What’s your favorite thing about having them around? 'It’s a different fulfillment and joy when you have pets, when you have dogs' ( laughs) I met Bubbly, she was still a puppy, but it wasn’t until she was maybe three already when she started staying with me. Because dogs aren’t allowed in his condo, she stays most of the time with me. Bubbly is actually Tom’s ( my boyfriend) Yorkshire Terrier. I had to wait for maybe three more months before I could really bring him home. I think he got to sneak out from somewhere and he was the one who walked up to me-I’ll never forget that.

So he was the one who went near me, and he was alone. I was waiting in the living room of the breeder, and it was a quiet night, and then all of a sudden, a puppy, ( a Welsh Corgi puppy) comes out from the kitchen and starts approaching me in the living room. You know when they say that it’s the dog that chooses you? That’s what happened. I found one from Quezon City and then, it was love at first sight. ( laughs) And then Sunny, I really looked for a breeder-a local Welsh Corgi breeder. So you know, he was kind enough to understand what I was going through at that time and knew that when it came to me, automatic a dog would make me happy. So I was shocked when all of a sudden, when I came home from work one time, there was a small crate at home with a Jack Russell puppy. I was starting out in show business at that time. I was going through a difficult phase in my career a few years back. Oh my gosh, yeah! Patches was a gift from my step-dad. What was it like meeting them for the first time? But all three are okay! They just can’t be put together. They try to really reach out to Bubbly but since Bubbly is very, “ Get away from me,” she doesn’t play with them. Patches and Sunny are like brother and sister so they’re very close and they play a lot. Well, because Bubbly is a diva, she doesn’t like other dogs. Bubbly is a spoiled lap dog-forever lap dog, easy to train, and the sweetest, most sensitive dog I’ve ever had.Īnd when they’re all together, how is that like? Patches is a naughty dog, but she’s incredibly smart, and she’s easy to train. It’s a bit of an issue but you know, I try to really discipline him. ( laughs) Sunny is an alpha male so regardless of where he is, he really projects his alpha-ness. One is a Jack Russell named Patches, a Welsh Corgi named Sunny, and a Yorkshire Terrier named Bubbly. How many dogs do you have now and what are their names? He was a Toy Fox Terrier, he was black and white, very small, and he lived until he was 12 years old. But my first pet-the one that I remember was a dog named Rocky.

I’m just not sure if it’s a dog that my dad gave, because even my dad and the Abellana side, they were all animal lovers. My grandmother was a dog lover, my mom, auntie, siblings-everyone in the family! We all loved animals ever since.

I had a pet chicken, a pet lizard, we had guinea pigs, my gosh! I had a pet duck, too. So, at one point, our family had over 30 dogs, and it didn’t end there. I grew up in a household filled with dogs.

Carla abellana