"Rambunctious, rumbustious, delinquent dogs become angelic when sitting."
Dr. Ian Dunbar
Monday, July 30, 2007
July 25
"If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by this dog."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
July 24
"A dog is like an eternal Peter Pan, a child who never grows old and who therefore is always available to love and be loved."
Aaron Katcher
Aaron Katcher
July 21 & 22
"Man is troubled by what might be called the 'dog wish,' a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog."
James Thurber
James Thurber
July 20
"Puppies should stay with their mothers and littermates until they are 7-12 weeks old. In this time, they learn about play and bite inhibition."
July 19
"When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf and takes his dog along to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf that the shepherd may have forgotten."
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
July 18
"DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship."
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
July 17
"The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is the more laughable of the two animals."
James Thurber
James Thurber
July 16
"The biggest dog on record was both the longest and the heaviest, an Old English mastiff named Zorba. In 1989, Zorba weighed 343 pounds and was 8 feet 3 inches long from nose to tail."
July 14 & 15
"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
Janet Schnellman
July 12
"Old dogs, like shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well."
Bonnie Wilcox
Bonnie Wilcox
July 10
"The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know. How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien?"
Plato
Plato
July 9
"I can train any dog in five minutes. It's training the owner that takes longer."
Barbara Woodhouse
Barbara Woodhouse
July 7 & 8
"Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more."
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
July 5
"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue."
Anonymous
Anonymous
June 30 & July 1
"It freshens your breath and helps prevent tartar."
Mel Gibson, while eating a dog biscuit at Harvard University
Mel Gibson, while eating a dog biscuit at Harvard University
June 27
"Bill Clinton bid $3,500 on a golden retriever being sold to benefit his daughter Chelsea's private school. The dog sold for $3,700."
June 25
"Fear and respect are not the same thing. You don't want your dog to fear you."
Marc-Christophe
Marc-Christophe
June 23 & 24
"The longest set of teeth in the human mouth are named 'canine' teeth after a dog's longest teeth."
June 22
"Dogs understand your moods and your thoughts, and if you are thinking unpleasant things about your dog, he will pick it up and be downhearted."
Barbara Woodhouse
Barbara Woodhouse
June 21
"Introduce your puppy to people of all shapes, colors, and sizes so that it will be comfortable with everyone."
June 20
"I used to look at my dog Smoky and think, 'If you were a little smarter, you could tell me what you're thinking,' and he'd look at me like he was saying, 'If you were a little smarter, I wouldn't have to.'"
Fred Jungclau
Fred Jungclau
June 18
"In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of a dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man."
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck
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