I think it’s sort of cute to think that whenever Meghan Markle and Prince Harry do start to live together and eventually marry, they will have to “blend” their immediate families. Prince Harry will have to become the “step-dad” to Meghan’s beloved dogs, Guy and Bogart. Step-dad Harry has already gotten to know Bogart and Guy, and considering Harry’s love of all children and animals, I would assume that Bogart and Guy already think that Harry is The Cool Step-Dad, but they probably don’t understand that when their mom marries Harry, they’ll be expected to leave all of their friends behind and move to England. How will Guy and Bogart Markle adjust?
Meghan Markle has further fuelled rumours that she is gearing up to move in with Prince Harry as she prepares to bring her beloved dogs to the UK. The American actress has a beagle, Guy, and a labrador-shepherd cross, Bogart, who are currently back in her current home, Toronto, and who she often keeps in touch with via FaceTime.
However, Bogart and Guy – who make regular appearances on her social media profiles – are now believed to be headed for Britain, indicating that the next step of her relationship with Harry is imminent. Before that happens, the pair of pooches must have be given several vaccinations and bloodtests, as well as being microchipped.
A source close to the Suits star told the Sun: ‘The fact she’s started the process of moving them to England is the clearest hint yet that she sees her future living in London with Harry.’
It’s all fun and games with mom’s boyfriend until you have to get a bunch of shots and they have to take blood from you and then a microchip is embedded under your fur. Poor Guy and Bogart! They’re probably like “we didn’t think this through, Mom, can’t we just stay in Toronto??” And “we like Step-Dad Harry but not that much.” Guy and Bogart are going to have adjustment issues, I can already tell, especially when they move into Harry’s little cottage at Kensington Palace. Even if there are parks close-by, it’s not like mom and step-dad will even be free enough to take them there. It’s going to be terrible!
Photos courtesy of Getty, Instagram.
They’re gorgeous dogs! I’ve moved my two cats from one continent to another and can report it’s no picnic for anyone involved. And it’s very expensive! Moving the dogs to the UK send to me more of a commitment than getting engaged, really!
Are dogs in Canada not already microchipped and vaccinated? Surely she would just need their medical records? Our terror flew over from America and we just needed vets papers showing he had all his shots etc. His American microchip stayed, we just updated the info on it with the database here. This was years ago through so may have changed, since microchipping only recently became mandatory here.
Also I believe any dog brought into the UK has to be quarantined because we don’t have rabies here.
I thought quarantine was for six months! Has that changed?…
if she brought the dogs from the US to Canada there are all sorts of medical things she would have needed to get before being allowed to bring them to Canada – but from what a friend of mine who moved to the UK from Canada with cats has told me, the UK has pretty strict laws about bringing in pets, including a quarantine period if I remember correctly?
It’s less strict than it used to be – they need to get a dog passport, if from the EU or a listed country.
Just checked, there is no quarantine if the dog owner has all the proper paperwork.
I believe it depends on where they are coming in from? Ours was quarantined, but only for 3 weeks, coming in from the US – many many years ago.
I don’t know any responsible dog or cat owner who doesn’t vaccinate and chip their pets. It’s 2017. I’m sure there are folks out there, but they would be outliers in Canada.
Plus, if you adopt from the Humane Society, they usually come pre-chipped anyway, along with their first set of vaccies if they’re of an age.
OT. But I just adopted an older dog who isn’t microchipped. My cat was microchipped when I got her. My question, is it going to hurt an older dog more or cause any health problems to get microchipped?
Edit: she is currently finishing up her antibiotics for lyme. I completely forgot to ask our vet when we went
Whatabout, it’s not going to hurt your older dog more or cause any health problems to get her microchipped. As a vet, I highly recommend getting it done. I hope this helps 🙂
There are plenty of folks who cannot afford to do so. It doesn’t make them crappy pet parents. They probably love their animals just as much as you do and it’s not really for you to judge.
The brochure I read on micro-chipping and tracking at the vet said $15 per year per pet or a one time $45 fee to have your pet chipped and tattooed.
There is no quarantine issues between Canada and USA but I don’t know about other countries. SOME places require them to be quarantined (like Australia I believe) but to answer your question, no, not every pet in Canada is vaccinated. Yes, it’s required (not microchipping) but not enforced. I took my animals from Canada to the USA when I married an American man and they just needed their papers to prove they were vaccinated. No quarantine, no issues.
Oh yay … a woman having to give up her career for a man. All for a title, morons flailing over you because of who you married and a drafty old castle. Zzzzz
Or she’s in love with someone she thinks is wonderful, wants to get married and start a family, and will continue her passion for philanthropy.
