediately fell in love” with her, adding that for the next 13 years, “she would be by our side – always loyal, always sweet, always ready for adventure, still fiery and gorgeous till the very end of her days. “
Obama also described the contrast between his two dogs’ personalities. Bo could usually be won over with a treat, he wrote, whereas Sunny “was more interested in having us run around with her, roll on the floor with her, or have her belly rubbed for as long as we were willing.”
Sunny’s best qualities. Both of the Obamas’ dogs were famous for running around the White House lawn, and the former president Obama also described Sunny in his memorial post as “athletic and full of boundless energy.” He also wrote about her quirks, such as how the Portuguese water dog had an ironic hatred for getting wet. “As far as our family was concerned, she was pretty much perfect,” he wrote.
Obama’s daughters Sasha and Malia, who were 12 and 14 when Sunny joined the family, also were close with Sunny, Obama said. “She (Sunny) loved the girls, even if they were pestering her when she was napping,” Obama wrote. Sunny was also a great addition to the White House staff, Obama said. “She loved our team, and would often follow them around, helping them on the job.”
Sunny’s death comes more than five years after the Obamas lost Bo, who the family said died of cancer in 2021 at the age of 12. The Obamas adopted Bo in 2009, fulfilling a campaign promise to Malia and Sasha. Bo had been with the Obamas since shortly after Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009. Sunny joined the family a few years later as a companion for Bo, and the pair were soon after dubbed “the first dogs” by the press.
New miniseries highlights bond between dogs and their owners (06:54)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-miniseries-highlights-bond-between-dogs-and-their-owners/
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