Celebrity Canines

He may have the chance to woo some of Tinseltown's most alluring actresses on both the big and small screens, but when the director yells "That's a wrap!" Jeffrey Dean Morgan happily heads home to his real life leading lady, a Rottweiler mix named Bisou.

For sale along with her siblings on a Venice boardwalk,Dog Channel reports that the Tinseltown heartthrob rescued the pint-sized, two-day-old pup, who has since been the actor's constant companion for the past 11 years.

Just like her proud Poppa, Bisou has star quality, which can be seen in her brief appearance on screen with her doting Dad in the romantic comedy The Accidental Husband.




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A tiny, meowing kitten named Mimsie may have been the signature sign off for her production company MTM during her days as the small screen's sitcom queen, but in real life canines are Mary Tyler Moore's mascots. Her affinity toward Fidos reaching back to her childhood, when she defended a dog against its angry owner, today the co-founder of Broadway Barks leads a vegetarian lifestyle in deference to all our animal friends and shares her home with two tail waggers-- a Schnauzer called Shana and a Golden Retriever who goes by the name Shadow.

Broadway Barks

A long time advocate of many causes which support our pals with paws (the following photo shows the star at a celebrity fashion event held for Actors and Others for Animals in 2002), Mary Tyler Moore co-founded Broadway Barks in 1999 with fellow A-list animal lover Bernadette Peters. Each July, glitterati from The Great White Way gather at Shubert Alley to shine a spotlight on the issue of homeless pets. In 2008, more than 26 animal shelters from the New York City area took part in the event, in which more than 125 furry friends found their forever homes.

For more information:

• visit www.broadwaybarks.com

To make a donation, checks should be payable to:

Mayor's Alliance/Broadway Barks or The Picasso Veterinary Fund

Mayor's Alliance/Picasso Veterinary Fund
244 Fifth Avenue, Ste. R290
New York, NY 10001


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She may have caught the eye of one of the world's sexiest men, but George Clooney's latest love interest Elisabetta Canalis has already given her heart to the two top dogs in her life-- a puppy who answers to the name "Andrea" and a bull terrier called "Vittorio," Extra reports. (Elisabetta is seen walking one of her tail-wagging chums in this 2005 photo.) If their romance continues, no doubt the cinema star will also fall for the TV presenter's four-legged family members, as he was once the proud Poppa of two bulldogs, Bud and Lou- their names derived from the classic comedy duo Abbott and Costello.



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Prince William may be second in line to the throne, but from the looks of it he's number one in the eyes Corrie, a lucky search dog who had the opportunity to give the monarch in the making a little puppy love during the royal's recent outing in Cumbria's Lake District with members of two organizations of which he is patron-- the Mountain Rescue Services and the charity Centrepoint.

The young royal is accustomed to canines from growing up around his father's hunting dogs and his grandmother Queen Elizabeth's four-legged friends (the monarch is presently the human parent of four corgis called Holly, Limmet, Monty and Willow and four dorgis-- a cross between a corgi and a dachshund-- who answer to Berry, Candy, Cider and Vulcan). Prince William is known to have had his own pawed pal-- a black Labrador Widgeon.



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Reality personalities Gretchen Rossi from Real Housewives of Orange County and her beau Slade Smiley of Date My Ex fame were recently spotted enjoying the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer on the beach with a barking buddy. The Bravo channel beauty is a diligent dog parent, with the Examiner reporting that she makes sure that her two chihuahuas-- Rocco and Vito-- are decked out in tiny life jackets before the pooches go for a paddle in a pool.




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