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Quotables"Where in
the world is nobility found without conceit? Where is there friendship without envy? Where
is beauty without vanity? Here one finds gracefulness coupled with power, and strength,
tempered with gentleness. A constant servant yet no slave. A fighter ever without
hostility."
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make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they'll treat you like dogs." -- Martha Scott Dogs are
getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer." What gives dog's their cold wet noses? According to
tradition, a dog saved by Noah discovered a leak in the ark. The loyal dog plugged the
leak (and saved the ark) by sticking his nose into the hole. This selfless act has chilled
the dog's nose forever....That story may not be true, but it captures the essence of our
relationship with dogs. 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. The more I see of men, the more I like my dog We see how he is at once in a world of smells of
which we know nothing, which so occupy and absorb his attention as to make him practically
blind to everything about him and deaf to all sounds, even to his master's voice
impatiently calling him. Teach a dog with praise, and you'll have a dog that
is willing to please you. Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings;
they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time. There is no faith which has never yet been broken,
except that of a truly faithful dog. Dogs love company. They place it first in their
short list of needs. A dog can never tell you what she knows from the
smells of the world, but you know watching her, that you know almost nothing. All knowledge, the totality of all questions, is
contained in the dog. We are in luck if, in training a dog, we can use
his instincts as a basis for what we require. For the more instinctive an action is, the
more reliable it will be. The key element of a correction is suprise, not
pain. Dogs live with man as courtiers round a monarch,
steeped in the flattery of his notice and enriched with sinecures. To push their favor in
this world of pickings and caresses is, perhaps, the business of their lives; and their
joys may lie outside. The First Bitch Amendment to Canine Hierarchical
Law: "I have it and you don't." As a breed, [Alaskan] Malamutes are noted for their
biting, litotic sarcasm.
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