The Dog, Man's Best Friend

The Dog, Man's Best Friend

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures;

they give unconditional love.

For me they are the role model for being alive.

~Gilda Radner

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One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue

is that he doesn't try to find out why.

~Author Unknown

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Properly trained,

a man can be dog's best friend.

~Corey Ford

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My goal in life

is to be as good of a person

my dog already thinks I am.

~Author Unknown

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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

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He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.) When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant. His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever - in case I need him. And I expect I will - as I always have. He is just my dog.

~Gene Hill

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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.

~Unknown

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I wonder what goes through his mind

when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.

~Penny Ward Moser