Dogs

[Sean]

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

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 give him only two of them.
Phil Pastoret

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

[Captain Beyond]

Sean, I think dogs are a special gift from the creator. They love us and demand nothing except love back. They teach us us about unconditional love, but have a very short lifespan, so they prepare us for the eventuality of death for our loved ones! I think every child should have a dog, so they can learn about unconditional love, and the mortality of us three dimensional beings!

[Alpha]

Sean, I think dogs are a special gift from the creator. They love us and demand nothing except love back. They teach us us about unconditional love, but have a very short lifespan, so they prepare us for the eventuality of death for our loved ones! I think every child should have a dog, so they can learn about unconditional love, and the mortality of us three dimensional beings!

Couldn't agree with you more CB!!

They are also our guides in a sense to show us what love, compassion, understanding and compromise is all about....perhaps higher beings than we think we are for sure.

"Man's" best friend....without doubt!

We all have much to learn from both our canine and feline friends.

[Alpha]

"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."

- Mark Twain


"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be."

- Holbrook Jackson


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

- Andrew A. Rooney


"To his dog, every man is King;
hence the constant popularity of dogs."

- Aldous Huxley


"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


"Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god
and a dog to a man."

- Ambrose Bierce


"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend:
and inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

- Groucho Marx


"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."

- John Holmes


"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


"The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien."

- Plato


"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 you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man."

- Mark Twain


"Liberals are like dogs:

The liberal holds that he is true to the republic when he is true to himself. (It may not be as cozy an attitude as it sounds.) He greets with enthusiasm the fact of the journey, as a dog greets a man’s invitation to take a walk. And he acts in the dog’s way too, swinging wide, racing ahead, doubling back, covering many miles of territory that the man never traverses, all in the spirit of inquiry and the zest for truth. He leaves a crazy trail, but he ranges far beyond the genteel old party he walks with and he is usually in a better position to discover a skunk."

- E. B. White


"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


"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."

- Will Rogers


"Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit."

- Sir Walter Scott


"The dog is man's best friend.
He has a tail on one end.
Up in front he has teeth.
And four legs underneath."

- Ogden Nash - An Introduction to Dogs


"If you can't decide between a Shepherd, a Setter or a Poodle,
get them all ... adopt a mutt!"

- ASPCA


"To err is human:To forgive, canine."

- Anonymous


"I talk to him when I'm lonesome like,
and I'm sure he understands.
When he looks at me so attentively,
and gently licks my hands;
Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes,
but I never say naught thereat,
For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes,
but never a friend like that!"

- W. Dayton Wedgefarth


"In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man."

- Maurice Maeterlinck - 'Our Friend, The Dog'

[Jennifer Robins]

I want to post a picture of my German shepherd but I cant get the images on my computer from the digital camera that I just bought. My son-in-law is coming over to help me with it.
she is Gretchen a seven year old beauty. We have had three now and really love the breed. They are smart, learn quick, faithful, and won't ever ever let anyone harm us.
I'll put her picture up as soon as I learn how to do this dang thing.

Jen

[Jennifer Robins]

Got her pic.


Here she is...................

Jen

[Sean]

She has a "why are you taking my picture, don't mess with me" look.

[Random]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Vicktory_1976/BabyandDOG.jpg

Snoopy and My Daughter
He is a Big Heffer now the Stupid Knuckle head http://70.85.81.229/2807/27/emo/rant.gif In my Garbage all the time.....

[Jennifer Robins]

Is this any better.

she does not like her picture taken, so we kind of sneek up on her.
Your daughter is adorable and the puppy is cute. How wonderful.

Jen

[Sean]

I like the first pic better. I sort of like the look she has.

[Beam]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm a dog lover and had to jump in!

After God created man, he wanted us to know what it felt like to experience unconditional love and loyalty, so that we would know how he felt about us. So he sent us the dog, which is God spelled backwards, who love us no matter what and stay by our sides through thick and through thin.

After some time passed, man developed quite an ego from this constant doggy adoration and God decided he also wanted to teach us humility.

So he sent us CATS!

[Alpha]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm a dog lover and had to jump in!

After God created man, he wanted us to know what it felt like to experience unconditional love and loyalty, so that we would know how he felt about us. So he sent us the dog, which is God spelled backwards, who love us no matter what and stay by our sides through thick and through thin.

After some time passed, man developed quite an ego from this constant doggy adoration and God decided he also wanted to teach us humility.

So he sent us CATS!

Excellent points Beam....I agree :)

[knine]

dog is god spelled backward.....

[loner]

Didja hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac?
He lays awake at night wondering if there really is a dog...

:popworm:

[Mcnowhere]

Here is one of my doggies and his name is Casey. He is a ham! This little fellow is full of personality, is extremely stubborn, willful and frankly, completely untrainable. He has been known to bite if people pick him up without asking, (except me) or if ANYBODY tries to cut his toenails. He has to be tranquilized to be groomed, so I keep that down to a dull roar. I have had the odd suggestion that he become history. But in my world, unconditional love is a 2 way street.

