Rescue puppy moves in with U.K. prime minister

A 15-week-old Jack Russell-cross puppy adopted by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds arrives in Downing Street, London, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

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There will be a new addition walking the corridors of power on Downing Street, the site of the British prime minister鈥檚 official residence 鈥� one with a tail.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds welcomed a rescued Jack Russell puppy into their home Monday, which Symonds dubbed 鈥楧ilyn鈥� on her

Dilyn was rescued from a Welsh puppy farm, and charity Friends of Animals Wales said in a statement on their that they were 鈥渙verjoyed鈥� that the puppy had been given a home where he 鈥渨ill be living his best life.鈥�

Tongue-in-cheek rumours abounded on social media about what the other furry resident of Downing Street 鈥� chief mouser, Larry the cat 鈥� would feel about the new resident.