Top Pet Contestant: Sydney

Basset hound (female)

Unusual characteristics/special talents: “Can sleep 23 hours in a 24-hour day and still have plenty of energy to get up an eat (at a moment’s notice). Sydney snores lightly when she is really tired, and that is better than any other white noise. As a Basset hound, rare for her breed, she only howls about once a year, and she does it when you least expect it.”

Why Tally Top Pet? “Sydney is Southern bred and has a balance of a classy walk for the runway but can also get dirty when she finds something that smells good in the Tallahassee red hills. All of that aside, she brings joy to all who meet her due to her kind soul.”

Our observation: Two parts sweet, two parts ears.