quotes for our best friends

My family is first, of course. My husband Eddie is my heart and my very best friend. I am truly blessed. However, there are special friends in my life, and these are my dogs and cats and birds.
The birds were cockatoos named Chip and Dale. Dale would take showers with me every morning and greet everyone with a tweet. Our dogs have been many: Deno (killed by a car), Froggy (stolen), Ringer (snakebite), Lady (died of broken heart--missed us), Moe (died of old age 14), Maui (stolen), Milo (died of old age), Cleo (ran away to good family that loved her more than we did, I guess), Ripley (died of old age 15), and Cheech (died of old age 12). Our cats have been many as well: Gizmo (stolen), Goonie (who thought he was a dog and ran off Shepherds and Rottweilers!), L.K. (lived to be 18), Whiteout (killed by dogs), Bogey (killed by mountain lion), Emma Bean (died of kidney disease), and Wednesday June, a kitten that found us by following my son and his dog Milo, a 100# Lab, home one day. Wednesday is still with us, and she's 10 1/2 y.o. My son's dog Frauke (German for "little lady") is living with us. Wednesday and Frauke love my son and my husband best in that order, but when they are afraid or lonely or hungry or cold (and no one else is available), I am their 1st choice. LOL Each one was loved and cherished and ALL were rescues from cold streets, pounds, humane society, or cruel people.
I dearly miss each one of these joyous, special friends.

Here are the quotes--collected by my brother Matt:
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat doesthe same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
~Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you arewonderful.
~Ann Landers (1918 - 2002)
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. ~August Strindberg (1849 - 1912), A Madman's Diary, 1895
Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
~Bible, Matthew 15:27.
Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
~Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), (Snoopy)
A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. ~Irish Proverb
Who knew that dog saliva can mend a broken heart?
~Jennifer Neal, nakedjen, 07-22-08
Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to. ~Joe Gores
My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That'salmost $7.00 in dog money.~Joe Weinstein
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. ~John B. Bogart (1848 - 1921)
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.
~John Grogan, An Interview with John Grogan, 2008
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things -a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else,unwavering loyalty.
~John Grogan, Marley and Me, 2005
We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent on our dog and all the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day foryour return?
~John Grogan, Marley and Me, 2005
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
~Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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.
~Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.
~Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
~Peter Steiner, cartoon in The New Yorker, July 5, 1993
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
~Rita Rudner
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
~Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
~Roger Caras
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
~Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives.
~Sue Murphy