Here's one Bush that won't be going to the White House

Marvin Bush 1995-2006 R.I.P.

According to Scott Maxwell at The Orlando Sentinel...

Marvin 'loved to eat' but didn't live to see doggy dining become law

Friday was supposed to be Marvin's day to shine.

Gov. Jeb Bush was going to come to Orlando that day to sign the doggy-dining bill into law. And Marvin, Bush's 11-year-old black lab, was going to offer up a paw print.

Unfortunately, the First Dog died Tuesday night.

The Bushes put him to sleep after he suffered for months from terminal cancer.

"He was a beautiful black lab who loved to eat and loved unconditionally," Bush said Wednesday through a spokeswoman.

While the governor was upset about the loss, he said he was glad Marvin's pain had ended and that he is now in heaven.

As for dog heaven, Bush spokeswoman Alia Faraj said the governor had very specific and fond thoughts about what happens there. He envisioned Marvin "running and playing all day long, chasing balls and dutifully returning them . . . and swimming and eating until he can't anymore."

Marvin enjoyed eating so much that Bush said he nearly destroyed the set of a campaign commercial in 1998 after discovering food on the picnic table being featured in the ad.

The behavior wasn't quite what you'd expect from a dog that had attended training classes. But the state's top lawmaker admitted that, as soon as the dog got trained, he and Columba started spoiling him.

Marvin, named after the governor's brother, is survived by three cats that constantly tried to pick fights with him -- none of whom, Bush stressed, Marvin "ever lifted a paw" against in retaliation.