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{{short description|Pet dog of U.S. President George W. Bush}}
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| species                 = [[Dog]]
| breed                   = [[English Springer Spaniel]]
| gender                  = Female
| birth_date              = March 17, 1989
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| death_date              = {{Death date and age|2004|2|21|1989|3|17|mf=yes}}
| death_cause = [[Animal euthanasia|Euthanasia]]
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| known                   = Pet of [[First Family of the United States]]
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| owner                   = [[George W. Bush]]
| parents                 = Tug Farish (sire) <br> [[Millie (dog)|Millie]] (dam)
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| namedafter              = [[Scott Fletcher (baseball player)|Scott Fletcher]]
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'''Spot''' "'''Spotty'''" '''Fetcher''' (March 17, 1989 – February 21, 2004) was [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]]'s [[dog]]. She was an [[English Springer Spaniel]], named after [[Scott Fletcher (baseball player)|Scott Fletcher]], a [[baseball]] player with the [[Major League Baseball]] team [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], a team George W. Bush owned before becoming Governor of [[Texas]] in 1994.

Born in the [[White House]], she was the daughter of [[Millie (dog)|Millie]],<ref>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/71665102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+23%2C+2001&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=C.13&desc=Bush+White+House+Pets+%26%23149%3B+... "Bush White House Pets "]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', April 23, 2001, p. C13</ref> who had belonged to President [[George H. W. Bush]] and First Lady [[Barbara Bush (First Lady)|Barbara Bush]]. Her father was Tug Farish from [[Lane's End Farm]] in [[Kentucky]], better known for its [[thoroughbred]] horse breeding program.

[[Image:Spot Fetcher.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Spot catching a ball]]

She was [[euthanasia|euthanized]] after suffering a series of strokes. She was 14 years old.<ref>Mike Allen, [https://archive.today/20120716154107/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/548398981.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+22,+2004&author=Mike+Allen&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=D.01&desc=A+Dog's+Life+Remembered:+Spot+Is+Dead+At+Age+14 "A Dog's Life Remembered: Spot Is Dead At Age 14"] ''[[The Washington Post]]'', February 22, 2004, p. D1</ref>

Spot is the only [[Presidential pets|presidential pet]] to have lived in the White House under two presidents, the two being [[George H. W. Bush]] and his son, [[George W. Bush]].

George had a dog at the time of her death, [[Barney (dog)|Barney]], who became a popular figure for the US, and later another dog, [[Miss Beazley]], who was born eight months after Spot's death.

==See also==
*[[United States presidential pets]]
*[[List of individual dogs]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/kids/ Whitehouse.gov biography of Spot Fetcher] (archived at the [[Internet Archive]])

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{{s-bef|before=[[Buddy (Bill Clinton's dog)|Buddy]]<br><small>[[Bill Clinton]]'s<br>[[Labrador retriever]]</small>}}
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{{s-aft|after=[[Bo (dog)|Bo]]<br><small>[[Barack Obama]]'s<br>[[Portuguese Water Dog]]</small>}}
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[[Category:1989 animal births]]
[[Category:2004 animal deaths]]
[[Category:George W. Bush]]
[[Category:United States presidential dogs]]