"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

~ Anatole France

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end.
~Max Eastman

The Most Affectionate Creature in the World is a Wet Dog! ~Ambrose Bierce

Within the heart of every stray
Lies the singular desire to be loved.

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Dogs change lives. Half Buddha, half Bozo, they keep us tethered to the earth, and they teach us to fly. Our dogs are our sanity keepers. They are our suicide-prevention task force. (There I'd be with the gun in my hand, and Fenton would look at me and say, "What the hell do you think you're doing?" and of course he'd be right, as always.) They are the worthy and willing recipients of our fierce, unrelenting, and unconditional love. They are our personal trainers, our gurus, our reason to get up in the morning, our bed-warmers, our muses, our teachers, our hearts.
-Pam Houston, Forward A Year Without Dogs, Woman's Best Friend Women Writers on the dogs in their lives

Favorite Dog Quotes

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

- Andrew A. Rooney

"When a dog runs at you, whistle for him."

- Henry David Thoreau

"The tail is a dog's PR department. A smile is yours."

--Unknown

If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
-Dame Edith Sitwell

A Few Favorite Dog Quotes! ... please add your own!

If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise.
-Unknown

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
-Roger Caras
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that
you are wonderful . -Ann Landers

Dogs Love To ... have a home

"In a perfect world, every dog would have a home
and every home would have a dog."
~Unknown

I just found and fell in Love with this quote. Many thanks to the It's A Dog's Life Network * a great pack of dog lovers, supporters and friends.

They're at home
in each other's arms ...