Joe Biden's Cabinet is full of dog lovers. Meet the Team Biden pups.

• Joe Biden hired a lot of dog people — but not so many cat people — to work in his Cabinet.
• Biden's own dogs, Major and Champ, have gotten all the press attention.
• But his Cabinet members are the proud owners of at least 10 dogs.

President Joe Biden's Cabinet is full of dog people. Cat people — not so much. 

Biden's two dogs, German shepherds Major and Champ, are the best-known dogs of the new administration. (Major caused minor scandals with two biting incidents; he's reportedly gotten some additional training.) 

And first lady Jill Biden has also been spotted showing off her dog pride with a new fashion choice: a custom Valentino Rockstud purse featuring hand-painted portraits of Major and Champ, The Wrap reported. 

Presidential pets recently grabbed the national spotlight again when former President Barack Obama announced that his dog, Bo, had died of cancer. Former Obama staffers and the public mourned the loss of the dog on social media. 

Former President Donald Trump never had a pet in the White House — he said he didn't have time for a dog — although former Vice President Mike Pence's rabbit, Marlon Bundo, was famous among Pence's friends and foes alike. 

Even though Major and Champ are the Biden administration's top dogs, they're not alone.

Insider contacted all 23 members of Biden's Cabinet to find out more about their furry (or feathered, or scaled) advisors. Biden's Cabinet members are the proud owners of at least 10 dogs, Insider found. 

Not every member of the Cabinet responded, but so far, not one has fessed up to being a cat owner. 

Biden has promised he'll bring a cat into the White House, too, but the first family hasn't divulged details yet. 

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on May 24 was actually asked about the cat during the daily briefing.

"We're waiting for a really tough news day" before announcing a White House cat, Psaki told reporters. 

"It'll be interesting to see if he can bring cat people and dog people together," said Andrew Hager, historian-in-residence at the Presidential Pet Museum, a nongovernmental organization that's currently online. 

Meet the dogs of Biden's Cabinet: 

Remington, Winchester, Peppa, and Salty, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's dogs

Haaland and her partner, Lloyd Keith Sayre, have three shelter dogs and one "Rez dog" — a term for outdoor dogs living on Native American reservations. According to her spokeswoman, Haaland's daughter, Somáh, brought her Remington because she could no longer keep him. Haaland's second dog was a "sad and hungry" puppy found under a bench outside a meeting in 2014 in Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico. And when Haaland and her partner combined households, they combined dogs. Salty is a "salty Chihuahua" and Peppa is a black toy poodle, both adopted from a mobile adoption site in Albuquerque, New Mexico, her office said.

Arya, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's dog

Arya, named after Arya from the HBO show "Game of Thrones," is a Labrador mix. She was adopted for Granholm's son's 16th birthday.

Truman and Buddy, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's dogs

Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, adopted Buddy, a puggle, in 2018 from Pet Refuge in South Bend, Indiana. "There, we fell in love with a one-eyed puggle, estimated age: 4-6 years old, who had a little bit of a weight problem. As you can see, he was kind of hard to resist," Buttigieg tweeted in December 2018. Truman, a beagle/lab mix, is also a rescue dog.

Sophie and Sadie, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain's dogs

Klain and his wife, Monica Medina, have two small, fluffy dogs that appear to be poodle mixes. Sophie is black and white and Sadie is brown, White House spokesman Chris Meagher said.

Sparky, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo's dog

Raimondo adopted Sparky from a shelter in 2017 — nudged by her 10-year-old son, Tommy. They met three dogs before falling in love with Sparky. "And then there was this little Yorkie sitting all by himself, and it's like Tommy and I fell in love immediately," Raimondo said in a 2017 video on her Facebook page that encouraged the adoption of pets from the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The rest of the Cabinet

Several members of Biden's Cabinet told us they don't have pets. They include Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, and Isabel Guzman, administrator of the Small Business Administration, according to their spokespersons. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra used to have a dog, but doesn't currently have any pets, spokesman Ian Sams told Insider. 

Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't publicly acknowledged owning any pets, although she has indicated on social media that she's pro-dog. She tweeted in 2019 that dogs were "always welcome" in her Senate office. Harris' spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment about whether the vice president currently has any pets. 

Cabinet members who did not respond to Insider's requests for comment about their pets: Attorney General Merrick Garland, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough. 

Cabinet members' pets historically haven't been as well known as those living in the White House, Hager of the Presidential Pet Museum said. 

At least one president, Franklin Pierce, gave a Japanese spaniel puppy to his then-Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis in 1855, according to the White House Historical Association. Davis later became president of the Confederate States of America. 

Trump's Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke let agency employees bring their dogs into the office in a program he called "Doggy Days at Interior." 

Know of any other Biden Cabinet pets? Email us at tsfondeles@businessinsider.com or rbravender@businessinsider.com. 

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