May 20 is National Rescue Dog Day! Whether you have a dog or have fond memories of one from your childhood, National Rescue Dog Day is worth honoring. To celebrate, we rounded up nine of our favorite songs about America’s favorite pet.

9. “Move It On Over,” Hank Williams

Hank Williams wrote “Move It On Over,” and it might be just a bit drawn from personal experience. Written about a man who got home too late for his wife’s liking, he ends up sleeping in the literal dog house. While the song might be humorous, it had a serious impact on Williams’ career, becoming his first Top 5 hit, and earning him a spot on the Louisiana Hayride.

8. “Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs Get Old,” Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan included “Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs Get Old” as a bonus track on his 2015 Kill the Lights record. Written by Bryan and Tony Lane, the tender song, which says, “And I thought we would be together / Go on and on just like that, forever / But I was young back then / I guess I just didn’t know / Little boys grow up and dogs get old,” was made even sweeter by the video that accompanied the song, showing adorable dogs in all stages of life.

7. “Cracker Jack,” Dolly Parton

“Cracker Jack” was in honor of Dolly Parton‘s own childhood pet, which she honored in this song. With lines that included, “I found him by the river bank / Just wandering about / He was cold and hungry / And his ribs were sticking out / I snapped my fingers, whistled / When he came, I picked him up / I was just a kid / And Cracker Jack was just a pup,” Parton also paid tribute to her beloved pup with an episode called “Cracker Jack” from her Heartstrings TV series on Netflix.

6. “My Dog and Me,” John Hiatt

This tender ode to the loyalty of dogs was included on John Hiatt’s 2003 Beneath this Gruff Exterior album. Singing, “Now she’s runnin’ up ahead to chase some deer / Comes back to tell me that coast is clear / It’s a different world I see / When it’s just my dog and me,” Hiatt perfectly captured the fierce loyalty dogs give to their owners.

5. “Like My Dog,” Billy Currington

Billy Currington included “Like My Dog” on his 2010 Enjoy Yourself record. The tongue-in-cheek song, which says “He never says I need a new attitude / Him and my sister ain’t always in a feud / When I leave the seat up he don’t think that it’s rude / I want you to love me like my dog does, baby,” was written by Harley Allen and Scotty Emerick, but Currington had to fight to get to include it on his album.

“All the way to the end, I just had to keep fighting about this ‘Dog’ song, and ended up recording it,” Currington told The Boot. “Scotty Emerick was the one who wrote this song, and I had seen this guy perform this song acoustically in front of people across the United States at songwriters’ nights for five years, and I’d never not seen it explode, as a reaction.”

4. “The More Boys I Meet,” Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood included this hopeful song on her sophomore 2007 Carnival Ride album. Written by Scott Kennedy and Scott McEwan, “The More Boys I Meet” is perfect for Underwood, who is an outspoken animal lover. With lines like “I close my eyes and I kiss that frog / Each time finding / The more boys I meet, The more I love my dog,” the song is a reminder why Carrie was, and is, still America’s sweetheart.

3. “Ol’ Red,” Blake Shelton

“Ol’ Red” was Blake Shelton‘s third single, and the final track from his eponymous freshman album. Written by James “Bo” Bohan, Don Goodman and Mark Sherrill, the song was first recorded by George Jones for his You Oughta Be Here With Me, released in 1990. Kenny Rogers also included it on his 1993 album If Only My Heart Had a Voice, and also released it as a single, although it failed to chart. But it was Shelton’s version, released in 1993, along with the video showing him breaking out of prison, that makes the song one of his most-requested singles to perform live today.

2. “Feed Jake,” Pirates of the Mississippi

“Feed Jake” was the first Pirates of the Mississippi song to crack the Top 20, and their most successful song of their career. Included on the group’s self-titled freshman album, the song is a serious ode to man’s best friend. Singing “Now I lay me down to sleep / I pray the Lord my soul to keep / If I die before I wake / Feed Jake, he’s a good dog / My best friend through it all / If I die before I wake, feed Jake,” the song, for good reason, remains one of the group’s most well-known songs to date.

1. “Maggie’s Song,” Chris Stapleton

No one who watched the 2021 ACM Awards will forget Chris Stapleton’s emotional performance, with Miranda Lambert, of “Maggie’s Song,” a song based on a true story, about his own dog, Maggie. Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, found his beloved pup abandoned in a shopping cart at PetSmart and claimed it as their own, keeping Maggie until she passed away when she was 14.

“It’s all true stuff. There’s no embellishment in it,” Stapleton told the LA Times. He included “Maggie’s Song” on his 2020 Starting Over album, although the song wasn’t easy for him to add to the record.

“That one was hard to sing,” Stapleton said. “I kept crying through a lot of it.”