Jennifer Garner’s pets, including dog Birdie, have unexpected names.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty;WeRateDogs/Youtube
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty;WeRateDogs/Youtube
Jennifer Garneris having a laugh about herpets' unusual names.
In an interview for theWe Rate Dogs YouTube channelreleased on Wednesday, the actress, 51, explained that her large menagerie of family pets includes a dog named Birdie, a cat named Moose, another dog named Kitty, and a puppy named Bugs.
Eight-year-old golden retriever Birdie joined theFamily Switchstar at the interview at Los Angeles' Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, and as he was led around on a leash to explore the canine-friendly surroundings, Garner shared the story of how he joined her family.
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“My eldest [child] was 2 and decided she needed her own dog. She talked about it all the time. And I said, ‘When you’re 10, that’s the age when one might get their own dog,’ " she recalled, referring to daughterViolet, now 18.
“And I thought she’d forget because she was just 2. But now, we have Birdie,” she continued, jokingly adding, “She did not forget.”
Garner shares Violet, along withSeraphina, 15, andSamuel, 12, with ex-husbandBen Affleck.
The Last Thing He Told Mestar also shared Birdie’s exciting new achievement. The canine recently got “a promotion” to serve as a therapy dog at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
“So she’s excited. She wants to have her first time at Children’s Hospital L.A. before she turns 9,” Garner said. “She’s a very good dog, a very good girl.”
Jennifer Garner with Matt Nelson and her dog Birdie.We Rate Dogs/ Youtube
We Rate Dogs/ Youtube
Elsewhere in the interview, Garner got emotional remembering her late dog Martha Stewart, who she said still “has my heart” and was “the goodest good girl that ever lived.”
“I was a fan of Martha’s and she was not inviting me. And I wanted to cook with her, and she didn’t care. So anyway, it worked,” she explained.
When Nelson suggested it’s “only fair” now that if Stewart, 82, gets a dog, she names it Jennifer Garner, theAliasactress jokingly responded: “I didn’t want to have to be the one to say it. But it is now on the record. Called out!”
source: people.com
