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Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to...more

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Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But ...more

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This may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, to make us consider that we should trust our intui...more

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We were friends, never paramours. A lover who is enigmatic will most likely prove to be a cataclysm waiting to happen. But a charming friend whose usu...more

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May I tell you a wonderful truth about your dog? ... You have been given stewardship of what you in your faith might call a holy soul.

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May I tell you a wonderful truth about your dog? ... In our religion, we believe in reincarnation. We live many times, you see, always seeking to be w...more

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One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices, the battering events t...more

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When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations ...more

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Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.

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No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship yo...more

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Dogs needed no words to console you. Dogs were the ultimate practitioners of the therapy of touch. Dogs knew and accepted the hard realities of life t...more

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After his dinner, the wolfhound liked to prowl the grounds, sniffing the grass to learn what creatures of field and forest had recently visited. The y...more

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Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

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Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life--and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to s...more

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Years later, after other experiences with dogs, I wondered if their species were shaped and charmed to serve as four-legged guides able to assist in l...more