Quotes About Terhune

However things took an unexpected turn when, out of the blue, the host of the radio show asked me who I would consider to be the best dog fiction writer ever. I don't think I have ever been asked that question before, nor can I remember thinking about it seriously, however I knew what my answer would be immediately—Albert Payson Terhune. – Stanley Coren, 'The Best Dog Fiction Writer Ever? – Psychology Today online article.

Why, there's nothing to sneer at in mongrels, son. I once read an article by a man named Terhune, a read dog man. And he said there couldn't be a worse mistake then to sneer at the mongrel. Why, in his mind, the mongrel had more cleverness, more stamina, and sometimes more beauty than a purebred. And the only shame, he said, is the owner's failure to bring out his many fine traits.