@cynicalann … “Passion for philantrophy”?? Lol. I don’t get people like you and that other poster who get so wrapped up in these girls who marry into the royal family… they do nothing. Tax payers pay their way. Its such BS.
+1million.
@snowflake other thread.
We are young at heart not all as mercenary like others stalk for luxury life and gicr mothing back. We most time dream of fairy tales and LOVE – changes be d…..
I don’t see this as her having to give up a career. There’s been rumors for months that she wanted to be written out of Suits – and honestly besides that show her acting career has been pretty limited. She can still work with charities, she can still do collaborations with companies or endorsements. It’s not like she’s had a super high-powered job that she’s dedicated her whole life to. She didn’t work that much in her field before Suits. I see this as her choosing to cut her run short, maybe. But not because she HAD to – because she wanted to.
Other than that though – I find the obsession with her meh. She seems fine. She’s pretty. But I suspect a lot of people are going to be disappointed when they realize she’s just a normal celebrity and not a patron saint of princes. So we will see – it’d be nice if she ends up using her position to really help others.
I don’t think the that she’s a patron saint of anything. I do think she’s lovely snd talented with a heart for people and for doing what is right.
+1
I hope she does some good for humanity too. But I don’t see it, really. I’ve read enough of her history to feel that she’s an opportunist of the highest level. What great charity work has she done, after all? A single trip to Africa for a photo op with poor brown kids? And she seems very insincere. Have any of you watched her Craig Ferguson interview? It’s utterly cringeworthy in its insincerity and shallowness. I could barely watch the whole thing. I really wanted to like her, for Harry’s sake, but that interview totally put me off her.
Ugh, that Craig Ferguson interview was painful to watch and she really didn’t come across well. If she marries into the RF I can’t see her being any different to the other “young” royals. I’m sure there will be lots of holidays and glam events and hobnobbing with the rich and famous and very little work. But we’ll see.
MM is not a regular celeb – very modeat and classy low key at beat. Your previous comments state this.
MM is not a regular celeb – very modest and classy low key at best. Your previous comments state this.
I think Meghan is going to do as much as Harry – which is very very little. Harry has, what, 80 appearances a year and then flies into the Invictus Games for all the photo-ops after all the work is done. Nice job if you can get it!!
I know most here think Meghan is the Patron Saint of all Charities, but she has done very little since hooking up with Harry. I hope I’m wrong. I hope she sets the castle ablaze with her work ethic and passion. But more than likely, she will fall into their lazy, entitled ways, whining about having to do royal “work” and helicoptering to vacations on the publics’ dime.
She seems willing and capable of doing the job, if these two decide they want to get married, and that’s what needed. Royal spouses do not have to prove they are charity workhorses before marriage, only after. I can’t remember any who did noticeable charity work prior to marriage. Why is this the only possible royal spouse who has to prove X amount before she’s “qualified”?
Harry did 168 engagements last year, Maren. No where near enough, but twice what you’re claiming. Those totals do not include the majority of his work for Invictus Games, Sentebale, WWTW, and regular volunteering at MOD rehab. He does far more for IG than show up for photos, but sure continue to ignore all the quotes from people involved behind the scenes about how he is hands-on and at every meeting.
Anyone who marries Harry should start their own outside non-profit. If nothing else because they could use it as a place to employ their children later on. Like Queen Silvia and the World Childhood Foundation.
Nota, has any other prospective royal spouse marketed herself as a humanitarian? Meghan has been building her professional profile with her PR company for years, where dabbling in charity and lifestyle blogs are part of her brand. Nothing wrong with that – she has a living to make and it’s part of the PR game.
I think the charity work is being leveraged to appear more than it actually is to make Meghan look a great fit for a royal life. But she really has not done enough work yet to call herself a philanthropist or humanitarian, just a few things but overall it is PR in service of MM’s brand. Plenty of folk volunteer far more time on a regular basis to charities, in addition to full time work commitments and possibly family, and wouldn’t dream of big-noting themselves.
Whether Harry will step for more work… who knows? The so-called ‘younger’ royals are meant to be doing more. Harry’s excuse has been that he can’t outshine his moronic brother. What will change?
The Craig Ferguson interview showed an attractive woman with plenty of charm, but not much else. Ferguson played along but too savvy to bother with trying to get beyond MM’s set narratives. My gut feeling is that MM is a brilliant networker who, to her surprise and delight, has hit the jackpot. I don’t think she’s evil or anything awful, just looking for the best opportunities and she’s found it. Good luck to her. Marrying into that shady family, she’ll need it.
