Rue McClanahan Quotes

I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.

I should get a dog. I would get a rescue dog. I like mutts; I don't care. I would probably get a three-legged dog no one else would want.

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.

Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.

If everyone took personal responsibility for their animals, we wouldn't have a lot of the animal problems that we do. I'm a big spay-and-neuter supporter. Don't have babies if you're not going to take care of those babies. We don't need more. We just need to take care of the ones we have. Take responsibility and breathe kindness.

It's aspirational for me. I've lived as a cat lady. I'm happy to be a cat lady. I'll continue to be a cat lady. Just bring them all to my house, and I'll keep them all, no problem.

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 really want a pet, and I really love animals.

I don't even have a dog.

Ooh..I want one" - Bex They're not puppies." -Cammie

I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.

If I'd find a dog, I'd try to find the owner, of course, but it was mine! I just can't live without them; I love them so much. I have cats, too. People call me all the time and say, 'We know of a couple of cats people don't care for,' and I say, 'Bring them!' That's it - two words. I'm always open for that.

If you guys are interested in getting any kind of animal, definitely go and adopt.

It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.

I think pets are a good thing, especially if you get them out of a shelter.

I would have 55 dogs if I could. I'm hoping one day to open my own shelter.

I love dogs. I absolutely adore them. When I'm teaching in Mexico, I rescue dogs from the streets and make my students adopt them.

I didn't grow up with pets, but I live alone and figured a dog might be good for me. His name is Drexl, and he's a shih-tzu.

I rescued a dog. It was a beautiful.

I have three dogs, a cat, fish. I'm a huge animal lover. They're amazing.

I have seven rescue dogs.

And I strongly believe people should rescue dogs, or, at the very least, listen to Bob Barker and have your pet spayed or neutered.

I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

I used to have two brown-coloured cats, who were brother and sister, called Bonzo and Bonzetta.

I couldn't imagine a home without animals.