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Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress.
Sep 29, 2025
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.
Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.
It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?
Children are for people who can't have dogs.
A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.
Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs.
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.
If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.
Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog
Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to.
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.
It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.
A good dog never dies. He always stays. He walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near. His head is within our hand in his old way.
Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.