272 Quotes About Pets

I nearly tripped over Stieglitz, my dog, a forty-pound black-and-white keeshond (pronounced caze-hawnd) furball. He lunged at me with unbridled glee because the mere sight of my presence always made his day. It's important to have a dog. Dogs love unconditionally. (Thwonk)

Who doesn't know that the dog is the epitome of devotion? But it's this devotion to humans, so instinctual that it's given freely even to persons who are unworthy of it, that has made me prefer cats. Give me a pet that can get along without me.

I have a crippling fear of being without a dog.

Dogs know what’s in the air.

Every pet is a broken heart until you end up with the ones that will outlive you.

I think of Java today, not as a dog that simply existed in my family, died and was buried, but as a friend that brought me immense pleasure and unconditional love over the years.

Animals are a window to your soul and a doorway to your spiritual destiny. If you let them into your life and allow them to teach you, you will be better for it.

Certain of a far deeper story of existence that poetically reveals priorities and values and truth, I knew this was the sweet spot for inspired decision-making. -- Daisy A. Hickman

Something unites us, willingly or otherwise, with animals; studying us closely, they 'get us'. Perceiving what words fail to convey, gradually, our words also begin to take on value--they listen, learn, try to understand, and respond. But our real intentions are assuredly revealed by tone of voice, behavior, and history together.