Fitzgerald’s German Shepherd Champ is dead

“As Champ’s strength waned in his last months, when we came into a room, he would immediately pull himself up, his tail always wagging, and he would suffocate us for an ear scratch or a belly rub. He wanted to be wherever we were, everything when he was next to us. It was immediately better, “they said in a statement.

Fidenz continued: “At the end of the day he loved nothing but curling up at our feet in front of a fire, joining us in meetings as a comforting event, or drowning himself in the White House garden. He ran to catch them while running. “

They said they had “very happy moments” and “very sad days” with family.

CNN’s Jason Hoffman contributed to the report.