Old Jessup
A dog, most likely a Basset Hound of great age, that lives on the family farm and is surrounded by a vast history of shinnanigans and adventures about which many stories are told. As customary, when recounting a story about Old Jessup, one must talk in a heavy southern drawl.
Old Jessup was born right under that there oak tree down by the crick, shore seemed like yesterday he was rousin' about the chicken coop hasin hisself a free meal.