Katherine Heigl Loves Dogs, New Motherhood (PHOTOS)

Katherine Heigl was in New York Thursday night to be honored by the ASPCA and was talking about new daughter Naleigh, whom she and husband Josh adopted from Korea in September.

Heigl recently left 'Grey's Anatomy' to focus on motherhood, and told ET that daughter Naleigh is blooming.

"Life is great, it's really family oriented right now which feels fantastic, and feels as it should be. She's still so new, Naleigh's still so new in our lives... They change every month so monumentally that every month she's a new kid. She just started walking this weekend, she started talking more last month, and if I were missing that right now, I would just be devastated."

Heigl, along with her mother, founded Heigl's Hounds of Hope to honor her brother Jason and help save dogs from kill shelters. Jason died when he was 15 and loved animals.

Here's Heigl Thursday night, who attended without her hubby.

Comments

[tikitaka]

07:41 PM on 04/21/2010

She is so hot: http://www.actressscene.com/search/label/Katherine%20Heigl

[Q2]

07:09 AM on 04/19/2010

Schnauzers = Best Dogs Ever

[DrFelch]

12:02 PM on 04/18/2010

Nice lady, but that dress is frumpy and awful. YUK!

[latoussaint]

09:58 AM on 05/28/2010

I love it.

[kinogod]

10:10 AM on 04/18/2010

Kigh ya tay, pan day ho!

[LMPE]

01:44 PM on 04/17/2010

Recently, my parents' dog passed away. They think that after our cat dies, we won't have pets for a while. We love animals, but we aren't home much, and it's getting hard to take care of pets.

Either way, it's good that Katherine Heigl is doing what she's doing. Taking time off from acting to focus on raising a child should be a requirement for all actors and actresses.

[golfnut49]

10:39 AM on 04/17/2010

Kudos to Katherine for not taking all the money one gets from acting and living a life
of drug, party and rock and roll. She is a mature woman who has her priorities set
straight........my hat is off to her and her husband on seeing the important things in
life and making the right decision to be home to raise their new daughter........

[poomplet]

09:39 PM on 04/16/2010

She's hot...great.

She also is one of the most annoying, unlikable, stuck-up, ungrateful/ungracious shrews I've ever seen. You can only imagine what a high-maintenance wife/girlfriend she'd be.

At a certain point, one's dislike for an actor/actress becomes so great that you can no longer put it aside long enough to enjoy their work.

She's so far past that line, I had trouble clicking on this story to make this post.

I don't know who I dislike more, her or Kristen Stewart.

[Darcman]

05:10 AM on 04/17/2010

Bingo!

[kbuffler42]

09:30 PM on 04/17/2010

SO, you know her personally? Your points are so specific, you must know here personally and really well, right?

[SandraAnne]

06:29 PM on 04/16/2010

She is beautiful but I really think she should go back to being a blond.

[brooklyncitizen]

07:30 PM on 04/16/2010

agreed.

[mempto]

07:32 PM on 04/16/2010

I'm thinking she should just fade into obscurity where she belongs.

[Treehuggindirtworshiper]

03:07 PM on 04/16/2010

She has it all and most of the posters here can't stand it. I for one admire her.

[OnlyIfIHaveTo]

02:50 PM on 04/16/2010

Isn't going to a red carpet event with a pet in hand so 2007?

[WakingLife]

01:14 AM on 04/18/2010

It's an ASPCA event. It's appropriate there.

[mempto]

02:10 PM on 04/16/2010

Who cares? Katherine Heigl is a D-list "actress" who acts on one mode: mopey. Seriously, can any actress be more of a sad sack in all of her "roles?" She looks like a generic suburban brat with zero charisma. Oh, and she has a serious deficit when it comes to actual acting. To TV land with you, Katherine Heigl! No more feature film roles, please.

[NoComment9]

02:31 PM on 04/16/2010

Yeah, D-listers usually are in hit network shows, win emmys and cross over to film.

Are blog comments ever anything more than hate fests?

[kbuffler42]

09:33 PM on 04/17/2010

In this case, it would appear that's all they are. What do you think that's all about?

[DougDeWitt]

12:24 PM on 04/16/2010

Perhaps it's blindness induced by my love for this woman, but I'd poke anybody in the nose who said a mean thing about Katherine Heigl. She is amazing.

[laddieluv]

12:34 PM on 04/16/2010

Cosign.

[SaucyB]

12:39 PM on 04/16/2010

srsly? I can't stand her or tell you how glad I am she left Grey's - she sucks! poke away...

[ThuddyWinchester]

12:23 PM on 04/16/2010

She kind of freaks me out....I can't put my finger on it. Cute dog, though.

[BonzaSheila]

11:38 AM on 04/16/2010

Wonderful. I commend her for helping dogs!

[Jennifer Peterson]

11:13 AM on 04/16/2010

Negative comments about a woman who is actually doing something to help shelter animals find homes? SHAME ON YOU! What are you doing to improve the world?

[HeidiDoesDemocracy]

09:23 PM on 04/16/2010

Beautifully said, Jennifer. Katherine Heigl is a hero in my book. I would love to know how many hours the people who criticize her are volunteering to help make the world a kinder and better place.

[treboi]

09:36 AM on 04/18/2010

Another animal rights' quack making outrageously foolish statements...she is no hero...you might want to ease up on those doctor prescribed meds sweetie!

[The Lorax]

09:51 PM on 05/09/2010

I second that. And I adore her!

[A Flock Of Budgies]

03:59 AM on 04/17/2010

I am going to be teaching your children. Does that count for trying to improve the world?