George Clooney's Pets

George Clooney had a famous pot belly pig named Max that passed away in 2006. He originally got Max in 1988 for his girlfriend at the time, actress Kelly Preston. After they broke up, Clooney kept Max. Max was a 300lb Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, but was known to share a bed with the Hollywood hearthrob. We can’t imagine how he got into the bed, however, and now have a mental image of George Clooney lifting Max up onto the mattress, or possibly building him an industrial ramp. Max had survived the odds and made it to a ripe old age of 19, whereas most potbellied pigs live between 12 to 15 years. In the end, he suffered from arthritis and partial blindness. After George Clooney’s pig Max passed, he said “He was as old a pig as the vets had ever seen. I was really surprised, because he’s been a big part of my life.” RIP Max. You will be missed but your legend will live on.

Einstein Clooney was one lucky mutt. He was adopted by George Clooney is 2010 as an elderly and sick stray from a California animal shelter. The group Camp Cocker Rescue pulled him out of the shelter and placed him into a foster home before George found him. He found Einstein online as an older, overweight, black cocker spaniel and loved his story. He was worried Einstein wouldn’t like him when they first met, so he rubbed turkey meatballs on his shoes and the dog — even though he had never seen any of George Clooney’s films and quite frankly didn’t know who he was — fell in love with as well.

Einstein lived a long and happy life. He starred next to Clooney for the 2015 Omega watch campaign, was featured in the book My Old Dog: Rescued Pets With Remarkable Second Acts, was with George when he met his wife, Amal, and was waiting at the front door when the couple brought home Alexander and Ella for the first time. After he passed away in 2017, Einstein left a bit of money to Camp Cocker Rescue, he was truly the best boy.

Three years after Einstein, Clooney and his wife Amal went back to the same shelter they had adopted Einstein from (Camp Cocker Rescue) and adopted Louie, a blonde Cocker Spaniel. Apparently, this time George Clooney didn’t feel the need to rub turkey meatballs on his shoes, but Louie loved him regardless. They brought Louie along when they went to go meet Millie, the basset hound, for a sniff test before they adopted her. Luckily, she passed with flying colors!

In 2015 Clooney and Amal picked up Millie, a rescued 4-year old basset hound from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society. She was found near a local restaurant sniffing for food scraps, but now lives the celeb jetset life with the Clooneys. The organization she was adopted from had this to say about Millie, “Despite those adorable googly eyes, pretty long ears, and shorty legs, Millie was found without a home and hoping for food scraps outside a local restaurant… Today her luck changed for the better when she was adopted by George and Amal Clooney.” Millie’s luck not only changed for the better, we’d say she hit the rescue doggie jackpot with her celebrity animal-loving parents!

Amal and George Clooney have a Saint Bernard named Rosie that they got in 2020. The big pup is named after George’s late aunt, Rosemary.

Amal and George Clooney have a Saint Bernard named Nelson. Clooney got the pup as a birthday gift for Amal’s 46th birthday in February 2024. This is the couple’s second Saint Bernard, after adopting Rosie in 2020.