Last week I visited my friend Olga, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician for IBM, and her newly adopted Labradoodle, Chloe (also brilliant and beautiful). Olga has a picture-perfect doggie relationship with 10-month-old Chloe, who was rescued a few months ago as a scrawny stray running loose in a grocery store parking lot in a border town. Kids were throwing rocks …

Wema, adoptable at the Martin County Humane Society in Minnesota, may be a Portuguese water dog, but she’s all-American! We’ve been reporting for months on the Obamas’ efforts to find a dog. Apparently, the family has gotten closer to selecting a breed. Here’s an excerpt from the President-elect’s interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: STEPHANOPOULOS: What kind of a …