Sometimes I think I like dogs more than I like humans. The only time a dog has ever betrayed me... was by dying.

I don't much care for people - never have, never will. I got my reasons. I never met a man half so true as a dog. Treat a dog right and he'll treat you right - he'll keep you company, be your friend,...

Lucky ain't a puppy no more and he don't bark for just any old reason. It takes a mailman, a squirrel, a car, a bird, a blowing leaf, or a tumbling scrap of paper to get him stirred up now.

Neither knew it at the time, but a line had been crossed that could not be uncrossed - a running leap over a chasm of ignorance and misunderstanding between species and worlds... and a baby step taken...

I never met a man half so true as a dog. Treat a dog right, and he'll treat you right. He'll keep you company, be your friend, and never ask you no questions. Cats are different, but I never held that...

The greatest 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.

If you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. But if you run with dogs, you will learn how to bark.

Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding in wistful discomfort. The magic that gleams an instant...

Maria, groaning for scraps, would drape his head on my feet as I ate, trying to camouflage himself as my napkin or the rug.

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...

. . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.

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...

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over.

I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human

Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it.

You know what I should do? Hoshino asked excited. Of course, the cat said. What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.