~~ Thoughts About Dogs ~~

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

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

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

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

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. -Andy Rooney

We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can
   spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has
   ever made. -M. Acklam

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

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

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times
   before lying down. -Robert Benchley

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

Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a
   dog. -Franklin P. Jones

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

My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can.
   That's almost $21.00 in dog money. -Joe Weinstein

Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back
   from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a
   cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! -Anne Tyler

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
   and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein

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

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've thought of that!' -Dave Barry

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

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

My goal in life is to be as good of a person
   as my dog already thinks I am. --Unknown

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