Congratulations Sully

Sully is a 4-year-old golden retriever whose social and loving personality shines.

Sully became Madison and Brayden Timmons first baby just a couple of months after they got married in November 2020. Madison, who grew up with a golden, always knew she’d have one of her own someday.

“He’s just become our pride and joy,” Madison said. “He’s our baby, you could say.”

Sully is a beautiful dog, but his personality is what most people who encounter him fall in love with. “He’s very outgoing, very social,” Madison said. “He doesn’t meet a stranger.”

That means Madison and Brayden can take him anywhere, from Lamar Park for a walk to a trip to Home Depot to the Proud Larry’s patio for dinner. And everywhere he goes he expects people to come ask to pet him. He and his owners are happy to oblige.

He also loves visiting Madison and Brayden’s parents, siblings and nieces and nephews in Tupelo and Pontotoc. When he’s at home in Oxford, he can often be found sitting on his own front porch doing his unofficial neighborhood watch duties.

Like a child, Sully also has a special object to which he’s super attached. “He has a blanket that he carries around like a big baby. Everybody that knows him knows he’s got that blanket,” Madison said. “If he goes and gets his blanket and brings it you, then you know that you’re special and that he loves you.”

He’s definitely one of a kind, according to Madison. “If we ever got another dog, I don’t think it could ever top Sully,” she said.

A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT SULLY:

• He loves to eat cheese and pup cups from Starbucks

• He knows how to strike a pose for the camera

• Car rides with the windows down are one of his favorite things

• Mom Madison works in pediatric speech therapy, and sully has gone to work with her as a sort of therapy dog in training

• His humanlike facial expressions - including a lot of side eye - keep his owners laughing