The 24-year-old heartthrob says friends refuse to visit him when filming in remote locations, so he`s adopted a four-legged friend for company instead.
He said: "I know it`s sad. A lot of actors have a bunch of people who kind of just go up and stay with them for like two months, like an entourage. But my friends, their egos are too big.
"They`d be like, `I`m not part of your entourage. I`ll stay in a free hotel for a bit if it`s in New York or Los Angeles but I`m not going to come out to some random town in the sticks.`
"That`s kind of why I adopted the puppy. It`s from a shelter and he was going to be put down. I only got him two or three days ago."
The British actor - who is dating his `Twilight` co-star Kristen Stewart - also revealed he has taken his new pet overseas with him and joked about naming it after himself.
He told the Daily Record newspaper: "He`s been freaked out. It`s funny. I got a private plane here from Louisiana, where I was filming `Twilight`, so he came out of the shelter and the next day he`s on a private plane. A bit like `Lady and the Tramp`. I`m going to call him Robert."
The star once admitted a "deep connection" between him and dogs, saying if he had to swap his human form for any other he would choose to become a canine.
He said: "I think I`d be a dog. The lifestyle of a dog has always fascinated me: You sleep, sit around, get stroked, eat and get walked from time to time. That`s great!
"There is a deep connection between me and dogs."
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