Parton also shared her love for her childhood dog in the 1974 song, “Cracker Jack,” off her celebrated album, Jolene. In the tune, Parton shared that the pup, whom she found as a stray, was “best friend that [she] ever had.”
The 9 to 5 star and her husband, Carl Dean, who died in 2025 at the age of 82, were also devoted dog owners to a beautiful Boston Terrier named Popeye throughout the 1980s.
While at the time of her passing, Parton didn’t have a dog of her own, she had her very own God-dog, a French Bulldog named Billy the Kid.