NEW YORK (AP) – Anna Nicole Smith’s dogs are boycotting pet food maker Iams.

Smith’s protesting pooches are refusing dog food from Iams in a new advertisement for PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

“Marilyn, Sugar Pie, and Puppy are boycotting Iams until it stops testing on animals in labs,” the poster reads beneath a picture of Smith, a former Playboy model, and her three dogs.

PETA claims an undercover investigation in 2002 and 2003 revealed “deplorable” conditions in Iams’ contract laboratory. The group alleged that at least 27 dogs were killed, and listed abuses including cramped conditions and having dogs’ vocal cords removed to prevent barking.

Iams, which sells pet food and pet care products, disputes those allegations.

“We have constantly and publicly communicated with the public with what we do in our feeding studies,” Kurt Iverson, a spokesman for Iams, told The Associated Press on Friday. “We also work with a number of well-respected officials from animal welfare groups, like the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the United States.”

The ad will be posted next week on PETA’s Web site, and it will appear on billboards this winter.

NEW YORK (AP) – John A. “Junior” Gotti visited his dad’s Queens tomb for the first time, on what would have been the Dapper Don’s 65th birthday.

Gotti, 41, was in prison when his father, John Gotti, died of cancer in 2002.

He and his mother, Victoria Gotti, stayed at the St. John’s Cemetery in Middle Village for about an hour Thursday and prayed quietly at the mausoleum. The family tomb bears the Gotti name and holds John Gotti and his 12-year-old son, Frank Gotti, who was killed in a car accident in 1980.

Junior Gotti is under house arrest while prosecutors mull whether to try him again on racketeering charges. He got out of jail last month after a jury deadlocked on charges including an accusation he ordered a hit on radio host and Guardian Angels crime-fighting group founder Curtis Sliwa in retaliation for his on-air rants against the senior Gotti.

Federal court officials gave him permission to leave his Long Island estate to visit the cemetery. He generally can leave his Oyster Bay Cove home only to visit his doctor or his lawyers or to attend church.

Singer ‘dealing’ with break

NEW YORK (AP) – Kenny Chesney says his music has helped him deal with the breakup of his brief marriage to “Bridget Jones” actress Renee Zellweger.

“It’s like medicine – and obviously I need that now,” the 37-year-old country singer tells Life magazine in an upcoming issue.

His new album, “The Road and the Radio,” is set for release Nov. 8.

Zellweger filed for an annulment last month. The couple married in a surprise Caribbean island ceremony in May after first meeting in January.

Chesney tells the magazine he has learned that he needs to be more patient. “”I need it all and I need it now’ was my mentality before. I used to rush everything to get it done.”

Including marriage?

“What was that old song: “We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,”‘ Chesney replies.