For, perhaps, if the truth were known, we're all a little blind, a little deaf, a little handicapped, a little lonely, a little less than perfect. And if we learn to appreciate and utilize the dog's full potentials, we will, together, make it in this life on earth.

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful,

The Lord God made them all.

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

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.

Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark
Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home;

‘Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark

Our coming, and look brighter when we come.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with man. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

The earth trembled and a great rift appeared, separating the first man and woman from the rest of the animal kingdom. As the chasm grew deeper and wider, all the other creatures, afraid for their lives, returned to the forest -- except for the dog, who after much consideration leapt the perilous rift to stay with the humans on the other side. His love for humanity was greater than his bond to other creatures, he explained, and he willingly forfeited his place in paradise to prove it.

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

There's facts about dogs, and then there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts, and the humans have the opinions. If you want the facts about the dog, always get them straight from the dog. If you want opinions, get them from humans.

I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog -- completely exhausted after a hard day in the field -- limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.

Dogs . . . do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith.

Dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made.