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.

If I painted a dog statue to look like a cat, the people would pet it. But why paint that when I could paint politicians as honest, for-the-people people?

We may have pets, but when it comes to unconditional love, they are the masters.

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching...

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...

Animals are precious gifts offering unconditional love.

given the nature of the human couple, the love of a man and a woman is a priori inferior to that which can exist (at least in the best instances) in the love between man...

The sweetness of dogs (fifteen) What do you say, Percy? I am thinkingof sitting out on the sand to watchthe moon rise. Full tonight.So we goand the moon rises, so beautiful it makes me shudder,...

A gunshot is the loudest sound in the universe. Especially if the bullet is coming at you.

He wagged his tail, and his whole body tingled. He realized the emptiness inside was not filled with happiness. Blue felt a glow within that was a result of more than just the warm sunshine...

I could put five dogs together and not match him. Wax was the total package.

All dogs kind of sense it when something is wrong with someone, when someone needs them.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

You know, you’re smelling the hot dogs and people were shouting during the points to each other or something,

Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.

I heard dogs barking and calves hollering. One of the dogs was at least part pit bull.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Fair enough. You have the job.

For people with patience, time with a dog is a little slice of heaven.

Dogs are actually very smart, it’s just that they’re rather clumsy, but it’s this trait that makes humans attracted to them and why I love dogs so much.

It’s raining cats and dogs. Good thing meows and barks bounce off my umbrella, and I just poured a large cup of love in the left cup of your bra when you weren’t looking.

When I walk my dog, people always ask if we’re twins.

So a dog’s value came from the training AND the breeding. And by breeding, Edgar supposed he meant both the bloodlines – the particular dogs in their ancestry – and all the information in the...

I have done the journey between Tientsin and Peking so many times that I recognize even the stray dogs (known locally as wonks) that frequent the platforms in the hopes of picking up something thrown...

Whoever said you can’t buy Happiness forgot little puppies.

See with your heart, not just your eyes