50 Best Country Songs About Losing Dogs
Country music songs on losing a dog
There’s a certain kind of ache that creeps in when you think about a dog that’s no longer around. It’s not clean or tidy grief. It catches you on a slow morning when the house feels too still or in the middle of a drive when the seat beside you stays empty. The right track can drag that lump in your throat into the open. Country music leans into it without trying to smooth it over, letting the sting and warmth bleed into the same space.
It’s not the same as losing a person. Dogs take up a different corner of your life, one filled with muddy paw prints, tail thumps, and the way they’d tilt their head like they understood every word. When a song hits that nerve, you feel the quiet they left behind. You can find it in certain pop, rock, country, and R&B songs too, but country has a way of sitting right there in the dirt with you. It’s not polished. It’s the kind of honesty that plays in the background while you flip through old photos and wonder how time got away.
Some of these tracks are plainspoken, others thread the loss through metaphors until it sneaks up on you in the chorus. A few are meant for a drink on the porch at sunset, while others land hardest when the sky’s the same dull gray as the day you said goodbye. They’re raw in a way that makes you pause whatever you’re doing. Here are the best country songs on losing a dog.
Top 10 Pet Loss Country Songs
1. 'Maggie's Song'—Chris Stapleton
2. 'Old King'—Neil Young
3. 'I'll See You Again'—Trace Adkins
4. 'Can't Be Replaced'—Dierks Bentley
5. 'Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs Get Old'—Luke Bryan
6. 'The Dog Song'—John Hiatt
7. 'Shannon'—Henry Gross
8. 'Old Shep'—Elvis Presley
9. 'Feed Jake'—Pirates of the Mississippi
10. 'All Dogs Go to Heaven'—Chris Young
Country Music About Pet Loss #11—20
11. 'Cracker Jack'—Dolly Parton
12. 'My Old Dog'—Willie Nelson
13. 'That Dog'—Caylee Hammack
14. 'Dogs Have a Soul'—Bryan Martin
15. 'I Wish Dogs Could Live Forever'—Tyler Farr
16. 'A Dog's Heart'—Cumberland River Dogs
17. 'You'll Still Be Here'—Sturgill Simpson
18. 'Ol' Red'—Blake Shelton
19. 'Angel'—Sarah McLachlan
20. 'Goodbye My Friend'—Linda Ronstadt
Remembering a Loved Dog with Country Music #21—30
21. 'A Dog Named Fletcher'—Atlantic Wasteland
22. 'Gypsy, Joe and Me'—Dolly Parton
23. 'Dog Has a Soul'—Kip Moore
24. 'My Dog and Me'—John Hiatt & The Goners
25. 'Raising Humans'—Easton Corbin
26. 'I'll Name the Dogs'—Blake Shelton
27. 'Dog'—The Black Crowes
28. 'The More Boys I Meet'—Carrie Underwood
29. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'—Steve Wariner
30. 'Old Blue'—The Byrds
Country Songs About Losing Your Best Friend #31—40
31. 'Chasing Butterflies'—Jordon Frank
32. 'The Rainbow Bridge'—Steve and Diane Bodofsky
33. 'It's Just a Dog'—Mo Pitney
34. 'Wherever You Are'—Ian G Music & Media
35. 'Old Friend'—StoweGood
36. 'Dogs In Heaven'—David Gregg
37. 'Goodbye My Friend'—Lorie Line
38. 'Run Little Dog'—Eric Paslay
39. 'This Old Dog'—Mac DeMarco
40. 'I Will Remember You'—Sarah McLachlan
Country Songs About Losing a Dog for Comfort #41—50
41. 'You Are My Sunshine'—Johnny Cash
42. 'Without Words'—Ryan Hurd
43. 'Rainbow'—Kacey Musgraves
44. 'Whispers of Your Death'—Counterparts
45. 'I Don't Know What I'm Doing'—Morgan Evans
46. 'I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye'—Tyler Farr
47. 'The Dog Days Are Over'—Florence + The Machine
48. 'The Last Goodbye'—Odesza
49. 'Always By My Side'—Martina McBride
50. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain'—Vince Gill
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