Carpenter grew up alongside Goodwin, who is a mixture of Maltese, Lhasa apso, Yorkshire terrier, and long-haired Chihuahua. “They call them Angel Doll pups,” she says. “I mean, they’re literally just mutts, but he is a really special mutt.”

Goodwin joined the family just as a 13-year-old Carpenter—an in-demand child actor, as fans of Girl Meets World know well—booked a Fox pilot about three estranged siblings called The Goodwin Games. The show only lasted for seven episodes, but Goodwin’s name stuck. “You know what?” Carpenter says. “Whatever. I still love the name, and it’ll be a part of my history forever.”

Louie, a one-year-old Cavapoo with a coat of golden brown curls and a white stripe down his belly, is new to the Carpenter crew. But he is already well acquainted with his owner’s superstar lifestyle. Both dogs have joined her on her Short n’ Sweet tour—though they are kept confined. “They wait in my dressing room during the show, so they’ve actually never gotten to see me perform live,” she says, “which sucks for them because I think they’d like it.”

While we await her forthcoming album, Man’s Best Friend, we got the scoop on her pups, Goodwin and Louie. Below, Sabrina Carpenter answers the Dogue questionnaire.

What are your dogs’ best qualities?

This sounds cliché, but their best quality—both of them—is just how genuinely loving and adoring they are. I know this from the past; some dogs are not very nice and not very friendly, and my dogs are sweet little babies. They’re just the nicest, and they love to cuddle.

Photographed by Daria Kobayashi Ritch; Styling, Lindsey Hartman