Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf.
Calm assertive energy is the energy you project to show your dog you are the Pack Leader. Assertive does not mean angry or aggressive. Calm-assertive means always compassionate, but quietly in control.
Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.
Aggression is not a breed thing. It's a state of mind, and it comes from how the human is with the dog. There are four levels of energy, regardless of the breed: low, medium, high, very high. The idea is to get a dog in your same level or lower than you.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
Whenever I've been bitten, it's because I made a mistake. I either misread the dog's body language or let my guard down at the wrong time.
Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook —BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail. I couldn't help but smile.
whereas the dog strives to lessen the distance between himself and man, seeks ever to be intelligent and intelligible, and translates into looks and actions the words he cannot speak, the cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
When I'm training a dog, I develop a relationship with that dog. He's my buddy, and I want to make training fun.
My Rottweiler really don't talk much. He just bites.
I love my dogs and I give them affection all the time but it has to be at the right time or they get confused.
If dogs talked, one of them would be president by now. Everybody likes dogs.
I named my dog Stay, so I can say, 'Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!
Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.
With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don't want to go out. He wants me to leave.
Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
Dogs bark at a person whom they do not know.
In the doggie dictionary, under "bow wow" it says, "See "arf arf.""
Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. I would rather train a striped zebra to balance an Indian club than induce a Dachshund to heed my slightest command. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. He even disobeys me when I instruct him in something he wants to do.
Dogs bark at what they don't understand.
Dog's listen, or appear to listen. I think they hear blah, blah, blah, FOOD, blah, blah, blah. They appear to be listening to you.
