The actress played Hannah for the sequel, replacing Peggy Lipton, who passed away a few days ago of colon cancer at the age of 72.
He of course has had some experience on the prior film, while she was stepping onto the saga for the first time with A Dog’s Journey.
As Marg explained, Dennis would place some on his face to get the animal actors to react to him on camera or do specific tricks, and it looks like it worked.