Dog Ownership Quotes

I grew up on a farm. We had 11 dogs and, like, 1,500 cattle.

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

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.

For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

If you ever had a pet, with me it was a dog, with that sort of unconditional love that only dogs can give, people can't do that; that sort of thing where it's very powerful, it's kind of your first love and your first real relationship, and usually your first experience with death.

If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song 'Umbrella', could be with me at all times, that would make me happy.

I don't smoke, I try to eat right, and I love doing yoga and going for hikes with my dog.

I'm a lot less cranky when it's just me and my dog.

A dog wakens your heart to joy and companionship.

I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.

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.

I have a Yorkie named King. Just the relationship I've developed with him is special. He really is somewhat of a best friend. When I come home from a hard day, he's always happy to see me.

A house is not a home until it has a dog.

Take personal responsibility. A lot of people go, 'Well, I'll get a dog because I have a kid and a kid needs a dog.' And it doesn't work out for that dog and the dog is on the street.

. . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.

A lot of times, my best friend was my dog.

I've been on a dog-buying spree. I got two Yorkies and a small teacup Chihuahua.

None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.

I'm a grandmother with dogs and nice friends here in the Rocky mountains. Ever see the movie A River Runs Through It? That's where I live. It's beautiful, no two ways about it.

What's been good for the downtime is I got a dog. A little black lab. I've been training her, so she's kept me occupied.

I love dogs, but they are a big responsibility, and with four children, having one would be too much.

Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.