Farmers in overalls and wide-brimmed straw hats lounge about the store on hot summer days, when the most common sound is the thump...-thump-thump of a hound's leg on the floor as he scratches contentedly. Oldtime hunters say that fleas are a hound's salvation: his constant twisting and clawing in pursuit of the tormentors keeps his joints supple.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It ev...en shares your humour. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes l...ook human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
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.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »