Gene Hill Quotes About Dogs

• No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes.

  Gene Hill

  Love, Friendship, Dog

  Gary Paulsen, James Herriot, Bill Tarrant, Gene Hill, Ted Kerasote, Lynn Stone “In Praise of Labs”

• His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever-in case I need him. And I expect I will-as I always have. He is just my dog.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Hurt, Dark

• When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself.

  Gene Hill

  Loyalty, Dog, Powerful

  Steve Smith, Gene Hill (1999). “Just Mutts: A Tribute to the Rogues of Dogdom”, p.93, Willow Creek Press

• I can't imagine living in a house without a couple of dogs. If I ever got out of bed at night and didn't have to step over a Labrador or two or three, or move one off the covers so I could turn over, my nights would be more restless and the demons that wait in the dark for me would be less easily fended.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Couple, Moving

• I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.

  Gene Hill

  Friendship, Dog, Nice

• I like them all-pointers, setters, retrievers, spaniels-what have you. I've had good ones and bad of several kinds. Most of the bad ones were my fault and most of the good ones would have been good under any circumstances.

  Gene Hill

  Funny, Dog, Training

  Gene Hill (1972). “A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds and Guns”, p.137, Academic Learning Company LLC

• Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Nature, Silly

  Gene Hill (2013). “A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns”, p.62, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• We never really own a dog as much as she owns us.

  Gene Hill

  Dog

• No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned by a dog.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Men, Pet Loss

• It's not really important that Tip was a good dog to hunt over, but it is important to me that she was a good dog to be with. She was my pal. We enjoyed being with each other. I don't know that you can ask for much more.

  Gene Hill

  Friendship, Dog, Important

• He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Understanding, Secret

  Steve Smith, Gene Hill (1999). “Just Mutts: A Tribute to the Rogues of Dogdom”, p.93, Willow Creek Press

• He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.)

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Hurt, Eye

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