Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she only hits the "snooze" button on her alarm so she can spend more time in bed cuddling with her dog Darla.

"I actually like getting out of bed. I wake up every morning excited about the day. Sometimes I hit snooze, but it's normally to cuddle with my dog."

"Her name is Darla she's a rescue and she's just the sweetest little ragamuffin I've ever met. She's a terrier mix, she's a mutt. We think she's one and a half years old," Hudgens said on TV show "Today", reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The 26-year-old actress says her chirpy morning personality has nothing to do with coffee as she chooses not to indulge in the caffeine drink.

She added: "I don't really have morning coffee. But I just love lattes so whenever I can get one, I get one."