List of Czech presidential pets

Equestrian statue of President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk on his horse Hektor in Lány, completed in 2010

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk on his horse Hektor in 1931

Presidents of the Czech Republic and their predecessors as Presidents of Czechoslovakia have often kept pets while in office.

In addition to traditional pets, this list includes some animals normally considered livestock or working animals that have a close association with presidents or their families; occasionally the animals were given to the presidents from foreign dignitaries.

List of presidential pets

President	Pets
Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk	Hektor (1906–1933) – mounted police horse [1] Bayard – mounted police horse [2]
Edvard Beneš	Jerry – Airedale Terrier [3] Imru – Airedale Terrier [4] Toga – German Shepherd [4] Bojek – German Shepherd, relative of Blondi, from František Czerny's dog breeding in Kravaře [5]
Emil Hácha
Klement Gottwald
Antonín Zápotocký	Astor – German Shepherd border guard dog [3]
Antonín Novotný
Ludvík Svoboda	German Shepherd [3]
Gustáv Husák
Václav Havel	Ďula (1991–2002) – Standard Schnauzer [3]
Czech Republic (from 1993)
Václav Havel	Ďula (1991–2002) – Standard Schnauzer Sugar – Boxer [3] Madla – Boxer [3]
Václav Klaus
Miloš Zeman	Darcy – Golden Retriever [6]
Petr Pavel	Micka – cat

See also

• United States presidential pets
• List of Taiwanese presidential pets

References

1. Novotná, Šárka. "(Ne)málo známá láska prezidenta Masaryka". zpravy.tiscali.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. "T. G. Masaryk jako jezdec a milovník koní". Bejvávalo.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
3. "Zpráva, bez které byste patrně přežili: Zemanovi mají psa". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
4. Zídek, Petr (7 November 2014). "Hana Benešová – Psi pana prezidenta". Knižní klub – Literární kavárna (in Czech). Publishing House Knižní klub. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
5. Maršál, Adam (2 December 2022). "Psi, koně i sumci, podívejte se na fotky našich prezidentů se zvířaty". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
6. Fižová, Vendula (30 May 2013). "První dáma ukázala nového člena rodiny, psa Darcyho". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 November 2023.