Celebrities Celebrate National Dog Day By Gushing About Their First Pet Pooches

Kelli Bender

Happy National Dog Day! Now is the perfect time to take a moment and reflect on how canines, both past and present, have changed your life.

Don’t forget to send a little love to the pup that paved the way for every other pet: your very first dog.

In celebration of National Dog Day, the talent behind the Secret Life of Pets 2 spent a few minutes gushing about animals, specifically the first pet they ever called their own.

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Turns out, the cast of the sequel, which delves further into the imagined emotional lives of pets, is stocked with animal lovers — what a surprise!

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Watch the video above to learn about the dogs, cats and … slugs that shaped Lake Bell, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart and more into the animal-obsessed actors they are today.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 is available for digital download now, and will be available 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray and DVD on August 27.