Dog Owners Quotes

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

All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.

What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.

Dogs love to go for rides. A dog will happily get into any vehicle going anywhere.

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.

It ought to be realized by all dog owners that obesity shortens a dog's life quite considerably, a life which is much too short anyhow.

There are dog people and cat people.

Another thing I take issue with are people who take their dogs on "play dates," or even worse, people who choose to dress their dogs up in outfits better suited for homosexuals participating in a gay pride parade. Dog costumes are right up there with something else I find particularly offensive: sweater vests.

I think I'm good at training dogs, but none of my dogs agree with me on that.

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster, and I love them to bits.

I love that there are beaches you can walk your dog on in San Francisco. Fort Funston is big and always packed with hundreds of dogs and their people. A great place to hike and get some exercise and fresh air with your well-mannered pup. Not recommended for antisocial dogs; there's just too much commotion there.

Winter near the shore is cold. The wind kicks up a salty mist and elephant seals come to shore to trumpet and rut and birth their pups. Retired people put sweaters on their lap dogs and drag them down the street on retractable leashes in a nightly parade of doggy humiliation. Surfers don their wetsuits against the chill of storm waves and white sharks adjust their diets to include shrink-wrapped dude-snacks on fiberglass crackers.

All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.

I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.

I don't think that the world would be a better place if everyone owned a dog, and I don't think that all relationships between dogs and their owners are good, healthy, or enriching.

For proof that our culture has gone to the dogs, look no further than the bizarrely parental ways many Americans talk about our furry friends.

For instance, it was very rare for anyone there with dogs to allow them into the house.

I love slippers, but I have five dogs. So unfortunately, I have a lot of single slippers.

People in this country, Britons, have a special relationship with dogs. And like the millions of dog owners across our great nation, my wife and daughters and I regard our dog as a treasured member of our family.

There are more dog owners in America than there are conservatives.

I don't always like walking down the street and making sure that I smile and say hello to everybody who's walking their dog in the opposite direction. But I do do it. And it's a small, tiny thing to do. But to me, it means 'I see you. You're not invisible to me.'

The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog's wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has it's own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It's like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you.