Repetitive, forceful corrections had taught this gentle dog that at a specific spot the handler would always yank the lead. Thus, each time the Newf arrived at that point, she'd freeze for a beat and...
I believe it's our loss of connection with our instinctual side that prevents us from being effective pack leaders for our dogs. Perhaps it's also why we also seem to be failing at being positive guar...
You can know an animal - or a person, for that matter - in an instant, really, though your understanding can go on unfolding for years.
They began work at 5:30 and quit at 7 at night. Children six years old going home to lie on a straw pallet until time to resume work the next morning! I have seen the hair torn out of their heads by t...
MANY DOGS RUN WILD IN THE CITY.SOME ARE ABANDONED BY THEIR OWNERSAND OTHERS ARE BORN TO LOST DOGS.STRAYS HAVE A LIMITED LIFE EXPECTANCYEVEN WHEN THEY BAND TOGETHER IN PACKS.THEY ARE PREY TO DISEASE, P...
I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.
Years later, my wife, Ilusion, woke me up to the realization that you can't just "dump" your whole species simply because you've had a few bad encounters with some of its members. ... Intimacy's a gre...
I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.
Cynophilist: paradoxical being that often despises man and adores the dog, apparently, mainly because of the unconditional love that the latter has for the first.
Never did he fail to respond savagely to the chatter of the squirrel he had first met on the blasted pine.
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.
Dogs were not loyal but servile, that cats were opportunists and traitors,
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that posses...
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
One of the biggest myths debunked by science is that dogs see only in black and white. Contrary to that popular belief, dogs have dichromatic vision, meaning that they can see shades of yellow and blu...
I've changed my ways a little, I cannot nowRun with you in the evenings along the shore,Except in a kind of dream, and you, if you dream a moment,You see me there.
The next time you wish you could find the right words to say to someone who is hurting, just remember that dogs are a man's best friend without ever speaking a word to them. Simply be present and have...
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
Dogs are my favorite people.