Most all of the presidents in office have had a pet. Some like Calvin Coolidge had way more pets than one. Calvin owned twenty-six pets, not all of them very common, like a pygmy hippo and lion cubs named Tax Deduction and Budget Bureau. When it comes time that these pets pass on, it is said that presidents prefer to have their pets cremated instead of burying them. This is because they are not going to stay in presidency forever and if they bury their furry friends, they won't get to take them with them when they go back to their everyday life. They can always come back to visit their beloved pets in the white house pet cemetery or at the Presidential Pet Museum, but they can't take their pets with them once they've been buried.
Everyone wants the best for their pets in life and in death. Pet urns come in many sizes. Big enough that Teddy Roosevelt would have had no problem finding a beautiful pet urn for his Bull Mastiff, Blaze. President Coolidge would have had troubles finding a pet urn for his hippo, however, because they are not quite big enough to hold a half ton hippo.

The most common pet that has lived in the White House is a dog, most every president had a dog. George Washington had Coon Hounds, while Abe Lincoln had a variety of 36 dogs! The most uncommon pet that met an untimely death were those of John Quincy Adams. He owned an Alligator named Teeth and silkworms, which he would feed to the gator.