Bret Michaels is one proud canine dad!
In an unique dialog with PEOPLE forward of a new A&E Biography series that appears on the rock star’s life and profession, Michaels, 61, opens up about adopting a canine — named Bret Michaels Jr. — final yr, in addition to his total love of animals.
“Having pets, having canines, in my life has been amazingly life-changing in such a optimistic means,” he says. “The love they offer is unconditional. There is no situation to it. It is simply nice.”
“And if we will present again a a lot better life for them, that is a great [thing],” provides the Poison frontman.
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Final yr, Bret Jr. — who’s a 6-year-old husky — gave a life-saving blood donation to a kitten that was coping with flea anemia on the Nebraska Humane Society, the institution mentioned in a post shared on Facebook.
After the story made its means again to Michaels, he reached out to the animal group and adopted the canine named in his likeness.
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“I couldn’t have been extra touched and extra honored to undertake Bret Michaels the husky, realizing that he gave blood to avoid wasting the lifetime of a kitten,” the rocker informed PEOPLE in an unique assertion on the time.
“I couldn’t work quick sufficient to undertake this husky and lengthen the superior high quality of little Bret Jr.’s life,” he added.
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In line with Michaels — who’s at present on his Parti-Gras 2.0 Tour — he has “been a pet father or mother my complete life.”
His first canine was a canine named Tark, and Michaels says that having a pet is “good for his or her life and good for our souls.”
The remainder of his household additionally loves animals simply as a lot as he does.
“My complete household, we nonstop rescue pets, and it is a massive a part of what we do, together with my Life Rocks Foundation,” he notes of his nonprofit.
Biography: Bret Michaels premieres on A&E on June 16 at 9 p.m. EST. It is going to be obtainable to stream the next day.
