For current [Jedda, Kala] and past friends [Cashew, Barringer, Lassie]…
DSC02619- blue heeler mosaic, originally uploaded by RaeA.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.
This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain (1835 1910), U.S. author. Pudd’nhead Wilson, ch. 16, “Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar” (1894).
Mosaic Dog, originally uploaded by Borneo Princess.
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
I Enjoy Walking My Dog, originally uploaded by liechtenrose.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perserverence and to turn around three times before lying down.
~Robert Benchley
A dog Otranto cathedral, originally uploaded by Verity Cridland.
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.
~Sigmund Freud
DSC02620 -dog mural, originally uploaded by RaeA.
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, “Wow, you’re right! I never would have thought of that!”
~Dave Berry
puppy mosaic, originally uploaded by ljpizzo.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
~Ben Williams
IMG_0400, originally uploaded by phloxen.
Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from the grocery store with the most amazing haul—chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we’re the greatest hunters on earth!
~Anne Tyler
Washington Ave, originally uploaded by Ms. Art Teacher Lady.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
~James Thurber
“Buddha”, originally uploaded by dogfaceboy [not a dog, not a boy].
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
~Anonymous
Doggie, originally uploaded by professional.nerd.
The average dog is nicer than the average person.
~M. Acklam
Year of the Dog, originally uploaded by RavenChyld.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
~Roger Caras
Mosaic, originally uploaded by etincelle.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Samuel Butler (1835 1902), English author. Note-books, “Higgledy-Piggledy” (1912).
palencia out, originally uploaded by Edu-im.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
~Robert A. Heinlein
