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Quotes About Pups

One of the vilest secrets of the MacHeaths was that they would purposely maim young pups, hoping to gain a place in the Watch of the Sacred Volcanoes.
~ Kathryn Lasky
Damn the MacHeaths for their jealousies, their mutilation of young pups, and their alliances with devil owls.
~ Kathryn Lasky
They see a lot of pit bull pups at the RSPCA, her handler tells me. Why? "Because young guys have pit bulls and they are idiots and they don't desex their dogs.
~ David Marr
Infuse oxytocin into the brain of a virgin rat, and she'll act maternally—retrieving, grooming, and licking pups. Block the actions of oxytocin in a rodent mother,*23 and she'll stop maternal behaviors, including nursing. Oxytocin
~ Robert M. Sapolsky
Infuse oxytocin into the brain of a virgin rat, and she'll act maternally—retrieving, grooming, and licking pups. Block the actions of oxytocin in a rodent mother,fn6,23 and she'll stop maternal behaviors, including nursing.
~ Robert M. Sapolsky
The other package has pieces of dried stag stick. The pups like chewing on those." "What's a stag stick?" Meg asked, taking the packages. He stared at her for a moment. Then he put a fist below his belt and popped out a thumb. "Oh," Meg said. " Oh .
~ Anne Bishop
I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.
~ Tom T. Hall
Didn't even have to argue with her. She just told me she loved me and offered the back of her neck." He crossed his arms over his chest. "How many pups you got with Janie Mae now, Bubba Ray . . . and still she's as unmarked as a newborn babe. So which Smith has control of his female now, boy?
~ Shelly Laurenston
But if the wolves are too numerous, or food is scarce, the number of pups in a litter may fall to as few as one or two.
~ Farley Mowat
Following their skittish mother up into the tree line, the pups were nearly out of sight. I gave a quick whistle just to see what would happen; all but one scampered off. But the last dog on the hill stopped, gazed down at the road, then made a mad downhill dash toward us, as if recognizing someone.
~ Steve Duno
I came across many more such examples of bottom-up threats, endangering the youngest members of species ranging from wolverine cubs (whose parents are having trouble storing food in ice) to peregrine falcon chicks (which are catching hypothermia and drowning in unusual downpours) to Arctic ring seal pups (whose snowy birthing dens, like those of polar bears, are threatened).
~ Naomi Klein
But that means the pups are starving to death, too. Not just the big rats," said Gregor. "Doesn't that bother you?" "Of course it bothers me!" Mareth shook his head and sighed. "It is so hard for you to know what it is like for us here, Gregor.
~ Suzanne Collins
If instead you feed the wolf and tame him and turn his pups into your guard dogs, they will protect the flocks when the pack comes ravening.
~ George R.R. Martin
These are the stories that the Dogs tell when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north. Then each family circle gathers at the hearthstone and the pups sit silently and listen and when the story's done they ask many questions: "What is Man?" they'll ask. Or perhaps: "What is a city?" Or: "What is a war?
~ Clifford D. Simak