A Complete Guide to the Athletes’ Dogs
Preventing for the Lom-bark-i Trophy! Many NFL champions come house from an intense exercise or soccer recreation and might rely on their candy pups for assist.
Patrick Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany Matthews, are the proud canine mother and father to Metal and Silver, who’re pit bull and cane Corso pooches, respectively.
“He’s an superior canine — very loving, very energetic,” the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback advised the Kansas City Star in 2019 about Metal. “He’s like my greatest buddy. It’s an excellent canine to have. … It was a joint resolution [to adopt Silver, because Brittany] positively wished it. I used to be making an attempt to attend till the offseason, however she wished to get it up right here shortly.”
Mahomes and the Brittany Lynne Health entrepreneur, who run a joint Instagram account on behalf of the pups, utilized their canine companions to assist full their gender reveal when she was pregnant with daughter Sterling. (Sterling was born in February 2021.)
“Child Lady💕💕 P.s- Sure, my canines walked down a runway with pink paws for the reveal 🤩😍,” Matthews captioned Instagram footage in October 2020.
The Texas native, who married Matthews in March 2022, is hardly the one skilled soccer participant to search out consolation in a four-legged companion. Tom Brady, who introduced his NFL retirement in February 2022 earlier than confirming his soccer return one month later, shares three pups with spouse Gisele Bündchen. The couple — who tied the knot in February 2009 — are proud pet mother and father to Lua, Scooby and Fluffy.
“Thanks @wagsandwalks for all you do and for letting us rescue this little angel. The children are over the moon with our new member of the family,” the Brazilian supermodel wrote through Instagram in February 2019. “Fluffy is pure pleasure! #puppylove #pleasure #household ❤️🐾🐶”
Russell Wilson, for his half, has three Nice Danes with spouse Ciara.
“I really like No. 3, so I all the time wished to have three Nice Danes,” the previous Seattle Seahawks quarterback mentioned in an April 2019 video for the sports team, exhibiting off pups Prince, Naomi and Hero. “All of them really feel like they’re brothers and sisters, that’s for positive. They like wrestling one another, that’s just about what they do for enjoyable a lot of the day.”
He gushed on the time: “We all the time attempt to journey with them, so each time we’re going someplace for greater than per week, we attempt to carry them with us and that’s all the time enjoyable … simply to carry three Nice Danes on the street.”
Scroll beneath to satisfy the canine companions of the highest NFL athletes:
