An idea for fun

[TrinityRun]

I thought it would be neat to share some of our favorite dog quotes or passages.

I have several but here's one I particularly love. :)

""It is one of those extraordinary mornings that tells us fall is coming. The air is crisp; the trees now striped with reds and yellows in an otherwise summer colored world. On the thick grassy mat lies a dog, breathing calmly with eyes expectant. The handler picks up the old, worn leather line and speaks to the animal. It stands, stares and then lowers its dark muzzle to the cover, moving slowly, steadily along a line no human can know. It's warm breath turns to steam and spreads, for only an instant, across the forward path in busts, like an engine. As it moves, the power increases so it is driven by only one desire, the fusion of scent and animal. When it reaches the first corner, it senses the change and shifts to another direction, confident of its skill and purpose. As the dog moves towards the distant hill, the trainer - only walking behind - has a solitary wonder of what voice from nature this child of the wolf is hearing."
- Gary Patterson

[Carina43]

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx.

Not near as pretty as yours! But I figured a silly one might be acceptable. :D

Actually I just started a book called "Dogs Never Lie About Love" that is a great read...I bought it because I read a passage from the book about dealing with losing a beloved old dog that really moved me.

[TrinityRun]

Originally posted by Carina43
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx.

Not near as pretty as yours! But I figured a silly one might be acceptable. :D

Actually I just started a book called "Dogs Never Lie About Love" that is a great read...I bought it because I read a passage from the book about dealing with losing a beloved old dog that really moved me.

Oh, I love it. Would you share the passage from that book? I'd like to hear it.

Here's another one of my all time favorites:

"Dogs in general seem to be a very pragmatic lot and the Rottweiler in particular exemplifies this, sometimes to the extreme. They tend to do what brings them pleasure and avoid what brings them displeasure. However, a good handler will recognize that this trait can be made an asset rather than a liability, for the Rottweiler's reticence to do what bores him is surpassed only by his boundless enthusiasm for doing what he enjoys."


George L. Beck
~Owner/trainer of the first OTCH Rottweiler OTCH, Mondberg's Donnamira v Beier "Favor"

[Sansano]

Note sure if this is on topic but here's one I am sure you have never seen Lauren ;)

" I worry that we're breeding out the Rottweiller temperment in order to make the breed a more "sellable item". Doing so will make a dog that is lacking in working ability, self confidence, independence , toughness and is ironically apt to increase shyness and fear-biting tendencies. A dog with unbalanced drives, a lack of desire to please....well , this now is a dog that is no longer the Rottweiler we loved"

Norma Dikeman
~ Nordike Rottweilers, Breeder,mentor and all around Rottie queen.
Quote taken from an interview in TRQ 1st Quarter 2000.

[moondog]

"Until he died, he was immortal, and the death of an immortal is an event that changes the world. That is all for now... because what it does to you when such a dog dies is not fit to print."

- Vicki Hearne "Animal Happiness"

[Carina43]

From DOGS NEVER LIE ABOUT LOVE by Jeffrey Moussaieff Mason:
"I am not a religous man, and I pause before using the word soul. Buy my experiences with the dogs in my life, and now with Sasha Sima, and Rani, [talking about his dogs] convince me that there is some profound essence, something about being a dog, which corresponds to our notion of an inner soul, the core of our being that makes us most human. In human animals, this core, I am convinced, has to do with our ability to reach out and help a member of another species, to devote our energy to the welfare of that species, even when we do not stand to benefit from the other -- in short, to love another for its own sake. If any species on earth shares this miraculous ability with us (and perhaps there are many more we do not yet know about), it is the dog, for the dog truly loves us sometimes beyond expectation, beyond measure, beyond what we deserve, more, indeed than we love ourselves."

I didn't mention the author's name earlier because I knew I would mangle the spelling!
Anyhow, that's the passage that caught my eye. I'll look up this thread when I get back from our trip, I was thinking about starting one about dog books in general.

[TrinityRun]

Carina,

I can see why that caught your eye. That is just beautiful. I might have to pick up that book. Feel free to pick out some more.

:D

I sure wish some other people would jump in this thread and share their favorites.

[Rottnlove]

Ok, I'll jump in. :)

I have many favorite dog quotes. I can't decide on one! :p

I found a LOT that I really like. Have fun reading!!!!

"If there is no heaven for dogs, then I want to go where they go when I die."
--Anonymous
"The greatest 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

"If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people."
--Capek

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
--Billings

"The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two."
--Maeterlinck

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."
--Ben Williams

"Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot about little puppies."
--Gene Hill

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does."
--Christopher Morley

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
--Josh Billings

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
--Andrew A. Rooney

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
--Unknown

"I've seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."
--John Steinbeck

"If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either."
--Unknown

"Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well."
--Bonnie Wilcox 'Old Dogs, Old Friends'

"The more people I meet the more I like my dog"
--Unknown

"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog."
--Edward Hoagland

"I once decided not to date a guy because he wasn't excited to meet my dog. I mean, this was like not wanting to meet my mother."
--Bonnie Schacter

"No Matter how little money and how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich."
--Louis Sabin

"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail."
--Josh Billings

"A piece of grass a day keeps the vet away"
--Unknown Dog

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
--Roger Caras

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

"The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic."
--Henry Ward Beecher

"To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs."
--Aldous Huxley

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives."
--Sue Murphy

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."
--Alexander Pope

"Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs."
--Martha Scott

"Every dog must have his day."
--Jonathan Swift

"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who have not got the guts to bite people themselves."
--August Strindberg

"I have always thought of a dog lover as a dog that was in love with another dog."
--James Thurber

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."
--Ann Landers

"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

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. It is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
--Mark Twain

"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue"
--Anonymous

"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."
--George Graham Vest

"Every boy who has a dog should also have a mother, so the dog can be fed regularly."
--Anonymous

"Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress."
--Louis Sabin

"Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made."
--Roger Caras

"A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk."
--O. A. Battista

"A dog is man's best friend, and vice versa."
--Anonymous

"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."
--Roger Caras

"The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is the more laughable of the two animals."
--James Thurber

"A good dog deserves a good home."
--Proverb

"A watchdog is a dog kept to guard your home, usually by sleeping where a burglar would awaken the household by falling over him."
--Anonymous

"There's just something about dogs that makes you feel good. You come home, they're thrilled to see you. They're good for the ego."
--Janet Schnellman

"Every dog isn't a growler, and every growler isn't a dog."
--Anonymous

"A dog's bark may be worse than his bite, but everyone prefers his bark."
--Anonymous

"The ideal dog food would be a ration that tastes like a postman."
--Anonymous

"A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than his owner can express with his tongue in hours."
--Anonymous

"There is only one smartest dog in the world, and every boy has it."
--Anonymous

"Every dog may have his day, buy it's the puppies that have the weakends."
--Anonymous

"It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk."
--Anonymous

"A dog's bark may be worse than his bite, but it's never quite so personal"
--Anonymous

"Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."
--Max Eastman

"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job."
--Franklin P. Jones

"I can train any dog in 5 minutes. It's training the owner that takes longer."
--Barbara Woodhouse

"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us."
--Robert Louis Stevenson

"You can’t keep a good man down -- or an over affectionate dog."
--Anonymous

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."
--Rita Rudner

"No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend and companion than a dog."
--Stanley Leinwoll

"When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget they're not people."
--Julia Glass

"You own a dog; you feed a cat."
--Jim Fiebig

"Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog."
--The Cockle Bur

"Old Yeller was bought for 3 dollars from a shelter; his real name was Spike."
--World Features Syndicate

"Disney's "Shaggy Dog" was bought for 2 dollars at a pound."
--World Features Syndicate

"… none are as fiercely loyal as dog people. In return, no doubt, for the never-ending loyalty of dogs."
--Linda Shrieves, Orlando Sentinel

"Happiness is a warm puppy."
--Charles Schulz

"A collie has the brain of a man, and the ways of a woman."
--Scottish Proverb

"Many dogs will give a greeting grin much like a human smile."
--Richard A. Wolters

"Intelligent dogs rarely want to please people whom they do not respect."
--W.R. Koehler

"There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog."
--Konrad Lorenz

"The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people."
--Daniel Pinkwater

"I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs."
--Barbara Woodhouse

[TrinityRun]

Whew. Lisa, surely you didn't type out all that!

Here's one of my own that I snipped from an email to my mom recently.

"It's an uncomplicated world of black and white as dogs do not understand gray. The relationship is one of simplicity and balance if you just let it. "

[Rottnlove]

Originally posted by TrinityRun
Whew. Lisa, surely you didn't type out all that!

LOL, of course I didn't type all that....Copy and paste is a wonderful tool! ;)

I've enjoyed reading through everyone's favorite quotes. Keep em' comming!

Great thread, Lauren!

[damp]

As a previous Boxer owner I find this so sweet. (I hope I don’t spoil it and it can “bear” my translation.)


Legend about how the Boxer lost its tail and got its flat nose!


When Adam and Eva ate of the Tree of Knowledge, God excluded them from the Garden of Eden and God made a barrier between Heaven and Earth by sinking the firmament down towards the earth.

The humans felt loneliness, cried to God and asked if they could just have one animal with them to be their friend and protector.

God said: How can you believe any animal, who does not know of sin, will follow you??
The humans cried.

The firmament got closer to the earth, but suddenly there were movements among the animals. A medium sized “yellow” smooth-haired dog pressed forward. The dog rushed towards and hit the firmament with such power, that it nose was squeezed absolutely flat and the dog was thrown backwards. From the lying position it noticed there still was a small open crevice. It slogged and crawled forward on it’s stomach with such much power, that the dust from Heaven whirled up and got into it’s eyes. In the same moment it squeezed it’s hind part of the body through the crevice, the firmament reached the Earth and cut of the dogs tail, so only a few inches were left.

Then God spoke again and said: Your faithfulness to the humans are great, and you and your offspring shall now follow the humans in all their dealings, but I will punish you because of your disobedience, so you and all your offspring will till eternity have a cut tail and as a sign of your stubbornness, you and your offspring will forever have a short flat nose.

Your name will be Boxer.



So it happened, when the Boxer lost it’s tail and got the flat nose and when the humans looks into the Boxer’s eyes, he can still se a part of heaven there.