Cheryl Cole talks to her dogs on the phone

The 'Fight For this Love' singer insists the worst thing about being away from home for work is being separated from her pet pooches Buster and Coco.

The 27-year-old star tries to get the two Chihuahuas on the phone when she's apart from them but the mutts aren't very receptive.

She said: "When I'm away I miss the dogs like crazy. I used to talk to them on the phone but I don't now because I've discovered they're not interested. They don't listen!"

Cheryl also revealed when she wants to relax and forget about work she will spend a night at home watching TV with her canine friends.

The pop beauty - who is a judge on Simon Cowell's pop star search show 'The X Factor', a member of Girls Aloud and has a successful solo career – added to Britain's HELLO! magazine: "I love spending time with Buster and Coco. That's how I relax, just chilling out with them. They're only Chihuahuas so they're only little, but they've got big personalities. I think Buster sees himself as lord of the manor and if I'm away and my mum takes him up to Newcastle (Cheryl's hometown) it's like he's kingpin up there as well. Coco is nervous of other people so she follows me everywhere and looks to me for protection. She's my little baby."

In 2009, Cheryl claimed she trusted her dogs more than her now ex-husband Ashley Cole following revelations her had cheated on her.

She said at the time: "I've come to the conclusion that I don't trust anybody in life except my mother and my dogs. I'm scared to let people know how much they mean to me, and it's scary that you can love a small hairy thing so much."