Canine Quotes
Here are a few Canine Quotes and poems, if you have any different ones, please email them to us and we will include them on this page.

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went - Will Rogers.
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
Now I lay me down to sleep, The king-size bed is soft and deep. 
I sleep right in the center groove My human being can hardly move!
I've trapped her legs, she's tucked in tight And here is where I pass the night.
No one disturbs me, or dares intrude. Till morning comes and "I want food!"
I sneak up slowly to begin, my nibbles on my human's chin.
She wakes up quickly, I have sharp teeth - I'm a puppy, don't you see?
For the morning's here and it's time to play, I always seem to get my way.
So thank you Lord for giving me, this human person that I see.
The one who hugs and holds me tight, and shares her bed with me at night!
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful - Ann Landers.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face - Ben Williams.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself - Josh Billings.
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person - Andy Rooney.
We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made - M. Acklam.
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate - Sigmund Freud.
Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog - Franklin P. Jones.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons - James Thurber.
If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise.
Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! - Anne Tyler.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea - Robert A. Heinlein.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man - Mark Twain.
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' - Dave Barry.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole - Roger Caras.
If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them - Phil Pastoret.
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.
A master who is firm and kind,
Who understands a doggie's mind. 
A walkie and a meal each day,
Is all I ask for when I pray.
He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me). When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant. His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever - in case I need him. And I expect I will - as I always have. He is just my dog - Gene Hill.
If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either.
The more people I meet the more I like my dog.
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one - Andy Rooney.
My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives - Rita Rudner.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog - Dwight D. Eisenhower.
I named my dog 'Stay'... so I can say 'Come here, Stay. Come here, Stay - Steven Wright.
Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs - Martha Scott.
Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail - Henry Wheeler Shaw.
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'

'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Gosh! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.
'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some iced water brought up at once.'

The man gestured, and the gate began to open. 'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked. 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence.

As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
'Excuse me!' he called to ! the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'
'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.
'There should be a bowl by the pump.'

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.

The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.
When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.    'This is Heaven,' he answered.

'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.' 'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'

'Doesn't it make you cross for them to use your name like that?'

'No, we're just happy that they screen out the people who would leave their best friends behind.'

O Lord, don't let me once forget,  how I love my trusty pet,
Help me learn to disregard,  canine craters in my yard,
Show me how to be a buddy,  even when my sofa's muddy,
Don't allow my pooch to munch,  postal carriers for lunch,
Shield my neighbour's cat from view,  guide my steps around the doo,
Train me not to curse and scowl,  when it's puppy's night to howl,
Grant I shan't awake in fear,  with a cold nose in my ear,
Give me patience without end,  my reward will be a loyal friend.