A dog isn’t always a man’s best friend in this case. Rihanna’s long time best friend, Sonita, snapped a few pictures of Rihanna and her dog, Oliver as she played and looked quite happy holding him in her arms.

Later on in the evening, Rihanna headed off to the recording studio in a pair of  Isaora grey combo sweatpants, Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers, a black West Coast t-shirt by  Estevan Oriol and a purse by Chanel.

April 24th: Rihanna in NYC seen arriving at her hotel. Looking casual in an oversized blue denim jacket, worn with a pair of cropped skinny jeans by Goldsign which was posted HERE. On top of that she wore a print stripe tee by photographer Estevan Oriol for $26.00 available from merchmethod.com (she was also spotted with another shirt by the same photographer, which she posted on her instagram page). She completed her look with a pair of air Jordans.