Dennis Quaid's dog Peaches is by his side every step of promoting 'A Dog's Journey'

When Dennis Quaid was 12, his family moved from one Houston suburb to another. He lost the gang of kids on his block just as he was entering junior high and transitioning into puberty. His only constant? Gertrude, the family's new basset hound who became the boy's companion while his parents were away at work.

"I still get choked up when I think about her," the actor, now 65, said of the dog he had until he was 19. "She was just totally devoted to me. She was my best friend."

Quaid said he sees parts