#dog

I used to look at my dog and think “if you were a little smarter you could tell what you were thinking,” and he’d look at me like he was saying “if you were a little smarter, I wouldn’t have to. ↗

— Fred Jungelaus

#inspirational-quotes #inspirational

Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#intelligence

Why, that dog is practically a Phi Beta Kappa. She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw -- I don't say she will but she can. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#intelligence #intelligence

At least with pets, and for all I know, people too, intelligence and quick-wittedness have nothing to do with a talent for being loved, or being kind, nothing at all, less than nothing. ↗

— Charles Baxter

#love #intelligence

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#dogs #humans #life

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them. ↗

— John Grogan

#dogs #love #pets #life

Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#golden-retrievers #life

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world. ↗

— Cesar Millan

#discipline #dogs #life

Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#life

In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us. ↗

— John Grogan

#dogs #life #relationship #life