Mandy Moore adopts new dog marshmallow from Animal Rescue
Mandy Moore's family grows by four paws thanks to their new rescue dog.
“Welcome to the family, Marshmallow,” Moore, 39, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, Jan. 20, next to a photo of the dog lying on a white dog bed. “This sweet boy was found on the street, many miles away, for several days by our beloved nanny, Celina. He's about 6-7 months old, not chipped, not fixed (but scheduled for next week) and just the most unexpectedly wonderful addition to our gang.
She continued: “We weren't looking for another dog, but he was looking for us and the fact that he looks strikingly similar to our sweet Joni made it too impossible to ignore. The cats are baffled and Jackson (our 14 year old sheepdog rescue) is a little too 🤷♀️ but Marshmallow is slowly winning them over.”
Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith are currently pet parents to dog Jackson and three cats. They previously shared pup Joni, who was euthanized in December 2020.
Moore and Goldsmith's two children, sons Gus and Ozzie, also loved having a menagerie of pets in the house. Gus, 2, even picked out Marshmallow's name.
“When we showed Gus a picture of him and asked his name, he without hesitation shouted 'Marshmallow!' With his arms in the air,” Moore added on Saturday. “Ready and ready. Can't wait for all the adventures, sir!!”
Moore has long been an animal lover.
As many stars' relationships blossom, they often decide to take the next step and expand their mixed brood with a new pet. Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who married in December 2018, have three rescue dogs. Chopra Jonas, who adopted Diana before her wedding, gave Jonas Gino for their first in November 2019 […]
“I feel like a cat, and a dog too – I have a dog, so not to overshadow him – but I feel like cats just have that intrinsic sense of knowing when you need that extra bit of support,” she said. Brit + Co in an interview in July 2023.” I think having that sense of camaraderie and connectivity with our cat family members was really essential as we went through the last three years of the pandemic, and how isolating that was. It was so comforting in a way.”
Moore and Goldsmith, 38, rescued cats Fig, Peanut and Olivia before they became parents, so the felines helped them start their family.
“It was a very special time to have that concentrated amount of time together under one roof,” the actress told the outlet about spending the coronavirus lockdown with her husband and pets. “I knew while we were in the middle of it, it was like, 'This is probably never going to happen again, so I'm really going to appreciate it and not take it for granted.'”