St. Louis Native/Bravo Exec Andy Cohen's Twitter Chat Goes to the Dogs

By Allison Babka on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:30 am

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It's puppy love for Andy Cohen and Wacha.

Bravo executive Andy Cohen might live in New York City, but he's still got provel running through his veins. The St. Louis native will be back in town to prove it this Sunday, Feb. 23, when he serves as grand marshall and host of the 21st annual Beggin' Pet Parade in the Soulard neighborhood, the Gateway City's Mardi Gras headquarters. Cohen will lead parade festivities before ceding the spotlight to musical guest Barenaked Ladies.

A longtime producer for the Bravo cable network, Cohen has overseen some of the pulpiest reality programming of the past decade. Cohen's Real Housewives franchise and spinoffs habitually are the center of watercooler talk, and Housewives reunion shows eventually led the Clayton High School grad to create and host Watch What Happens Live, late night's only live, interactive talk show.

To celebrate Cohen's return home, Beggin' (a brand of dog treats from St. Louis-based Nestlé Purina PetCare) and Cohen joined forces for a Twitter chat, welcoming questions from dog lovers and Cohen enthusiasts. Here's what we learned about @Andy from the #BegginPetParadeChat, which made it to Twitter's "trending" leaderboard:

WACHA THE PUP

Befitting a pet parade leader, Cohen adopted an adorable beagle-foxhound mix last fall and named him Wacha after the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha. Cohen said that he isn't ready for a second pup just yet, but he's got another Cardinals moniker on standby:

@KayLongo @Cardinals @Beggin hmmmmm I think Yadi #BegginPetParadeChat
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) February 19, 2014

During the chat, Cohen shared that Wacha follows him into the bathroom, loves snow and doggie peanut butter and soon will have a playdate with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's pooch (Cohen will make a Tonight Show appearance in a few weeks).

But what does Cohen fear most from his new pup?