By Peter Baker Peter Baker covers the White House and has a half-Labrador, half-Golden Retriever. If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog, Harry S. Truman supposedly once said. But what if ...

The 7-year-old Chinese Crested dog, with reversed hind legs, is nearly bald but for a shock of white wispy hairs. But it's those kinds of peculiarities that endeared the pooch to judges at the ...