“I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon.”
Country Living“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.”
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.”
Country Living“Over the years I have felt the truest, purest love—the love of God, really, I imagine that’s what God’s love feels like—is the love that comes from your dog.”
“If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.”
Country Living“Every dog must have his day.”
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.”
Country Living“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.”
“What do dogs do on their day off? Can’t lie around—that’s their job.”
Country Living“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
“Dogs are our link to paradise.”
Country Living“Did you know that there are over 300 words for love in canine?”
“There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog.”
Country Living“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.”
“My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.”
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.”
“Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.”
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.”
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.”
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater“No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.”
Ashley Leath is the Copy/Research Editor for Country Living and Veranda magazines. She also organizes the Country Living Front Porch Book Club and Veranda Sip & Read Book Club.
