Quotes About Pets

Despite the gray in his beard, what I felt kept him young were the childhood hobgoblins he retained as pets: his fear of sharks, even in a swimming pool; his fear of mispronouncing "dour." He laughed each time he caught himself, and told me so.

They were more like the grown-up dog whose family loved it but had to move to an apartment in Korea (is it Korea?) where people sometimes eat dogs.

You really haven't lived until a dog has stepped on your face. I

There are several other members of my family — but they're not people. We've got a puppy named Shannon — she's a Bernese mountain dog, and she's going to be huge some day. And Boo-Boo is Watson's cat. He's old and fat and kind of mean — but he's still part of the family. Plus, Karen and Andrew have two goldfish, Crystal Light the Second and Goldfishie.

Do you have any pets?" asked Max. "Just a hamster. We used to have a cat, though." "We have a cat," said Amanda. "Her name is Priscilla. She's a snow-white Persian and she cost four hundred dollars." Four hundred dollars for a cat? I thought. Boy, you could get one free at a shelter. And you could certainly spend four hundred dollars on better things, like groceries.

Cat-food breath or not, I was thrilled to have Tigger back - and Logan, too.

We all love Louie, but David Michael has especially loved him, even as a baby, and he's always taken care of him. He's never complained about messy dog food cans or smelly flea collars. It was David Michael who discovered a rock song called "Brother Louie." (That's the one that goes "Louie, Louie, Louie, Lou-ee.") Whenever he plays it, the real Louie howls joyfully each time he hears his name.

Imani's sit command worked the first time for every dog except the bull terrier and the dachshund, who clearly had minds of their own. Britty finally sat, but she looked like a small coiled spring about to leap into the air. When Shug, the bull terrier, eventually responded to her owner's gentle pressure, she swung her back end around so that it rested on her owner's foot.

Everyone should have two or three hives of bees. Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils.

You call your child by the names of all your other children and finally the dog before you get to his.

Think careful, not cool. While driving, keep windows cracked but not wide open. Some people think that letting a dog hang their head out the window is cool, but it's dangerous. Dogs can get hurled from the car in an accident or have debris fly into their eyes, causing permanent damage.

Have a spray deterrents (like bitter apple) around the house to spray objects or furnishings that your puppy may show an interest in chewing. Remind everyone to spray the item, not the puppy.

Puppies, like people, are drawn to confidence, so you need to act with authority and self-assurance even if you have to fake it.

During an ordinary Quest day, a fifty-pound dog needs the caloric equivalent of twenty double cheeseburgers, and more if the temperature drops.

The small family living unit lacks space, Earth, other animals, seasons, natural temperatures, and so on. The pet is either sterilized or sexually isolated, extremely limited in his exercise, deprived of almost all other animal contact, and fed with artificial foods. This is the material process which lies behind the truism the pets come to resemble their masters or mistresses. They are creatures of their owners way of life.

Novels are about men and women and children and dogs, not politics.

Dogs were generally incompatible with melancholy.

You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed.

Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will take your number and get back to you. Maybe. If he's in a good mood.

Fireworks: we shoot them off gaily while our dogs hide under the bed. Philosophers are dogs!

Better to spend time to play with the DOG than to bell the CAT

Humanity is showing compassion for humans first , as merely keeping abandoned pet animals and displaying love via media for them is nothing but seeking publicity only.