Usher Buys $12,000 Puppy

Dog may be man's best friend but Usher's new little buddy came with a hefty pricetag.

Ursh copped himself the cutest puppy--a Goldendoodle (Golden retriever/poodle hybrid) to be exact--at a whooping $12,000 but from the looks of the adorable pup (above), it was well worth the money!

The "Climax" singer attended the Pencils Of Promise Gala last night in New York, a charity spearheaded by Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, where the pooch was being auctioned off. Mr. Raymond was almost beat out by Gossip Girls star Jessica Szhor who bid 11k, MTV reports.

But everyone won tonight as all the proceeds were towards building schools in places like Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Ghana.