List of Czech presidential pets explained

Presidents of the Czech Republic and their predecessors as Presidents of Czechoslovakia have often kept pets while in office.

In addition to traditional pets, this list includes some animals normally considered livestock or working animals that have a close association with presidents or their families; occasionally the animals were given to the presidents from foreign dignitaries.

List of presidential pets

President	Pets
Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)
Tomáš Masaryk	Hektor (1906–1933) – mounted police horse^[1] Bayard – mounted police horse^[2]
Edvard Beneš	Airedale Terrier^[3] German Shepherd, relative of Blondi, from František Czerny's dog breeding in Kravaře^[4]
Emil Hácha
Klement Gottwald
Antonín Zápotocký	Astor – German Shepherd border guard dog
Antonín Novotný
Ludvík Svoboda	German Shepherd
Gustáv Husák
Václav Havel	Ďula (1991–2002) – Standard Schnauzer
Czech Republic (from 1993)
Václav Havel	Ďula (1991–2002) – Standard Schnauzer Sugar – Boxer Madla – Boxer
Václav Klaus
Miloš Zeman	Darcy – Golden Retriever^[5]
Petr Pavel	Micka – cat

See also

• United States presidential pets
• List of Taiwanese presidential pets

Notes and References

1. Web site: Novotná . Šárka . (Ne)málo známá láska prezidenta Masaryka. zpravy.tiscali.cz . 1 November 2023 . cs.
2. Web site: T. G. Masaryk jako jezdec a milovník koní . Bejvávalo.cz . 1 November 2023 . cs.
3. News: Zpráva, bez které byste patrně přežili: Zemanovi mají psa. 1 November 2023 . Lidovky.cz . 30 May 2013 . cs.
4. News: Maršál . Adam . Psi, koně i sumci, podívejte se na fotky našich prezidentů se zvířaty. 1 November 2023 . Seznam Zprávy . 2 December 2022 . cs.
5. Web site: Fižová . Vendula . První dáma ukázala nového člena rodiny, psa Darcyho . Deník.cz . 1 November 2023 . cs . 30 May 2013.