@Addie, I think you hit on what bothers me abiut Meghan! I like so much about her: she is inteeligent, she made her own way in the workd, she has rescue dogs! I have done bigtime rescue for 10years, and I love that! But in every picture, she seems like the cat that got the canary. That she did win the networking lottery, beyond her wildest dreams! And now will give up her life for a guy who, on paper, is no way worthy of her.
And Nota sugar, i have never seen articles about how much work Harry does for Invictus behind the scenes. I would love a link. And I agree that no women need to do charity work before marriage, but meghan was already supposedly doing it so the lack since she met Harry is noticeable.
Maren, anyone who champions rescue animals is one of God’s angels, so bless you and all others, including Meghan.
Meghan has done well in such a competitive field. To my eyes, it seems there are two types of actors: those who are beautiful and those who are more versatile. I think MM falls into the first category where her beauty is her dominant feature rather than her versatility as an actor. Her options become more limited as younger women come on the scene. Compare her to the second group, say, an Elisabeth Moss or Alison Janney and Meghan is not in their league. I think networking has taken her far, and she has sufficient talent and discipline to do well but Hollywood is cruel to women whose foremost attraction is their looks.
I agree with you that Harry is the luckier one! While he is warm and empathetic, cracks in the armor still show entitlement and a trust-fund baby mindset, both of which would be hard to endure once the sizzle of the relationship wears off.
If Meghan looks like the cat who’s swallowed the cream, I can only imagine she is in wonderment of the privilege she has now entered into, seeing behind the veil. It must be overwhelming at one level and thrilling that it will become her reality at another. I guess it depends on what you are after in life. If she’s entranced with the goodies and attention more than she is of Harry, well, I think she will come to regret it. If it’s genuine on both sides, all the best to them. I hope they are being absolutely genuine with each other rather than presenting what the other wants to see. It’s their lives and their business.
I don’t think she’s the world’s greatest humanitarian, have never said so, and have frequently written that I don’t even watch Suits. She’s a successful television actress who has taken on doing some charity work in the past few years, including two overseas trips with WorldVision since she and Harry met iirc. I also don’t see her being marketed as the second coming, by either her or the Palace. That is a whole lot of spin, mostly from tabloids who are desperate to make up stories about these two. Whatever gets them clicks.
Multiple quotes from people behind the scenes talk about his engagement, even how he calls in from other places (when he was at Sentebale for example) for meetings. He is also known for doing that for things related to Sentebale (the garden designs, etc.).
It is their lives, but ultimately it ends up being the business of the people of the UK who fund them. She knows how to work and earn her own living – that would be a positive change for that family *if* these two end up marrying.
If I recall correctly, the news of the latest Cambridge baby was not met by the UK public with much enthusiasm but more along the lines of bracing themselves for ‘another one we have to pay for’. I’m expecting some of that with Harry’s nuptials, whomever he marries, for a similar reason, with taxpayers bracing themselves for paying for any children that follow that union too. The BRF seems to think the tax people pay is a bottomless pit for them to dip into at will. I’m not sure the people think that.
There was a doco on telly last night on the two of them, an obvious puff piece presenting both in uber-flattering terms and I’d suggest with BP approval. It had the same simpering tone that emanates from such pieces. We learned Harry left Eton with good grades (really?) and that Meghan will fit in with royal life because of her charity work (cue video of Diana with children in Africa) and interviews with friends. The nasty half-sister featured and has recanted earlier claims, painting a very different picture of the family. Whole thing dripping with sugar, and narratives carefully constructed and polished. So the construction of the fairy tale has begun.
Jane, I agree with the sentiment, but in this particular case she’s essentially at retirement age for a C-list actress. Married or not, her future probably lies in foundation work and philanthropy, so there’s real potential for a great team here.
Adorable. Dogs are usually ok as long as they are with their owners. A big step for Meghan.
This was cute to read. By the way, I started watching Suits the other day, out of pure curiosity. I’m into it.
Cute dogs!!! I love that she highlights rescue adoptions when posting photos of her doggies!! Dogs can be pretty resilient and Meghan strikes me as an involved dog owner, so I think Guy and Bogart will do just fine. Now let’s get on with announcement and show us the Ring!!!!!
Cute article, Kaiser!
Cute dogs, too.
Moved cats from the US to Canada – needed vet records and proofs of vaccination, but no quarantine period.
In the late 70’s, and early 80’s I used to cross the border once or twice a week into the States with my pet ferret in my pocket. I was in my late teens and early 20’s, I knew nothing about animal laws or quarantines. It was an unpleasant shock to find out what could have happened to my pet had she been found in my pocket. She was at best looking at months of quarantine. I was very lucky not to lose her.
