On January 17, 2019, Putin officially visited Serbia, and Serbian President Aleksandra Vucic presented to Putin a 4-month-old Sapranninak (Yugoslav Shepherd) named "Pasha", the fifth dog that Putin has received since he first became president of Russia in 2000.
On October 11, 2017, the President of Turkmenistan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting. Before the formal talks began, Turkmenistan President Berdymukhamedov presented a precious Central Asian Shepherd dog as a birthday present to Putin, who had just celebrated his 65th birthday, a Central Asian Shepherd dog named Verny, which means "loyal" in Russian.
In 2012, the Japanese government thanked Russia for its help after the great earthquake in Japan and gave Putin a very well-bred Akita dog, named Yume (Dream). Putin once took Yume to an interview with the Japanese media, but just after meeting, Yume barked wildly at the Japanese media, and Putin took out a snack from his pocket to make Yume quiet.
In November 2010, when Putin visited Bulgaria, then-Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov gave Putin a recently born Bulgarian Shepherd dog, and putin on a public name for the dog, eventually adopting the proposal of a five-year-old boy to name the dog Buffy.
In 2000, Russian official Shoigu presented Putin with a black Labrador dog named Konni(Kony), Konni has been training in reconnaissance, search and rescue and other courses in the canine training center since childhood, Konni has a high IQ, gentle temperament, and is deeply loved by Putin, who often takes it to meet foreign guests and participate in various political activities. However, Kony died of old age in 2014, and Russian Independent Radio also issued an obituary that Russian President Putin, who has always loved dogs, lost his dog "Kony" at the end of 2014.
It is no secret that Putin likes dogs, after all, the iron man is also tender.