What Big Freedia’s Dogs Can’t Live Without
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The New Orleans musician Big Freedia, who recently released a new album,Pressing Onward, presides over her three dogs like royalty. “I’m the queen and my dogs are my little kings,” she says. Freedia is about to hop on tour, but we chatted with the Queen of Bounce about everything she uses to pamper her three dogs — plus a couple of things that are on her wish list.

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I have a Frenchie, whose name is Winston, a tall standard poodle, whose name is Solomon, and a Chow Chow, whose name is Emperor. They have their own fabulous room with their dog beds and their little dressers, their fabulous dog bowls, and their toys — the whole nine yards. They have their doggy door, too, so they get to go in and out the house and play in the yard.
I’m the queen and my dogs are my little kings, and so they have to have their crown beds. I changed the colors of them by spray-painting them gold, and now they love their new beds. I usually have a regular dog bed that you put on the floor, but these, I elevated them with some crates and I also put a cover over the crates so that you don’t see the crates. They’re really, really cute.

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I wanted them to have their own little space where I could hang up some of their stuff. Each one of them has their own armoire. I thought it would be adorable to be able to hang up their little wardrobe and everything. I love it because it just makes the room look warm and proper, especially with the dog beds and their little water bowls. It completes the room. I normally do a lot of seasonal outfits for them, especially during the holidays. I will probably put a Halloween costume on them, and I dress them every time we have guests, for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They have quite a few outfits. Otherwise they are in the yard running around like crazy.

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My little kings have to have a little treat. I give them these cups for good behavior — if they are doing everything that they’re supposed to do and they’re not in there fighting each other and all of that. I’ll give them a little pup cup and they have all kinds of flavors, like original, pumpkin, even bacon and chicken. They’re really good.




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I use these jars to keep some of their mini treats in. I actually thought they were super big and originally bought them for their dog food. It wound up being that I could only put the little treats in them, but I love the jars.

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These are just good wipes. I get them on Amazon and use them for everything, if they have something in their eye or they need to be wiped down. I just grab one and it helps clean them up right away. I try to get them groomed at least once a week, because Winston, he loves to lie in dirt, all the time, like as soon as he comes from the groomer, because he likes to be in wherever it’s cool. He’ll go lie in a pile of dirt, and I’ll have to get the grooming wipes and start wiping him off.

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A while back I had seen a dog on social media in a cute little rain jacket and it was just so adorable. I said, I want to get that for my dogs. I put on their rain jackets when we go on walks or out in the yard when it’s raining. They love them. I have all the colors but I like the blue and yellow the best.

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I just wanna make sure that I’m always taking care of my dogs and cleaning up after them. I keep my little waste bags in this leather holder. I have a burgundy, reddish color.

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These all-natural pâté dog cakes are really good. They are personally handmade by the chef. I got connected to Mishka through my publicist, who knows her. At first, the company treated me to a box for the dogs, then I started to support the business. My dogs love them. They get to have their own little gourmet cakes. They love to be tearing them up. It’s like eating a home-cooked meal. They honestly like all the flavors. Any cake that I put down, it’d be gone in a few seconds.

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I am moving into a new house and want to get them a lot of new things and make their dog room even more fabulous. Now this may be their Christmas gift, honestly. ThisGucci dog bagis also on my wish list, because I take good care of my dogs.
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