Love, as the saying goes, comes from unexpected places.
For Missy Elliott, it was a website called Woofwoofpuppies.com.
Elliott named her Fendi Dior.
Photo: Alexis Smith with crowdMGMT
Shes a queen, Elliott says of Fendi six years later.
Im like, No!
Shes a girl, she says.
Fendi leaving Elliott’s concert in a stroller.
After the show, Elliott will put her in a stroller and theyll roll together out of the stadium.
Fendi leaving Elliott’s concert in a stroller.
Shes made for the road, Elliott says.
“She’s made for the road,” Elliott says.
Elliott was originally worried that Fendi wouldnt adapt to her new roaming environment.
Shes spent a lot of her years in the house, she says.
But it was an unnecessary worry.
Elliott likes to dress Fendi in different statement dresses—so people know she is a girl.
Shes made for the road, Elliott says proudly.
(With the exception of Denver: The altitude, her owner says, shrugging.)
Who would voice Fendi in movie?
“I feel like her being here has kept me relaxed—because she’s truly my best friend,” Elliott says of having her dog on tour.
Angela Bassett, says Elliott.
Fendis ability to thrive on tour has helped her owner thrive too.
I feel like her being here has kept me relaxedbecause shes truly my best friend, Elliott says.
Fendi is not usually one for toys, according to Elliott. Here, she gives in a try.
Shell play with other people for a second and then shes looking to see where Im at.
Even trying to bribe Fendi with a treat will prove unsuccessfulElliott tellsVogueshe doesnt really like them.
(She does, however, love Cesar dog food cups and chicken.)
“She’s a star,” Elliott says of her dog.
Fendis palate isnt the only human-like trait about her.
Fendi also doesnt play with toys.
(Shes too grand for that, Elliott explains.)
Fendi poses outside the Oakland Arena.
But the two most anthropomorphic things about Fendi?
Whip one out, and Fendi somehow immediately knows to strike a pose.
Shes astar, says Elliott.
To end with another sayingit takes one to know one.
Below, Missy Elliott and Fendi answerVogues Dogue questionnaire.
Elliott likes to dress Fendi in different statement dressesso people know she is a girl.
Missy
What is your dogs best quality?
She has a sweetheart.
If Im feeling down or anything, she knows and comes to sit beside me.
Who would voice your dog in a movie?
Shes spunky to me.
Where is one place you wish you could take your dog?
Maybe if they had a Six Flags for dogs.
Or a dog spa.
Where is the strangest place youve taken your dog?
Probably for her, the vet.
If you could tell your dog one thing, what would it be?
Fendi is not usually one for toys, according to Elliott.
Here, she gives in a try.
She’s a star, Elliott says of her dog.
Fendi
What is your full name?
Fendi Dior Elliott
Astrological sign?
Chicken and Cesar cups
Fendi poses outside the Oakland Arena.
