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Additional Pages:	Dog Literature: For Fun, Inspiration, and Education Things We Can Learn From A Dog: Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joy ride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy. When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. When it's in your best interest, practice obedience. Let others know when they've invaded your territory. Take naps and stretch before rising. Run, romp, and play daily. Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not. If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently. Thrive on attention and let people touch you. Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. On hot days, drink lots of water and lay under shady trees. When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body. No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout...run right back and make friends. Bond with your pack. Delight in the simple joy of a long walk. If you stare at someone long enough, eventually you'll get what you want. Don't go out without ID. When you do something wrong, always take responsibility (as soon as you're dragged out from under the bed!) If it's not sloppy, it's not a real kiss. If at first you don't succeed, whine real loud. Don't settle for cheap food. Play nicely with others, but remind them that it's your toy. Rainy days are best spent indoors. When a loud thunderstorm comes at night, and the ones you need to impress with your bravery are asleep, it's okay to hide under the bed. DOGS LIVE HERE If you don't want to be greeted with paws and swinging tails don't come inside because dogs live here. If you don't like the feel of a cold nose or a wet tongue, don't come inside because dogs live here. If you don't want to step over many scattered toys, don't come inside because dogs live here. If you think that a home ought to smell of perfume, don't come inside because dogs live here. If you don't mind all of this, you will be instantly loved when you come inside, because dogs live here. Author Unknown A DOG SITS WAITING A dog sits waiting in the cold autumn sun Too faithful to leave, too frightened to run. He's been there for days now with nothing to do, But sit by the road, waiting for you. He can't understand why you left him that day. He thought you and he were stopping to play. He's sure you'll come back, and that's why he stays How long will he suffer? How many more days? His legs have grown weak, his throat parched and dry. He's sick now from hunger and falls, with a sigh. He lays down his head and closes his eyes. I wish you could see how a waiting dog dies. By: Kathy Flood Winter Of Life Lord, he is old and weakened, He walks where he used to run, In his youth he was always a happy dog, Now he sleeps his days away in the sun. Please make his trail mostly level As he travels these last few miles, Provide shade away from the heat of day Where he can stop and rest for awhile. If it rains let the drops be gentle, If it blows let the breeze be warm, Let the winter of life be kind, Provide shelter and keep him from harm. Please Lord, if he must suffer, Give the pain and hurting to me, He has been thru lifes raging waters, As only a mans dog can be. He doesnt deserve to be hurting, He has lived a hard and long time, I hope as he leaves he'll be knowing Your love, as he has always known mine. I raised him, Lord, from a puppy We have followed some rough rocky trails, Please Lord, Make this last trail gentle, As he come to where love never fails. Author Unknown Dog Quotes "Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant." - Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." - Gene Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In dog years, I'm dead." - Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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." - Dave Barry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of fun out of owning one. - Andrew A. Rooney. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." - Aldous Huxley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. - Max Eastman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives." - Sue Murphy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you think dog's can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them." - Phil Pastoret -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." - August Strindberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." - Fran Lebowitz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog." -The Cockle Bur -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul-chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" - Anne Tyler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." - Rita Rudner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why. - National Enquirer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals. - James Thurber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, but very, very few persons will." - James Thurber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets." - Nora Ephron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." - Ann Landers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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, Taipei, Taiwan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!" - Dr. Tom Cat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." - Edward Abbey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it." - Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." - Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." - Christopher Morley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." - Josh Billings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Man is a dog's idea of what God should be." - Holbrook Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane." - Smiley Blanton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts." - John Steinbeck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We give them the love we can spare, the time we can spare. In return dogs have given us their absolute all. It is without a doubt the best deal man has made." - Roger Caras -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trust Unlike people, dogs don't smile and then go off and talk about you. Dogs don't seem to trust you while they doubt you Dogs don't follow you to pry And find you out and gossip loudly They follow you to keep close by and proudly With dogs, I swear it never fails (And you have doubtless seen it) When dogs look up and wag their tails - They mean it! - Anon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you can Start the day without caffeine Get going without pep pills Always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains Resist complaining and boring people with your troubles Eat the same food every day and be grateful for it Understand when your loved one is too busy to give you any time Take criticism and blame without resentment Ignore a friend's limited education and not correct her Resist treating a rich friend better than a poor one Face the world without lies or deceit Conquer tension without medical help Relax without the aid of drugs Say honestly that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, colour or religion, Then, my friend, you are almost as good as your dog! - Anon A Pets Prayer Treat me kindly, my beloved master, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me. Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between the blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me do. Speak to me often, for your voice is the worlds sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear. When it is cold and wet, please take me inside, for I am now a domesticated animal, no longer used to the elements. And I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth. Though, had you no home, I would rather follow you through ice and snow than rest upon the softest pillow in the warmest home in all the land, for you are my god and I am your devoted worshipper. Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for although I should not reproach you were it dry, I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst. Feed me clean food, that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side, and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life should your life be in danger. And, beloved master, should the great Master see fit to deprive me of my health or my sight, do not turn me away from you. Rather, hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest --- and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I drew, my fate was ever safest in your hands. by: Beth Norman Harris Sleeping with your Dog Now I lay me down to sleep, The king-size bed is soft and deep. I sleep right in the center groove My human being can hardly move! I've trapped her legs, she's tucked in tight And here is where I pass the night No one disturbs me or dares intrude Till morning comes and "I want food!" I sneak up slowly to begin my nibbles on my human's chin. She wakes up quickly, I have sharp teeth- I'm a puppy, don't you see? For the morning's here and it's time to play I always seem to get my way. So thank you Lord for giving me This human person that I see. The one who hugs and holds me tight And shares her bed with me at night! Unknown	Ten Commandments of Owning a Pet I. My life is likely to last ten to fifteen years. Any separation from you will be painful for me. Remember that before you acquire me. II. Give me time to understand what you want from me. III. Place your trust in me. Remember that before you acquire me. IV. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, and your entertainment. I ONLY HAVE YOU. V. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don't understand your words, I understand your voice when it is speaking to me. Be aware that however you treat me I will never forget. VI. Remember before you hit me that I have teeth that can easily crush the bones in your hand, but I choose not to bite you. VII. Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I don't understand what you ask of me or perhaps I am not feeling well, not getting the right food, been out in the sun too long, or my heart is getting old and weak. VIII. Take care of me when I get old, you too will grow old. IX. Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say " I can't bear to watch," or "let it happen in my absence." EVERYTHING is easier if you are there. X. REMEMBER, I LOVE YOU!! More Dog Quotes Famous Dog Quotes and Quotations Money will buy a pretty good dog but it won't buy the wag of his tail. - Josh Billings Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. - Mark Twain 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. - Samuel Butler Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves. - Clarence Day A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself. - Josh Billings Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. - George Eliot A dog's best friend is his illiteracy. - Ogden Nash The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic. - Henry Beecher Ward 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 What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, what counts is the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark TwainThe reason dogs have so many friends is because they wag their tails instead of their tongues. - Unknown There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog. - Konrad Z. Lorenz Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.- Agnes Repplier Dogs come when they are called. Cats take a message and get back to you. - Mary Bly Dogs look up to you. Cats look down on you. Give me a pig. He just looks you in the eye and treats you like an equal. - Winston Churchill The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. - Henry Ward Beecher If dogs could talk, perhaps we'd find it just as hard to get along with them as we do people. - Karel Caprek To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. - Aldous Huxley Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be. - Holbrook Jackson The more I see of the representatives of the people the more I admire my dogs. - Alphonse de Lamartine To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. - Aldous Huxley The Power Of The Dog There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie- Perfect passion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head. Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart for a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs To lethal chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find-it's your own affair- But.....you've given your heart to a dog to tear. When the body that lived at your single will, With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!); When the spirit that answered your every mood Is gone-wherever it goes-for good, You will discover how much you care, And will give your heart to a dog to tear. We've sorrow enough in the natural way, When it comes to burying Christian clay. Our loves are not given, but only lent, At compound interest of cent per cent. Though it is not always the case, I believe, That the longer we've kept 'em the more do we grieve; For, when debts are payable, right or wrong, A short-time loan is as bad as a long- So why in-Heaven (before we are there) Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear? By: Rudyard Kipling
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