Dogs have been a part of my life, for all of my life. I love dogs. They are seriously the most amazing creatures on this planet. They love you, unconditionally. They are always happy to see you, whether it’s been 5 minutes or 5 days. They don’t know how to stay mad at you when they love you. That’s why my dog and I are a package deal, and anyone who knows me, knows that. My boyfriend knows that if he wants a future with me, that includes my dog. Fortunately for me, he’s the same with his dog. Not everyone gets that, but for dog lovers, they understand. Here are 35 quotes that capture what it is to love a dog.
1. “When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit in your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.”
-Kristan Higgans
2. “If I could be half the person my dog is, I’d be twice the human I am.”- Charles Yu
3. “Happiness is a warm puppy” – Charles M. Schulz
4. “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”- Josh Billings
5. “Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole.”- Rodger A. Caras
6. “It’s just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn’t it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal”- Josh Grogan
7. “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing for the mind and heart as deep mediation, and almost as good for the soul as prayer.”- Dean Koontz
8. “Dog do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”- Orhan Pamuk
9. “The greatest 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.” – Samuel Butler
10. “After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of his ear is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.”-unknown
11. “I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.” – John Steinbeck
12. “Once I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, ‘Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs’.”- C.S. Lewis
13. “I have found when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.” – Doris Day
14. “Some people will never understand how much I love my dog, but that’s okay. My dog knows.”-unknown
15. “God couldn’t be physically with us so he gave us dogs.. and notice dog spelled backwards is God and they both love unconditionally.”
16. “Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” – Kinky Friedman
17. “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” -Charles de Gaulle
18. “The average dog has one request to humankind. Love me”.- Helen Exley
19. “Nobody can fully understand love unless the are owned by a dog.”- unknown
20. “Show a dog an ounce of love and he’ll be your friend for life” .-Stuart and Linda Macfarlane
21. “Dogs, once they love, they love steadily, unchangingly, till their last breath.” – Elizabeth Von Arnim
22. “The only creatures who are evolved enough to show pure love are dogs and infants.” -Johnny Depp
23. “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”- Anatole France
24. “Not every person knows how to love a dog, but every dog knows how to love a person.”- unknown
25. “No one on earth will love you more, be more patient with your moods, or keep your secrets better than your dog.”- unknown
26. “What a beautiful world it would be if people had hearts like dogs.”-unknown
27. Dog has given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for table scraps. This is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. -Roger Caras
28. “Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.” – W.R. Purche
29. “Sometimes your don’t need words to feel better, you just need the nearness of your dog.” -Natalie Lloyd
30. “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” Andy Rooney
31. “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s”- Mark Twain
31. “Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog.”- Charles F. Duran
32. “Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t even know we had.”
-unknown
33. “Dogs’ lives are to short. Their only fault really.” – Agnes Sligh Turnbull
34. “Dogs don’t feel sorry for themselves. They adapt, carry on, and teach us to live in the moment.”
– Caesar Millan
35. “Men have come and gone, and being in love is great, but nothing will ever compare to the love I have shared with my dogs.” – Lisa Prosen