Dog Wisdom

Dog, a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. - Ambrose Bierce 

Dog Idiom

The best thing about a man is his dog. - French Proverb

Dog Idiom

You do not own a dog, the dog owns you. - Anonymous 

Dog Idiom

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. - Plato 

Dog Idiom

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. - Immanuel Kant 

Dog Idiom

If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the sky. - Proverb 

Dog Idiom

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as a dog does. - Christopher Morley 

Dog Idiom

I miss the wagging little tail;
I miss the plaintive, pleading wail;
I miss the wistful, loving glance;
I miss the circling welcome- dance.  - Henry Willett 

Dog Idiom

Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one. - Anonymous

Dog Idiom

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. - Robert Benchley 

Dog Idiom

Dogs are not are whole life, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras  

Dog Idiom

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. - Cowboy Wisdom 

Dog Idiom

Dog Idiom

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 

Dog Idiom

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.  - Colette 

Dog Idiom

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.  - Dereke Bruce 

Dog Idiom

J'embrsse mon chien sur la bouche! (I kiss my dog on the mouth) - Unknown 

Dog Idiom

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 

Dog Idiom

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.  You are his life, his love, his leader.  He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.  You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. - Unknown 

Dog Idiom

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. - Henry David Thoreau 

Dog Idiom

To err is human, to forgive is canine. - Unknown 

Dog Idiom

Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart. - Dorothy Hinshaw Patent 

Dog Idiom

A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature.  You can't get it by breeding it, and you can't buy it with money.  It just happens along.  - E. B. White 

Dog Idiom

Dogs are our link to paradise.  They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.  To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.  - Milan Kundera 

Dog Idiom

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. - Edith Wharton 

Dog Trivia

Did you know that dogs have helped in advancing the technology involved with robotics?  They have studied the adaptions of three-legged dogs in hopes to develop technology that would allow a disabled robotic device to maintain their functionality.

Dog Trivia

Winston Churchill was very fond of his poodle, Rufus.  Before guests would eat in Churchill's home, the butler had to feed Rufus first.

Dog Trivia

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a soft spot for his Scottish terrier, Fala.  Fala was accidently left behind on a family visit to the Aleutian islands.  President Roosevelt sent back ships in 1944 to rescue Fala, taxpayers were not happy about that expense.

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Dog Trivia

Dog grooming is nothing new it actually dates back to the 17th century.  There is a German sketch of a poodle in a very similar style popular to this day.

Dog Trivia

The Egyptians, Greeks, Persians and the Romans used dogs in battle.  The Romans formed entire battalions consisting of mastiffs with spiked collars and armor. 

Dog Trivia

Did you ever wonder where the phrase "dog days of summer," came from.  It actually refers to the placement of Sirius in the night sky.  In July and August Sirius rises and sets in coordination with the sun.  Sirius is the largest star in the Canis Major constellation.