I would imagine there are plenty of grounds on KP for the dogs to roam?
And corgis to play with!
KP is in a park. 350acres worth of park.
If privacy is key, WK have a one acre walled garden attached to their residence.
The pups will be happy and vibrant in their new home. They’re currently city dogs now anyway and will have plenty of space to run around at Kensington palace. Let’s not forget Sandringham estate. I’m sure they’ll visit and get to run around there too.
They don’t look like pups top me but grown dogs.
Guy and Bogart are the only two I care about in this entire relationship scenario. Glad she’s sticking by them.
Agree.
I feel like there’s quite a difference between bringing pets from the US -> Canada and North America -> UK. I would assume that there’s a lot more rules in place to bring any animal from one continent to another.
I like that she promotes rescuing pets – but I wish celebrities would push harder on the spay/neuter front. Rescuing is wonderful. But as long as people are out there refusing to spay/neuter their animals, we’re still going to see SO MANY pets in shelters. I’ve said before – we’ve rescued both of our cats, but we bought our dog from a breeder. We’ve been responsible pet owners – vaccination, exams, spaying, etc. Hell, I’m feeding a 17 or 18 year old cat three pills a day because I want to do everything I can to help her live as long and healthy of a life as possible. But I don’t think I’m some villain for purchasing my puppy, either. I know people who’ve taken over a dog from someone else for free (not through a shelter) and never bothered to spay or neuter, and then don’t contain their animals – so the next thing you know there’s a litter being born and more and more unwanted pets.
On top of that – I did my research on the breed, I researched the breeder as well – and made an informed decision. It wasn’t a case of “oh ____ breed of dog is so cute – I’m just going to buy one regardless of it not suiting my lifestyle”. I know someone who bought a border collie puppy. Claimed it would suit her lifestyle – but she is not an active, outdoorsy person. She has a three year old, and is pregnant now. The puppy was (as I expected) incredibly wound up, and a bit nippy with the kid. It’s ALMOST like it was a high energy herding dog exhibiting typical herding dog behaviors. She was completely surprised (but to her credit she felt absolutely terrible) and had to re-home the pup. She thankfully put a lot of work into finding him a suitable home, and he’s wonderfully happy. But when people say “adopt don’t shop” it’s the shoppers like that that kind of make the people who are doing it the ‘right’ way look bad.
Which is ultimately why I wish we’d see celebrities pushing for people to RESEARCH the breed they’re looking at adopting or purchasing, and then really drive home being a responsible pet owner. You can adopt a high energy dog breed from a shelter – and if it’s not the right fit, it’s not the right fit.
Either way, kudos to Meghan for at least trying to remind people that there are so many wonderful dogs waiting for homes already – and further kudos to her for letting her boys live the life of luxury.
Most shelters will let you put your name down for a specific breed and they’ll call you when they get one in. A friend of mine got an Abyssinian cat that way, mere weeks after they told her “Oh we will NEVER get one of those, but sure, we’ll write it down.” $60 for spaying and shots for a cat worth $5k.
This is a good day to be on CB. Lots and lots of cute puppy pictures. I like Meghan. She seems to be a sweet girl. I can’t wait to see Kate & Pippa’s heads explode when all the wedding fever starts ramping up. 🙂
Why would you want Kate and Pippa’s head to explode with the wedding? Do you want to see them hate each other? Do you think Kate will be jealous of Meghan?
Don’t forget, Kate will be Queen someday if they actually don’t blow it. Meghan will be Sarah Ferguson. No comparison.
Yay, i will be so excited if they get married. I will buy the magazine with all the photos. Etc, etc
I wish her well; I think she’s someone who will do just fine as Harry’s wife.
Bogart’s face is saying – take the picture already. Guy’s either babbling or too tired for all the fuss lol.
My animals always have rich lives (hmm many of them imaginary, a crazy amount of nicknames and back stories. For instance, my dog was a WWII spy. If you use a specific (common) puppy nickname he starts nervously & furtively looked around.
Try hard.
Doesn’t she share one of the dogs with her ex, the chef? I remember rolling my eyes when some article mentioned they had “joint custody” of the dog.
Cute story!
Like someone mentioned above if she marries Henry she will do about the same amount of work as him. She’s doesn’t strike me as the rock the lazy heir to the heir boat type.
Love Meghan and Prince Harry together, they seem super happy and I think Meghan will make a great addition to the Royal family
Have you ever lived through a Toronto winter? They’re going to LOVE London.
All I can say is grab Bogart and Guy and ‘Run Meghan run!’. You do not want to be mixed up with that crazy family. Escape while you still can!