Canine Words of Wisdom (Quotations)

"You may have a dog that won't sit up, roll over or even cook
breakfast, not because she's too stupid to learn how but because she's
too smart to bother."
-- Rick Horowitz, Chicago Tribune

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures. They give unconditional
love. For me they are the role model for being alive."
-- Gilda Radner, (1946 - 1989) US actress

"My little dog---a heartbeat at my feet."
-- Edith Wharton

"A piece of grass a day keeps the vet away"
-- Unknown Dog

"A dog wags its tail with its heart"
-- Martin Buxbaum

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or
discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is
to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace."
-- Milan Kundera

"My goal in life is to become as wonderful as my dog thinks I am."
-- Toby & Eileen Green

"When a dog wags her tail and barks at the same time, how do you know
which end to believe?"
-- Anonymous

"She was such a beautiful and sweet creature... and so full of tricks."
-- Queen Victoria.

"Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend."
-- Corey Ford, American writer

"The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will
ever be."
-- Konrad Lorenz

"A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be
persuaded to go for a walk."
-- O. A. Battista

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

"A good dog deserves a good home."
-- Proverb

"There's just something about dogs that makes you feel good. You come
home, they're thrilled to see you. They're good for the ego."
-- Janet Schnellman

"I can train any dog in 5 minutes. It's training the owner that takes
longer."
-- Barbara Woodhouse

"You can't keep a good man down -- or an over affectionate dog."
-- Anonymous

"I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me than I've ever
received from kissing dogs."
-- Barbara Woodhouse

"If you don't own a dog -- at least one -- there is not necessarily
anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your
life."
-- Roger Caras

"It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk."
-- Anonymous

"Acquiring a dog, may be the only time a person gets to choose a
relative."
-- unknown

If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your
pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.
-- Phil Pastoret


"Her life was okay. Sometimes she wished she were sleeping with the
right man instead of with her dog, but she never felt she was sleeping
with the wrong dog."
Quoted from a book called Intimate Nature: the bond between women and
animals. The book is a collection of stories, poems, etc. by various
women authors. This quote is from a story by Judith Collas entitled
"Change of Life".