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"If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer."
- Alfred North Whitehead
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"The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. . . .He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. . . .When all other friends desert, he remains."
-- George G Vest
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'An Introduction to Dogs'
"The dog is man's best friend.
He has a tail on one end.
Up in front he has teeth.
And four legs underneath."
- Ogden Nash
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The Dalmatian has filled many roles in its long history. It is a fine sporting dog, working before the gun as a pointer. It was a shepherd in its native Dalmatia (what was once Yugoslavia). It was, however, as a coaching guard that it reached its flowering. Trained to run underneath the carriage, the Dalmatian would dart out and protect the horses from stray dogs that menaced them, and conversely, the horses protected it. The Dalmatians ability to exactly match the horses pace let it slip between the moving feet to get away from a pack of curs. In the days when fire apparatus was pulled by horses, the Dalmatians were welcomed in the fire houses where they kept vermin at bay. Dalmatians were one of the first breeds exhibited at organized shows in the United States.
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The Dalmatian
A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog.
The children fell to discussing the dog's duties.
"They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No," said another, "he's just for good luck."
A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant."
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Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
-- Roger Caras
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Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching.
-- Rudyard Kipling
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A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.
-- O.A. Battista
