Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their read more

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.

It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog.
[It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.]

It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog.
[It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.]

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the
creature run from the read more

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the
creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great
image of authority--a dog's obeyed in office.

Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.

Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.

In dog years, I'm dead.

In dog years, I'm dead.

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

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

It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.

It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.

But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and read more

But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and hill,
Seeking its master. . . . As for me
This prayer at least the gods fulfill
That when I pass the flood and see
Old Charon by Stygian coast
Take toll of all the shades who land,
Your little, faithful barking ghost
May leap to lick my phantom hand.