Category Archives: dog quotes

Doggy quote of the month for August

Izzy at Jenny's October 2015

“I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren’t certain we knew better.”

– George Bird Evans, dog breeder (Old Hemlock line of English Setters ), author, artist (28 December 1906 – 5 May 1998)

Doggy quote of the month for July

“A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.”

Dog tail

– Karen Davison, trainer and author

Doggy quote of the month for June

Bill and Hilary Clinton

“He’s a hard dog to keep on the porch”

– Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on her husband Bill

Doggy quote of the month for May

“What do dogs do on their day off?  Can’t lie around – that’s their job!”

-George Carlin, comedian

Sid on sofa

Sid the Greyhound, photo by John Visser

Doggy quote of the month for April

‘The dog is man’s best friend.

He has a tail on one end.

Up in front he has teeth.

And four legs underneath.’

– Ogden Nash, American poet

Izzy at Groynes

 

Doggy quote of the month for March

“In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.”

– W.H. Auden, poet

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A dog’s prayer

A dog's prayer

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Doggy quote of the month for February

Martin Luther King

Doggy quote of the month for January

‘An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language’

– Martin Buber, philosopher 1878-1965

Greyhound

Happy New Year to all my readers and customers (past, present and future)!

Kathleen Crisley, specialist in dog massage, rehabilitation and nutrition/food therapy, The Balanced Dog Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand

Doggy quote of the month for December

My own dog gone commercial

“My own dog…gone commercial. I can’t stand it!”

–  Charlie Brown, owner/guardian of Snoopy