Dogs

*Authors are unknown, unless otherwise noted.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
~David Starr Jordan

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

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why.

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.
~George Eliot

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

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

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

Every dog has it's day.
~ J Heywood

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

~ Andrew A Rooney

A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race that to describe it as such. 
~ John Holmes

Don't make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they will treat you like dogs. 
~ Martha Scott

A good dog deserves a good bone. 
~ Proverb

I am sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.
~ William Shakespeare

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
~ Snoopy

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog and ready money.
~ Ben Franklin

Love me love my dog.
~ origin: Latin

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
~ Woodrow Wilson

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

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

No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
~ Louis Sabin

Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
~ Adam Smith

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.
~ Edith Wharton

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

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.

~ Gene Hill

If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.
~ Roger Caras

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
~ W Camden 1614

Things that upset a Terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.
~ Smiley Blanton

Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart.

~ Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

I've been on so many blind dates I should get a free dog.
~ Wendy Liebman

They are better than human beings, because they know but do not tell.
~ Emily Dickenson

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

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

You do not own a dog, the dog owns you.

Happiness is a warm puppy.
~ Charles M Shultz

I am I because my little dog knows me.
Gertrude Stein

If I have any belief about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very very few persons.
~ James Thurber

The dog wags his tail not for you, but for your bread.
~Portuguese proverb

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

A dog desires more affection than his dinner - well,almost.

~Charlotte Grey

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

If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the sky.

~ Proverb

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

The best thing about a man is his dog.
~ French Proverb

When God made the earth and sky, the flowers and the trees,
He then made all the animals, the birds and the bees.
When His work was finished, not one was quite the same.
He said, "I'll walk this earth of mine and give you all a name."
And so He traveled land and sea, and everywhere He went, 
A little creature followed him until its strength was spent.
When all were named upon the earth and in the sky and sea,
The little creature said, "Dear Lord, there's not one left for me."
The Father smiled and softly said, "I've left you til the end,
I've turned my own name back to front, and call you 'dog,' my friend."

The Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called the Rainbow Bridge. When an animal who has been especially close to someone here dies, that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who have been ill and old are restored to health and vigour; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. With bright eyes intent and with eager body beginning to quiver your precious friend begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, on legs running faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together ...