Kelsea Ballerini Marks One Week Without Late Dog: 'I Miss Him Every Second'

Kelsea Ballerini shared memories with her beloved dog, Dibs, as she marked one week without him on Wednesday evening (January 14). He “went to doggy heaven” after a battle with cancer the lasted more than one year. Ballerini spent about a decade as his “dog mom.”

The country star has posted sweet photos and videos of Dibs on an Instagram account dedicated to him, @adognameddibs. On Wednesday evening, Ballerini marked “a week without my Dibby. I miss him every second.”

Ballerini announced on January 8 that Dibs, named after her hit single that released in 2015, “went to doggy heaven yesterday. He spent his last few days in his backyard looking at the sunshine and surrounded and visited by his forever people. There are no words to articulate his role in my life, but I couldn’t have done the last ten years without him, and he will always be my soul dog…and I pray and believe we’ll find each other in every life. His love and reach can’t be captured in an Instagram photo dump, or in a caption, but here’s a look at some happy from Dibs. Thank you for loving him so loudly with me. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world that I got to be his dog mom, greatest gift of my life.”

Ballerini opened up about Dibs’ “inoperable cancer in his heart” for the first time in August 2024. She said it was “a complex and emotional time.” On New Year’s Eve, Ballerini shared a photo with Dibs on her Instagram story and wrote, “they gave him a four months prognosis August 2024. And he's bringing in 2026 with me tonight. My greatest gift, my little ride or die forever.”