December 31

"Dogs, as we know them today, first appeared in Eurasia about 13,000 years ago."

December 29 and 30

"A dog, I will maintain, is a very tolerable judge of beauty, as appears from the fact that any liberally educated dog does, in a general way, prefer a woman to a man."
Frances Thompson

December 28

"Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative."
Mordecai Siegal

December 27

"Dog is God spelled backwards. That means something, I'm just not sure what exactly. But human is namuh spelled backwards."
Marc-Christophe

December 26

"He wags his tail, and the room looks as if a devastating army had marched through it."
Jerome K Jerome

December 25

"Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves."
Clarence Day

December 24

"My dog is usually pleased with what I do, because she is not infected with the concept of what I 'should' be doing."
Lonzo Idolswine

December 22 and 23

"An article from The New York Times business sections asserts that the minimum cost of owning a dog is $11,580, assuming the dog lives ten years."

December 21

"Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man."
Andres Segovia

December 20

"If forced to choose between romantic love and my dog, I'd sure choose my dog."
Solange

December 19

"Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed a cat."
Oxford Union Socity, London

December 18

"I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness."
Thomas McGuane

December 17

"He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood."
Sir Walter Scott

December 15 and 16

"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the inhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better."
George Bird Evans

December 14

"Humankind is drawn to dogs because they are so like ourselves--bumbling, affectionate, confused, easily disappointed, eager to be amused, grateful for kindness and the least attention."
Pam Brown

December 13

"There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."
Benjamin Franklin

December 12

"Like a dog, he hunts in dreams."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

December 11

"It is a strange thing, love. Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man."
D.H. Lawrence

December 10

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in your car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."
Dave Barry

December 8 and 9

"I miss the wagging little tail;
I miss the plaintive, pleading wail;
I miss the wistful loving glance;
I miss the circling welcome dance."
Henry Willet