I'm sure that's very reassuring for Chirac. His clinically depressed dog attacked him last year, and I think he's been looking for a new friend.
Oh yeah, I remember that! While I wish no one physical harm, I must say that headline about the poodle is one of the funniest I’ve ever seen:
“Former French President Chirac hospitalised after mauling by his clinically depressed poodle”
I couldn’t make up something that funny if I tried.