Because of their unusual (and to some, bizarre) appearance,
Dalmations were coveted as living ornaments
in the grand houses and palaces of Europe two centuries ago.
In America, about one family in three owns a dog.
The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift
demanding no less binding moral responsibilities
than the friendship of a human being.
The bond with a true dog is as lasting
as the ties of this earth can ever be.
According to legend, St. Roch, a patron saint of the sick, was saved by a dog.
Ill with the plague, St. Roch went into the woods to die,
but a dog bearing food and love appeared out of the blue,
and St. Roch recovered.
MAJOR
Born a dog
Died a gentleman
~ Epitaph on a dog's grave in Maryland
To his dog, every man is Napoleon;
hence the constant popularity of dogs.
~Aldous Huxley
If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face,
you should go home and examine your conscience.
~ Woodrow Wilson
A statue in the Greyfriar's churchyard in Edinburgh, Scotland,
commemorates a dog named Bobby who stood guard over his master's grave
from 1858 to 1872.
There are 4,236 species of nonhuman mammals . . .
and out of all of these, the dog has become mankind's best friend.
There is no dog so bad but he will wag his tail.
~ Italian Proverb
Be sure to give your dog the attention he thrives on.
A bored dog will definitely find trouble,
but a well-trained, well-exercised pet
will repay your love tenfold.
A dog's ability to hear is about four times greater than a human being's.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world,
the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous,
is his dog . . . He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer;
he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter
with the roughness of the world . . .
When all other friends desert, he remains.
~ George G. Vest
If a dog's prayers were answered,
bones would rain from the sky.
~ Proverb
Scientific research has proven that stroking and petting a dog
lowers a person's blood pressure and relieves stress.
Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard.
~ Dave Barry
He that strikes my dog would strike me if he durst.
~ James Kelly
The dogs came and licked his sores.
~ Luke 16:2
A song destined to become a classic swept across America in 1953.
The song? "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"
Many people think the "dog days" of summer (from July 3 to August 11) are related to dog behavior, but in fact the term originated with the ancient Romans, who believed that in summer the dog star, Sirius, joined forces with the Sun to create the high temperatures. Today we know that Sirius is 540,000 times farther away than the Sun is - so neither Sirius nor dogs have anything to do with dog days. But the particularly hot ones still make us pant.
Love me, love my dog.
~ St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
~ George Eliot
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
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in.
~ Mark Twain
The more I see of men, the better I like dogs.
~ Madame Roland (attributed)
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