Brilliant dog quotes! Enjoy this collection of quotes and proverbs about dogs. Dog owners will especially relate to heart-warming and fun dog quotes.
| “A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” ~Robert Benchley
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” ~Harry S Truman |
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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. ~Ben Williams
“Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot about puppies.” ~Gene Hill “Happiness is a warm puppy.” ~Charles M. Schulz |
| “No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as a dog does.” ~Christopher Morley
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” ~Ann Landers “My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.” ~Author Unknown “My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet.” ~Edith Wharton |
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“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” ~Roger Caras
“A DOG owns NOTHING, yet is seldom dissatisfied.” ~Irish Proverb
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| “Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” ~Franklin P. Jones
“To be followed home by a stray dog is a sign of impending wealth.” ~Chinese Proverb “A dog wags his tail with his heart.” ~Martin Buxbaum “Dogs lives are too short…their only fault, really.” ~Agnes Sligh Turnbull |
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“One dog barks at something. And a hundred dogs bark at the sound.” ~Chinese Proverb
“If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t either.” ~Unknown “Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” ~Franklin P. Jones |
| “If your dog is fat, you aren’t getting enough exercise.” ~Unknown
“A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk”. ~O.A. Battista “Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend.” ~Corey Ford |
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| “No matter what the problem in life dogs are the answer… Did you lose your job? Horrible. But that just means you have more time to spend at home with your dog… Your dog doesn’t need a master with a big job. He needs a friend… Take the first step to recovery right now: Get a dog.” ~Ben Stein |
| “If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.” ~Fran Lebowitz
“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.” ~Ogden Nash “Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window.” ~Steve Bluestone |
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If you have any other favorite dog quotes, please share them with us in a comment below. Thank you!
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Outside of a dog, a book is Man’s best friend. And inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
– Groucho Marx
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog” – Mark Twain
One more! “Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” by Mark Twain
“She is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are her life, her love, her leader. She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart. You owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion.” – Unknown
Great quotes everyone, thanks for adding them. Always looking for more!