Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog’s owner. But no man –spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort– may become a dog’s Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is...

People leave imprints on our lives, shaping who we become in much the same way that a symbol is pressed into the page of a book to tell you who it comes from. Dogs, however, leave paw prints on our lives and our souls, which are as unique as fingerprints in every way.

You humans always try to make things too simple, except when you’re trying to make things too complicated. You can never just be with what is.

A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.

Animals store their fears and at times OUR fears in the body and manifest physical illnesses like we do. Like us, these fears may have occurred in infancy and are still carried in the adult body.

My girlfriend bought me a collared shirt for my birthday, mainly so I don’t get too far ahead of her when she takes me for a walk.

But with dogs, we do have bad dog. ‘ Bad dog exists. Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog! ‘ The dog is saying, Who are you to judge me? You human beings who ‘ ve had genocide, war against people of different creeds, colors, religions, and I stole a biscuit?! Is that...

I confronted the fact that I was not only talking to a dog, but answering for one.

When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of horses in a greater volume of sound than usual, I stood to arms.

Fireheart dashed to the warrior’s side. Cloudtail was standing stiff-legged, every hair in his pelt on end as if he were facing an enemy. His eyes were fixed on the limp heap of tabby fur huddled at his paws.”Why, Fireheart?” Cloudtail wailed. “Why her?”Fireheart knew, but rage and grief made it hard to speak. “Because...

That’s the thing with Holy Moses: big as a house and scary as heck if you don’t know him, but Charley Manson and his whole family could come parading through here and he’d give them you room key for a slice of sharp cheddar.” –Ms. Fisher, The Last Stop

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

Every dog must have his day.

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.

Some people tend to throw your love to the dogs when you become totally submissive to them, but when you want to get out of the heat, they pull you back into the kitchen.

These dogs are what they call. They sit and point with their nose and they will not move until you tell them good girl and give her reward.

After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.

I suppose my forcefulness will improve once my voice changes. Sopranos get no respect.

There are seventy-five perfumes, which it is very necessary that a criminal expert should be able to distinguish from each other, and cases have more than once within my own experience depended upon their prompt recognition.

What was a surprise was when the dog answered his question.’Want to play ball now,’ Gabriel [the dog] declared in a very clear and precise voice. Aaron opened his eyes and gazed up into the grinning face of the animal. There was no doubt now. The day’s descent into madness was complete. He was, in...

You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.

PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

To lose the approbation of my dog is a thing too horrible to contemplate.

I can’t go back,” said Towser. “Nor I,” said Fowler. “They would turn me back into a dog,” said Towser. “And me,” said Fowler, “back into a man.

[Four days later, he still refused to be provoked.] As the great Don Quixote said, ‘´Let the dogs bark. It’s because we are moving forward,’ … If something happens to my physical person, you will know who to blame: George W. Bush.

We don’t need geography , dogs are our world

Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. “That’s what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table.

I ran over a dog last night on my way home, and then I wondered what my wife had made for dinner. The two events are disappointingly not connected. Ah, but that’s life, no?

A hound will die for you, but never lie to you.

Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.

All the glamour is for the owners of the show dogs.

Dogs have hair. Cats, fur.Dogs whine, yip, howl, bark. Cats purrr.I say: No contest.

Having another creature absolutely committed to me is a big boost to my ego, makes me feel like the king of my castle. But its no way for a dog to live.

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

I have a little dog who likes to nap with me.He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck.He is sweeter than soap.He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace,which can’t even bark…

Dogs smoke in France

I’ve long suspected dogs of being much smarter than people; I was even certain they could speak, but there was only some kind of stubbornness in them. They’re extraordinary politicians: they notice every human step.

Everything I know, I learned from dogs.

Nothing will turn a man’s home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

Heaven’s the place where all the dogs you’ve ever loved come to greet you.

Dogs are masters of creating emotionally safe space just by being themselves. … it is as if something deep within our souls resonates with their energy, their unwavering unconditional love and unbridled joy to be in our presence, their undivided loyalty, and complete trust in us. Dogs make us feel special, and teach us by...

When people say that animal rescuers are crazy, what they really mean is that animal rescuers share a number of fundamental beliefs that makes them easy to marginalize. Among those is the belief that Rene Descartes was a jackass.

Religious teachings say that animals don’t have souls, but I don’t believe that. Our pets cherish our every move, and wait patiently for us to return home from a day’s work. Our pets would give their lives for us in a heartbeat and not ask for anything in return. How can man live without companionship...

It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses upon them.

I am his Highness’ dog at Kew;Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

In a Pyongyang restaurant, don’t ever ask for a doggie bag.

Do animals understand the concept of dreams or do they think they enter another dimension when they get tired?

The dogs love it here,

Sometimes I worry about how attached I am to this dog. About the fact that the primary relationship of my life is with a canine. That at the end of a terrible day I look forward to nothing more than coming home and lying on the bed, under the covers, with a giant Great Dane.

The Duchess looked at Chloe with a look that said, You had the chance to tell him, but you chose to carry on the lie.How do I know that the Duchess’s look said this? Because there is an excellent book in my local library entitled One Thousand Doggy Expressions Explained by Professor L. Stone.I digress.