‘Community’ Star Does Right by Dogs

If you’ve seen NBC’s hit comedy Community, then you’ve surely noticed Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Shirley—she’s a standout, even in a cast full of top-notch comic actors. So it was good to find out from a recent interview that the very funny Ms. Brown doesn’t find it humorous when people don’t give their dogs enough time and attention:

YNB: I want a dog, but I’m not home enough and I want my dog to have a good life, so …

Toi: So you wouldn’t get one of those purse pooches?

YNB: No because it’s 12 and 14-hour days [that I work]. I don’t want my dog to be in my trailer all day. I want him to be at the dog park and have a good life. A good life is not living in my purse.

Toi: (Laughter)

YNB: I’m going to put the dog’s needs before my need to be a dog owner right now. Until I can be a good dog owner, I won’t be a dog owner.

Thanks for keeping dogs’ best interests in mind, Yvette!

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Written by Jeff Mackey