Let's examine the dog mind: Every time you come home, he thinks it's amazing. He can't believe that you've accomplished this again. You walk in the door. The joy of it almost kills him. "He's back again! It's that guy! It's that guy!"
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans.
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.
Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one
One of the most enduring friendships in history - dogs and their people, people and their dogs.
My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded; their heads are hung with ears that sweep away the morning dew.
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
I just bought a Chihuahua. It's the dog for lazy people. You don't have to walk it. Just hold it out the window and squeeze.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
To a dog, motoring isn't just a way of getting from here to there, it's also a thrill and an adventure. The mere jingle of car keys is enough to send most any dog into a whimpering, tail-wagging frenzy.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. When all other friends desert, he remains.
My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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.
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.
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.
Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Dalmatians are not only superior to other dogs, they are like all dogs, infinitely less stupid than men.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget that they're not people.
In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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