Dennis Quaid's dog Peaches has been by his side every step of promoting 'A Dog's Journey,' now playing. 'She goes on a plane and she’s a designated comfort dog for my 'high anxiety.' I’m telling you, I actually do have anxiety if she’s not there.'
When Dennis Quaid was 12, his family moved from one Houston suburb to another. He lost the gang of kids on his block just as he was entering junior high and transitioning into puberty. His only constant? Gertrude, the family’s new Basset Hound who became the boy’s companion while his parents were away at work.“I still get choked up when I think about her,” the actor, now 65, said of the dog he had until he was 19. “She was just totally devoted to me. She was my best friend.
Quaid said he sees parts of Gertrude in Peaches, the 1-and-a-half-year-old miniature English Bulldog he has now. That’s part of why he was attracted to “A Dog’s Purpose,” the 2017 film in which he played a man whose childhood dog, a Red Retriever, is reincarnated into a St. Bernard-Australian Shepherd mix who helps him out of a midlife depression.
“It’s a nice idea. It kind of gives you goosebumps,” Quaid said. “Peaches is kind of like Gertrude revisited. She’s my buddy.” With Peaches by his feet, the actor discussed his role in this weekend’s “A Dog’s Journey” — the sequel to the W. Bruce Cameron adaptation — and why dogs have played such a meaningful role in his life.How did you find Peaches?
I was in Branson, Mo., and I saw her brother because I was grand marshal in a parade there. I saw her brother in the parade with his family, and he was a little puppy. I said, “Where did you get that dog? I want that dog.” They said, “You can’t have that one, but he’s got a sister.” So we called the breeder and there Peaches came. I also have her half-brother, Tigger. He’s like 7 months old.It’s easier with one than it is with two — the same thing as with twins. You wind up being a referee.
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