Dog Behavior Quotes

We treat our dogs as if they were "almost human": that is why they really become "almost human" in the end.

Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog.

The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

Dogs are the magicians of the universe.

With a dog, people are not disciplined. They think that by spoiling a dog the dog is going to love them more. But the dog misbehaves more because they give affection at the wrong time.

Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won't get into trouble.

I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually.

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.

It's a big mistake when encyclopedias say "loyal" - this dog, this breed has this ability to be loyal, to be a one person dog. I don't agree with that. I think all dogs are honest, all dogs have integrity, all dogs are loyal and they're all capable of loving you. It doesn't come from the breed. It comes from the dog.

Oh, that dog! Ever hear of a German Shepherd that bites its nails? Barks with a lisp? You say, "Attack!" And he has one. All he does is piddle. He's nothing but a fur-covered kidney that barks.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

There are cases where the dog is not compatible to the house. There are people that don't have the strength. There are people who don't have the willpower, who are not active in the exercise world and they have a type of dog that requires a lot of exercise so that dog is not compatible with that environment. When I take the dog away from that environment, the dog changes.

In every country dogges bite.

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.

Dogs are obsessed with being happy.

Bites are usually not random attacks by strays. The great majority of biting dogs belong to a family member or friend of the victim. When a young child is the victim, the attack almost always occurs in the family home, and the perpetrator is usually a 'good' dog that had not previously behaved in a menacing way.

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

How nice of Acheron to send us a playmate. (Daimon) Play is for children and dogs. Now that you have identified which category you fall into, I'll show you what Romans do to rabid dogs. (Valerius)

Your tail, is becoming too heavy to wag.

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.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.