London, Aug 8 : Jennifer Aniston has employed her pet dog Norman to sniff out her prospective boyfriends.

The ‘Friends’ actress has told her pals that she is going to let her cherished dog to check out future beaus, so that she doesn’t end up with the wrong man again.

According to reports, Aniston’s corgi-terrier cross breed loved her ex-hubby Brad Pitt but would growl whenever her ex-boyfriend John Mayer was around her.

“Jennifer dotes on her dog Norman. She takes him on set whenever she can and treats him like a king,” the Daily Express quoted a Hollywood pal of the star as saying.

The friend added: “She realised Norman’s reactions to people are usually spot-on and she has joked to us that the man who wins her heart will be the man who wins Norman’s!”

Meanwhile, rumours are rife that the 40-year-old actress has got close to her latest co-star Gerard Butler on the set of their new film ‘The Bounty’. (ANI)