NYC Dog Walkers
Doggy Wisdom
Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses. Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend. I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl. A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them. They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. When a man’s best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s. I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes. My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That’s almost $7.00 in dog money. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace. Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around. The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. “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.” |
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A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.