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Who finds me out both far and near
Tracing my footsteps everywhere
And when I whistle's sure to hear
My Rover.
John Clare (1793 - 1864)
Women and cats will do as they please, and men
and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Robert Heinlein
Is it not rather pleasant in these days of popularisation and
advertisement to reflect that somewhere in the still romantic North of these islands the Scottish farmer privately tramps the hills with his dog at heel or ranging at command, and no thought of registration with an unknown organisation in London?
How greatly I prefer this proud reticence to the glossy-magazine fashionable miniature poodle who tops the list with 23,000 registrations!
Victoria Sackville-West Faces
God...sat down for a moment when the dog was finished in order to watch it...and to know that it was good - that
nothing was lacking, that it could not have been made better.
Rainer maria Rilke
There's just something about dogs that makes us feel good. You come home, they're thrilled to see you. They're good for the ego.
Janet Schnellmain
Fossil remains from the early Bronze Age, around 65000 years
ago have made it possible to identify five major groups of early dogs; Mastiffs, Greyhounds, Sheepdogs, Pointers and wolf-like
dogs. Selective breeding and natural genetic mutation in these
five groups produced the hundreds of breeds in existence today.
The Dog Lovers Companion by Richard Dawes
I know that dogs are pack animals, but it is difficult to imagine a pack of standard poodles...and if there was such a pack of standard poodles, where would they rove to? Bloomingdales?
Yvonne Clifford, American actress
A watchdog is a dog kept to guard your house, usually by sleeping where a burglar would awaken the household by falling over him.
Anonymous
In 1938 Eric Knight published a short story in the Saturday Evening Post about a Collie who makes an epic journey of hundreds of miles, suffering misfortune and harsh treatment along the way, to find her original owner, young Joe, whose father had sold her when he lost his job.
So popular was the story that two years later the author published it as a book, which before long had appeared in 25 languages. The touching story of devotion, exceptional even for a dog, inspired the 1943 film Lassie Come Home and it's sequels, as well as much-loved radio and television series.
Pal, a male, played the title role in Lassie Come Home,
when the female who was to play the part began to moult
during the filming, which was taking place in Summer.
This was the start of a successful career for Pal, who appeared in seven of the eight Lassie films, the last of which was The Magic of Lassie (1978).
Richard Dawes
Dogs come when they're called. Cats take a message and get back to you.
Mary Bly
Old age means realizing that you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.
Joe Gores
There is no faith which has never yet been
broken except that of a truly faithful dog.
Konrad Lorenz
A good dog never dies, he always stays beside you on crisp autumn days. When frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near, his head is within our hand in his old way.
Mary Carolyn Davies
These dog pages are dedicated to the memory
of my dear Patch.
James Collins March 2003