Donald McCaig Quotes

Humans have externalized their wisdom-stored it in museums, libraries, the expertise of the learned. Dog wisdom is inside the blood and bones.

People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the trainer's shelf, untouched, unused. The sheepdog is shown its possibilities, he learns what life is like for a good dog and is invited to walk in a rational world whose farthest boundaries are defined by grace.

More often than we care to admit, inconsequential decisions change our lives.

There is no more off-leash reliable, calm, sophisticated, go-with-you-anywhere dog than a trained sheepdog.

Hell yes! Gentle birth’s got to be good for something!

I have a writer’s concentration: intense, but flickering.

It has been 20,000 years since man and dog formed their partnership.