[Mcnowhere]

DOG

When God made the earth and sky
The flowers and the trees
He then made all the animals
And all the birds and bees

And when his work was finished
Not one was quite the same
He said “I’ll walk this earth of mine
and give each one 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 no name left for me”

The Father smiled and softly said
“I’ve left you to the end.
I’ve turned my name back to front
and called you DOG, my friend”

Author unknown

[Dera]

Here is one of my doggies and his name is Casey. He is a ham! This little fellow is full of personality, is extremely stubborn, willful and frankly, completely untrainable. He has been known to bite if people pick him up without asking, (except me) or if ANYBODY tries to cut his toenails. He has to be tranquilized to be groomed, so I keep that down to a dull roar. I have had the odd suggestion that he become history. But in my world, unconditional love works both ways.

Oh, Casey is adorable! You gotta love that guy! He looks a lot like my Chauncey the Yorkie Terror but different color. Mine is six years old now and goes potty in the correct place at long last. Chauncey hates it when people hug. It isn't me he cares about--no one is allowed to hug anyone! He jumps and nips at huggers, tearing their clothes. Who is the orange mop in the corner of your photo? The following picture is not my dog, but looks exactly like him. (I gotta get me one of those whoop-de-do cameras. Wonder if I could figure out how to work one. :scratchch)

[Mcnowhere]

I love Yorkies Dera. My neighbor has two and they are adorable. They have a mind of their own too. The no hugging thing is so typical of little dogs and their brain lock behaviour.

The other little guy in the pic is my blonde pomeranium Quincy, aka "Swiffer". I rescued him from a life less than fullfilling. He's as good as gold. Strangely, Casey doesn't push his luck with him. If I go out without Casey, to work (hunting at the beach, HE thinks), Casey will select the nicest throw rug by the front door and pee on it just to express his anger. He never pees in the main part of the house as he knows this would be pushing the envelope. When I come home, and I see that he is hiding under the bed, I know that he has had a fit of uncontrollable temper, which he has had all day to think about and he is now full of remorse. He always says he's sorry but after 6 years we can't get by this one.

I bought a digital camera 2 years ago Dera and I was amazed at how easy it is to operate on the computer. If I can figure them out, anybody can as techno stuff is truly frightening to me.

[Alpha]

Here is one of my doggies and his name is Casey. He is a ham! This little fellow is full of personality, is extremely stubborn, willful and frankly, completely untrainable. He has been known to bite if people pick him up without asking, (except me) or if ANYBODY tries to cut his toenails. He has to be tranquilized to be groomed, so I keep that down to a dull roar. I have had the odd suggestion that he become history. But in my world, unconditional love is a 2 way street.

Mcnowhere, he's absolutely adorable.

Looks like he has some terrier in him. They are notoriously stubborn and feisty.

I remember growing up with a Wire haired terrier who had a personality very much as you describe.
My Golden is not your typical Golden temperament either. I almost have to take a good stiff belt or a tranquilizer when I take her to the vet for her yearly. It takes two people to get her in the door as she buck like a broncho.

She'll hide in the corner of the examination room with her head in the corner and won't come out. After each of these trips, I feel like I've fought the war myself.

I almost get an anxiety attack every time I have to take her.

However as you say, ........and yes, unconditional love is a two way street.
;) :)

[Mcnowhere]

Mcnowhere, he's absolutely adorable.

Looks like he has some terrier in him. They are notoriously stubborn and feisty.

I remember growing up with a Wire haired terrier who had a personality very much as you describe.
My Golden is not your typical Golden temperament either. I almost have to take a good stiff belt or a tranquilizer when I take her to the vet for her yearly. It takes two people to get her in the door as she buck like a broncho.

She'll hide in the corner of the examination room with her head in the corner and won't come out. After each of these trips, I feel like I've fought the war myself.

I almost get an anxiety attack every time I have to take her.

However as you say, ........and yes, unconditional love is a two way street.
;) :)
Oh yeah Alpha, I forgot about the vet. Dontcha just dread that? Thank God my bucking bronco weighs only 7 pounds. My vet tells me to disappear so he and his wife can use brute force to get the toenails done. They throw a blanket over his head and the wife holds him down. They know that I can't bear any of this. The dramatics and growling threats are unbelievable! Next time I'm going to wait it out in the pub. He is the reincarnation of Ivan the Terrible! If we didn't live so far apart, I would suggest that we form a support group.

[Dera]

Chauncey doesn't seem to mind either the vet or the groomer. He just wants to be admired and loved by all comers. My last dog, a Miniature Schnauzer, was good about vets and groomers, too, however I tried to show him off at my beauty shop one time and he flat out dug in his heels and refused to go in there.
Our critters are as individual as we are.

[Mcnowhere]

Chauncy sounds like a love. They do indeed have their own personalities. After spending the last 3 posts bashing poor old Casey, I have to tell you that he does have his good side for sure. He loves me and all my friends and family and uncannily he loves little kids. He's a clown and keeps us laughing.

[Dera]

Chauncy sounds like a love. They do indeed have their own personalities. After spending the last 3 posts bashing poor old Casey, I have to tell you that he does have his good side for sure. He loves me and all my friends and family and uncannily he loves little kids. He's a clown and keeps us laughing.

Casey sounds like a precious, rascally hunka hunka burnin love! I like to meet him (but remember not to pick him up!)