Does Jack ever bite or chew your shoes?

Jack doesn’t bite shoes – he’s very smart and knows better than that.

You’ve received numerous prestigious awards over the years

including two Grammy’s, 8 American Music Awards and were

also named the “World’s Best Selling Female Artist Of The

Millennium” which must have been a huge moment. How did

you feel when you received your very first award and what

were the thoughts which went through your mind when your

name was called?

I don’t think I was fully aware of that moment because so much was going on and I didn’t really take it in. I knew that it was a big

deal but it just happened so fast and I was really nervous too.

It was said some time ago on a well known British sit com

that the perfect woman would have Kylie Minogue’s bum,

Claudia Schiffer’s legs and Cindy Crawford’s face. Using this

logic, can you please create your own perfect fantasy dog?

There is no better dog than Jack. How could you make a dog

better than Jack! (laughs)

Tell us about the Relly Award that Jack was recently

nominated for?

Well Jack was nominated for this Relly Award on the Regis and

Kelly show for Best Non-Human guest. The nominees were

Chewbacca, Miss Piggy, Barney, a two headed albino snake and my dog Jack. I thought that it was so cool that Jack was being

nominated for an award and that people all over the world were finally going to be able to see the splendour of him. So there I was

being so excited for Jack and then all of a sudden I found out that

Miss Piggy won the award! I’m really seriously considering demanding a recount because I think that some trickery went

on!!!….. (Laughs)

What did Jack do when he was on the show?

Well Jack was with me for an interview. He’s like a person and he just knows when the cameras go on. He starts hamming it up and

jumping up and down. On Regis and Kelly his personality just shone through. I think that when the viewers saw him on the show

they realised that he was special – I mean he received a

nomination against mainly fictitious characters. He was the only real animal - other than the 2 headed snake.

Jack’s used to the limelight though and he loves being on set.

He’s actually been in quite a few of my videos including “Dream

Lover”, “All I Want For Christmas is You”, “Always Be My Baby”,

“Honey”, “Thank God I Found You”, “Against All Odds” and “Boy I

Need You.” He loves walking around the wardrobe department, he likes the dog equivalent of hair and make-up (grooming). He is

a star.

Which do you prefer and why?

Big dogs or little dogs - That’s what I love about Jack. He’s like a

big dog in a small dog’s body. Also he’s very strong and very

muscular but small enough that he can lie in a bed and small enough that I can take him out with me easily.

Pedigree dogs or x breeds - It really depends on the dog.

Lead and collar or dog running free - Dog running free but the problem is my dog gets a little excited (laughs) and he needs to

have his harness on all the time because you don’t want him to choke with the collar. He happily wears the harness and likes it so

if he gets carried away or if he stays in the pool too long it’ll help

us get him out.

What is you earliest memory of dogs?

When I was little my parents were breeding Dobermans and when

I was about four the dog had puppies. I remember all the different

puppies. My parents gave the puppies away but kept one which we called Bruno.

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Describe the last time you…

Had to shout at your pet - I try not to shout at him.

Laughed out loud because of your pet - All I have to do is think

about Jack and he makes me laugh. He’s hilarious. Actually I

laughed out loud yesterday because my friend Connie said she wanted to meet Jack. She’s never met him because she lives here

in London. Anyway when she said this everybody in the room turned around and said “You don’t know Jack?” as if he was you

know the most well known person on the face of the earth! I’m

telling you people just love Jack and I’m not just saying this because he’s my dog.

Trained your pet to do something new - We’ll we’re working on

him being more gentle when I hand him a treat. (He got used to

me accepting the fact that he’s impatient when he wants a treat, and you know, he’s got some sharp teeth.) He’s just learning to

calm down and allow me to give him the treat nicely otherwise he’s not going to get it. He’s doing ok too but it depends on his

mood….

What is it about Jack’s personality that makes him so special?

He is almost like a person, we have this thing where we say Jack

is a person because it’s like he’ll just hang out and want to be

almost a part of the conversation - just sitting around and watching. He’s a very spiritual animal, he has a lot of zest and

he’s fun. In fact he’s almost like a circus dog with all the tricks that he does. The other side of him is that when he’s laying down and

you pet him he’s very loving. He’s a good dog, a good boy.

What is Jack’s favourite toy, activity, game?

Jack is a swimmer so he gets obsessed with anything to do with

water even if I’m taking a shower he’ll try to knock on the door and

come and stand in the shower. If I’m running a bath all of a sudden I’ll hear a splash and Jack will have jumped into the tub!

It’s something that’s been happening for years and it’s like “Jack’s in the tub again!” and there he is swimming around!

His favourite toy is the jet inside the pool – like the jets you find in pools and hot tubs. He treats that as his toy and continuously

dives under the water and tries to bite the water coming out of the jet. As far as other toys go you can’t get Jack anything that’s too

easy to rip apart because he’s got very strong teeth. He has a toy

steak. It’s a fake looking T-bone that’s really tough to rip apart. It has lasted a while but I think that it’s finally on the way out.

What about Jack’s bad habits?

Well… Lately he’s been sneaking out of the gate. There’s a railing

on the side of the kitchen in the house in Los Angeles and I thought that I could leave him out there so that he could run free

in this little area – and he was really enjoying himself running after the little geckos and stuff.

Then one day I was out in the back and I see Jack coming out of nowhere and I realise that he had snuck under the fence and run

straight for the pool and jumped in. So now I can’t let him stay out there anymore because there are coyotes and things. Instead he’s

given supervised pool time.

Who is your hero?

I thought this was about dogs? OK Jack’s my hero .

Would you describe Jack as a ‘people-dog’?

Definately. He loves people. Sometimes he plays rough as he grew up with Doberman Pinchers and thinks that he’s a bigger

dog than he is.

Finish the following sentence:

My dog is……. The best!

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