Kelsey brought the puppy home in 2015 and named it after her then-new song “Dibs.”
“I was on the bus with the band and I thought, ‘What should I name my dog?'” she recalled on 99.5 KD Country WKDP. “We’re going through everyone’s names and we’re like, ‘Hey guys, what about Dibs?'” And they’re like, “Kelsey, that’s so lame.” We don’t call the dog Dibs if you call him that, no. ”
So, the “Baggage” singer settled on the name Knox, since he’s from Knoxville, Tennessee, but changed his mind after visiting the breeder.
“She said, ‘Hey, I know this doesn’t matter to me, I know you call him Knox, but you should really name him Dibs,'” Kelsey recalled. “I thought, ‘That’s a sign.’ But it’s also cool because that was the week ‘Dibs’ was on the radio and the week I had him, so it’s a nice little memory.” ”
Her dog was diagnosed with inoperable heart cancer in 2024, and she spent her last year with many adventures, including watching Kelsey as a coach on The Voice, touring the world with her new album Patterns, and celebrating one final holiday season. Kelsey captioned the photo on Instagram: “It’s been such a fun Dibmas & Christmas.”
