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Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress.
Oct 1, 2025
It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.
The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind
If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.
No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
People who keep dogs live longer on average than those who do not. This is not some kind of pro-canine campaigning fantasy. It is a simple medical fact that the calming influence of the company of a friendly pet animal reduces blood pressure and therefore the risk of heart attack.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.
I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.
I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.
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.
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat.
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild ... they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
I don't have a hands - on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I'm kind to them, but there's no special bond between me and other animals...
Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.
One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals.
Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.
A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.
No one in the world needs a mink coat but a mink.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.