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Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert's Oklahoma Home Has Gone to the Dogs

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Miranda Lambert tweeted a photo (see below) on Tuesday (March 12) of a puppy she'd found "in the middle of the highway" with its bed and food bowl. Of course, the notorious animal lover began a search for the dog's owner, ending the campaign with, "I guess the pup is mine till I find him a little boy somewhere to love [sic] him." Until then, Miranda has given the little guy a temporary name: "Pistol Andy."

The scenario is one with which the singer's husband, Blake Shelton, has been more than familiar. "I never know what to expect when Miranda goes to town in Tishomingo, [Okla.]," Blake told The Boot and other reporters during a recent press conference. "When she comes back I never know what's going to be in the car. I can tell you -- I'm not kidding when I say 20, maybe 25, maybe 30 times -- she's come home from the grocery store and there will either be a dog or a cat in her car. And they're not always puppies, it might be a big a-- pitbull in there and I'm going, 'What the hell, you can't just ...' 'Well, it licked me so it was nice,' and I say 'Yeah, but you don't know if it has rabies or what.'"

Miranda always assures her hubby that she'll take care of all two to three dozen animals. So, in their nearly two years of marriage, the "Sure Be Cool If You Did" singer has decided to just go with it.

"You learn that she's going to do these things with these animals," Blake continues. "It's so weird that I live in the middle of nowhere and there's a chain link fence behind my house and it's for one reason: because of all the strays that she picks up. We have the halfway house for these animals. Last year, at one point, there were six animals in the backyard -- puppies and one grown dog -- that were all en-route somewhere."

By en-route, the ACM Awards co-host means that his wife finds suitable homes for the animals. "Some of them she takes on, they'll find a worthy person somewhere in the country," he explains. "They'll show pictures on the website and someone will say, 'I want that dog, I live in Lexington, Ky.,' and they'll figure out when her tour is getting close or when somebody is going by there and they'll take this person this dog ... and it's my damn house that they're living at until this happens."

However, as the saying goes, 'Happy wife, Happy life.' "Sometimes it's a month or two, but I finally figured out that it makes her happy, and if she's happy then I'm happy," Blake admits. "You just don't get a lot of sleep if you've got whiny dogs, but I like doing what she likes."

Hmm ... that sounds familiar. Almost like it could be a song on his upcoming album, Based on a True Story ... Perhaps, the track, "Doin' What She Likes"? Blake's new album is out March 26.


Miranda Says Her Dogs Are Her Kids


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mtknibbesr

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MARRIED, HE NEVER HAD HAD A PET. THAT CHANGED.LOL I ALWAYS HAD SO MANY AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT/ I LOVE BOTH MIRANDA & BLAKE SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT HE LOVES HER ANIMALS TOO. MIRANDA, YOU GO GIRL. THERE ARE SO MANY ANIMALS OUT THERE WHO NEED A NO HOME. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.

March 20 2013 at 3:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
donc703

While I've heard their names, I really didn't know anything about Miranda or Blake, but after seeing this piece about them, I'm now a fan of hers. My only complaint about the video is that it didn't show any of her dogs.

March 18 2013 at 2:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jungun.vaaal

Love my job, since I've been bringing in $82h… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online… http://goo.gl/zVKLG

March 18 2013 at 11:15 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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donc703

I wondered how much you phone sex operators were making.

March 18 2013 at 2:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LOOPER

how does blake find time to walk these dogs

March 18 2013 at 7:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
william pumphrey

i really like blake and miranda

March 18 2013 at 7:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DaltonCooper

Really hard to care for people that do not care for animals.

March 18 2013 at 7:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rosemary

You have great hearts to love an animal is the best thing in life.The animal loves so much and I am glad it is returned.I have rescues and teose animals will love you and do everthing they can to make you happy also because they sure are so Happy just to fit in and be loved.You be awarded.God bless you and all your friends.

March 18 2013 at 6:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rutch8

p-u

March 18 2013 at 5:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marie Monasdotter

I Love this couple. :-)

March 18 2013 at 2:39 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
laura

My husbands the same, I have come home with dogs , kittens, then he came home and brought me a squirrel, and a goat and a magpie who I talked with and he talked back, Even emus. But my passion is my champion australian cattle dogs. LOve my blues and reds.

March 18 2013 at 2:06 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply

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