If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear read more

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.

He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup.

He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup.

Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world, the one read more

Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts
him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his
dog.
- George Graham Vest, Eulogy on the Dog,

There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.

There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.

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.

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

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.