This story is a couple weeks old but I missed it when it came out and it’s never too late to talk about dogs anyway so let’s do this now. Jenna Bush Hager has been welcoming celebrity guest hosts for Today with Jenna & Friends ever since Hoda Kotb stepped down in January. For the week of July 7-11, it was Dwyane Wade’s turn to assist. On his final day, Dwyane’s wife Gabrielle Union stopped by to partake in The Great Debate, a recurring segment in which Jenna asked a question and Dwyane and Gabrielle were each given time to make the case for their opposing views on the matter. The topic Jenna put to them: “Should you let your dog sleep in the bed with you?” Gabrielle went first, arguing the anti position for why their French bulldog Trey should not have human bed privileges. To be perfectly frank, her reason was sh-tty.
“Trey loves D in a way that is unhealthy for everyone,” Union began her argument. “He literally cries and screams like a human at the door whenever he leaves.”
In fact, Union argued that Trey gets so distraught when Wade leaves the house that Trey “goes back to our bed, but luckily, only on his side, and he will drop a deuce right on his pillow.”
“So no, he does not need to be in the bed with us,” Union concluded her argument as a shocked Hager replied with a simple “Wow.”
“The dropping of the deuce really has me,” Hager told Wade as he began his argument for why Trey should be allowed to sleep in the bed with him and Union, claiming Trey no longer poops on his pillow.
“I have notes here,” Wade revealed, coming to The Great Debate prepared. “One thing that I’m trying to build with Trey. I was trying to build emotional bonding. Emotional bonding is very important everyone,” Wade explained as video of himself and Trey enjoying time together played on screen.
“I’m trying to be a model presence for Trey. You know, if I’m gonna leave the home, I need him to protect the home. So I have to show him, I’m boosting his confidence,” Wade continued.
“I’m out on the beach with him. I’m running. I’m getting up in the morning, 6 a.m., all the things,” a proud Wade concluded as the buzzer rang.
Much to Union’s surprise, Hager ultimately gave Wade the win in the debate because of the visuals he brought along with his argument.
“Well, the deuce had it, but that B roll, to think ahead like that, I’m gonna have to give it to Dwyane,” Hager admitted. “I’m about winning, and sometimes you need visuals to help people,” Wade added.
However, fans in the comment section disagreed with both Wade and Hager, saying “No Jenna, she wins this. Just no.”
“Seeing this live…I died! 😂😂(Union) wins hands downs,” another commenter agreed.
“I am an animal lover for sure, but no animals in my bed please! (except my husband),” joked another fan.
“I’m trying to be a model presence for Trey,” …Dwyane says about the boy who poops on his papa’s pillow. Just sayin’! On the merits of the arguments presented, I think Gabrielle wiped the poop-stained pillow with Dwyane! Meanwhile Dwyane said some lovely things about bonding with Trey, but didn’t really tackle the problem Gabrielle laid out. Vividly. It was the slide show of Trey that swayed Jenna to rig the verdict! But I don’t want to perpetrate character assasination against a pup who at his core is very good and wants to learn and please and do better. We learn through mistakes! So A) I truly hope Trey has chilled the f–k out in general, because no floof should be that wound up when their person isn’t present; and B) Has the pooping in bed stopped? Dwyane says “obviously, that stopped,” but Gabrielle sure seemed to be describing this as present-tense behavior. We need some clarity here from the Wade-Union household, please! Anyway, I’m mighty thankful right now that neither My Girl (may she rest in peace) nor My Guy ever presented me with this problem. They’ve each thrown up in bed, but nothing laundry couldn’t take care of. Plus it’s hard to be mad at a helpless baby in their moment of being sick. And I simply LOVE having a floof in bed at night.
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Maybe they need to dress a mannequin in Dwyane’s worn clothes when he’s gone so Trey can sit on its “lap” when Dwyane is gone.
If they leave an old shirt of his with his scent on it for the baby it should help with the separation anxiety
The bigger problem is the dog overly bonding with him and not others in the household. That can lead to other behavior issues like aggression toward others living there. He’s not doing the rest of his family or the dog any favors.
In our house it’s known as “revenge barf” when our cats do a giant vomit on whatever surface is closest, if my husband or I DARE TO LEAVE ON VACATION FOR A FEW DAYS. To the point where we have to warn the cat sitter 🤣
They should give him an old shirt that he can get when he leaves. My cat used to leave me presents. Little jerk. LOL.
I’m team Don’t Sleep with Animals, simply because I don’t sleep well to begin with – but to each their own. Funnily enough, my friends have to keep their bedroom door shut when they return from vacation because their cat is FAMOUS for leaping on their bed while they’re unpacking and taking a dump WHILE MAKING DIRECT EYE CONTACT in order to punish them 😀
I love this couple and their whole family. Major props. It’s obvious to me the dog resents the alpha male in the house and when Wade is gone, the dog makes his resentment clear. Despite their bonding sessions, someone wants to be king of that home real bad.
My cat sleeps at the foot of the bed curled up against my legs every night. Yes he’s a mama’s boy but I love it. I used to have a cat many years ago who did NOT like my current boyfriend at the time, and would poop in his shoes when he’d come over. I should have listened to the cat, he turned out to be an awful person and I dumped him.
We actually bought a king-size bed so our dog could sleep with us comfortably. My husband was worried that he wouldn’t make the cut if we kept the queen-size bed lol.