{{Infobox song | name = Like My Dog | cover = Currington_-_Like_My_Dog_cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Billy Currington | album = Enjoy Yourself | released = {{Start date|2011|10|10}} | recorded = 2010 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=46}} | label = Mercury Nashville | writer = {{hlist|Harley Allen|Scotty Emerick}} | producer = {{hlist|Carson Chamberlain|Billy Currington}} | prev_title = Love Done Gone | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Hey Girl | next_year = 2013 }} "'''Like My Dog'''" is a song written by Harley Allen and Scotty Emerick<ref>{{cite news|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|title=Billy Currington, 'Like My Dog' – Lyrics Uncovered|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/billy-currington-like-my-dog-lyrics/|accessdate=May 1, 2012|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=October 16, 2011}}</ref> and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in October 2011 as the fourth and final single from Currington's 2010 album ''Enjoy Yourself''. The song peaked at number 24 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.
Jimmy Buffett recorded a cover of the song for his 2023 album ''Equal Strain on All Parts''.
==Critical reception== Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' gave the song a four-and-a-half-out-of-five star rating, describing it as "cute and a little superficial, but impossible to ignore or not fall in love with."<ref>{{cite news|last=Dukes|first=Billy|title=Billy Currington, 'Like My Dog' – Song Review|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/billy-currington-like-my-dog/|accessdate=May 1, 2012|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' gave the song four stars out of five, writing that it's "a clever and undeniably country tune with a laid-back melody that suits Billy's strong country voice."<ref>{{cite news|last=Bjorke |first=Matt |title=Single Review: Billy Currington - "Like My Dog" |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/single-review-billy-currington-like-my-dog |accessdate=May 1, 2012 |newspaper=Roughstock |date=October 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129101410/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/single-review-billy-currington-like-my-dog |archivedate=January 29, 2012 }}</ref>
==Chart performance== "Like My Dog" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 22, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Edward|title=Scotty McCreery, Keith Urban Top This Week's Album, Songs Charts|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1672552/scotty-mccreery-keith-urban-top-this-weeks-album-songs-charts.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018150045/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1672552/scotty-mccreery-keith-urban-top-this-weeks-album-songs-charts.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2011|accessdate=May 1, 2012|newspaper=Country Music Television|date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2011–2012) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|33|artist=Billy Currington|}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|24|artist=Billy Currington|}} |- | US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of February 11, 2012|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14060107|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=September 13, 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | align="center"| 2 |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2012) !scope="col"|Position |- | US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-country-songs | title=Best of 2012: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=2012 | accessdate=December 14, 2012}}</ref> | align="center" | 98 |- |}
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Category:2011 singles Category:Songs about dogs Category:Billy Currington songs Category:Jimmy Buffett songs Category:Mercury Nashville singles Category:Songs written by Harley Allen Category:Songs written by Scotty Emerick Category:Song recordings produced by Carson Chamberlain Category:2010 songs