Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses!

Who can go to a rodeo and then criticize the hunter? ... an expertly placed bullet would be the best gift a rodeo horse could receive.

Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.

We are the ones who have high blood pressure, ulcers, and heart attacks, not cats.

We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn't had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of us wouldn't soar if God had thought there was merit in the idea? So, when we see one of those great widespread pirates soaring across the grain of sea winds we thrill, and we long, and, if we are honest, we curse that we must be men every day. Why not one day a bird! There's an idea, now, one day out of seven a pirate in the sky. What puny power a man can attain by comparison. Compare a 747 with a bird and blush!

We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.

I always thought that my canine family tended to view me as the funny-looking two-legged dog who runs the can opener.