Why do I prefer cats to dogs? I have never stepped in cat shit.

Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.

The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when we think we are alone. Think of what they could...

A dog can’t think that much about what he’s doing, he just does what feels right.

Did you know that the Russians sent dogs into space? My mother told me this when I was a boy. Nobody knew the effects of space on a body, you see, so they sent dogs...

The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.

I also believe that man’s continued domestication (if you care to use that silly euphemism) of dogs is motivated by fear: fear that dogs, left to evolve on their own, would, in fact, develop thumbs...

It was raining cats and dogs. My clothes were saturated with meows and barks.

I took my shoes for a walk. They’re furry and they bark.

We’ll know we’ve got it right when they choose for themselves,” he used to say. That doesn’t make sense. ‘That’s what I thought too. I asked him what he meant, but he just shrugged. I...

When I have a little down time, I like to go to the gym and try to bank some hours there. I like to spend time with my dogs, go hiking, do a little traveling.

I say, thirteen is too many dogs for good mental health. Five is pretty much the limit. More than five dogs and you forfeit your right to call yourself entirely sane.Even if the dogs are...

I think she cared more for that bloody dog than for me, for us. And maybe that’s not so stupid, looking back… maybe it is easier living on your own looking after some stupid mutt...

A dog’s spirit dies hard.

Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.

It does no good to bark at the television,I said. I’ve tried it too. So he stopped.

Sometimes I think I like dogs more than I like humans. The only time a dog has ever betrayed me… was by dying.

They say that a few minutes each day of petting your dog can raise your serotonin levels.

They had buried him under our elm tree, they said — yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

I’ve trained and bred more than 4,000 dogs over the years. The next logical step was to try and feed them.

I, too, had set out to be remembered. I had wanted to create something permanent in my life- some proof that everything in its way mattered, that working hard mattered, that feeling things mattered, that...

As dogs return to their vomit, some men return to their wives.

Once bitten twice shy? Sure, but… why not get a bigger dog and bite them back?

මෙතෙක් කාමරේ සැපට හිටපු මම ටිකෙන් ටික මිදුලට වුණා. මිදුල වුනත් මට සැපයි දැන් ගෙවන ජිවිතේ බැලුවම. මිදුලට දැම්මම මම දොර පහුරු ගාන්න පටන් ගත්තා. ලස්සන දොර සිරීලා අවලක්ෂණ වුණා. නෝනා හා මහත්මයා මා සමඟ...

Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought.

Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement....

He was just drifting off to sleep when it occurred to him that perhaps the dog was not so ordinary after all. Perhaps he was someone the ogre had changed, and Ivo was going to...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

Basset Hounds never get scared. We’re fearless, resolute and know how to season a good lamb chop.

I’m totally animal-oriented, … I’ve got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish and I had wallabies at one point.

cold” behaviorist model that ends up giving dogs a much better crack at meeting the demands we make of them. The myth gives problems to dogs they cannot solve and then punishes them for failing....

Here’s the thing about Hazel: Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. That’s what bothers me most,...

[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal.”The kid lifted his eyebrows.”My mouth is partially paralyzed,” I said. “It makes it hard for me to read. He’s here to help me with the...

I never met a man half so true as a dog. Treat a dog right, and he’ll treat you right. He’ll keep you company, be your friend, and never ask you no questions. Cats is...

The strange thing is, this truly horrifying experience planted a seed deep within my heart that germinated and grew into a desire that, I have to admit, I’ve never completely overcome.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

I’ve always had this feeling,” Henry says, “that all dogs are really therapy dogs.

There were two men there who refused to leave. They didn’t want to go if they couldn’t bring their dogs. I probably wouldn’t have left, either,

(regarding Charles Lee) This eccentric and notably slovenly man was always trailed by his beloved dogs. “When I can be convinced that men are as worthy objects as dogs”, he once explained, “I shall transfer...

We’ve had a nice group of young dogs break in this year and they’ve made a big difference.

They’re not poodles, they’re art.

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.

Spiritual fulfillment doesn’t have to mean belief in a religion or disbelief in science. … Whether one believes in an unseen, all-knowing force, or the wonder of science and the universe, or simply the beauty...

New Rule: If you’re one of the one-in-three married women who say your pet is a better listener than your husband, you talk too much. And I have some bad news for you: Your dog’s...

Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark...

Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers. Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made...

If men are dogs, then women are desperate dogs.

Loyalty is for the dogs. Count me among the cats. And count me twice—once for each of my faces.

They said it was all right _ Col. Pappas had authorized the use of dogs as long as they wore muzzles.