Some of the 14 quotes here are about rescuing dogs, from the people who rescued them. The others are about selecting dogs, or how dogs select us.
She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
Lloyd Alexander
I very much believe in rescuing animals, not buying them.
Candice Bergen, on finding her dog, Lois, a terrier/basset hound mix
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw)
"Hi," I said. She came over, licked my hand discreetly, allowed herself to be scratched for a time, chased her tail in a dignified circle, lay down again. I remember thinking: "There are times God puts a choice in front of you." I often had such thoughts back then. We took the dog.
Stanley Bing
I am joy in a wooly coat, come to dance into your life, to make you laugh!
Julie Church
I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep.
Laura Dern, on the impact the 1994 Northridge earthquake in LA had on dogs, and how she saved one of them.
From behind a wooden crate we saw a long black-muzzled nose poking round at us. We took him out — soft, wobbly, tearful; set him down on his four, as yet not quite simultaneous legs, and regarded him. He wandered a little round our legs, neither wagging his tail nor licking at our hands; then he looked up, and my companion said: "He's an angel!"
John Galsworthy
You paused outside to look into my cage. I tried to play it right, wanting to catch your eye with a shy glint in my own, a soft bark, that said, "Choose me," in a canine grammar I hoped you'd understand.
R.S. Jones, his account of his dog Scout's adoption from a shelter
Thank God I got the rejects. These animals are very, very affectionate.
Eartha Kitt, about her two poodles, who weren't up to the breeder's "standards"
I was in New York and I walked into this pet store and came out with a dog.
Beverly Mitchell
Although it's a humorous quote, Ms. Mitchell's quote can be misunderstood as an endorsement for spur-of-the-moment dog selection. Most such selections rarely work out, I'd hazard to say. Thanks to Janet, a Basset Hound Rescue Volunteer and Foster Mom, for brining this to my attention.
A dog is for life, and not just for Christmas.
National Canine Defense League slogan
Any man with money to make the purchase can become dog's owner. But no man — spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort — may become a dog's Master without the consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.
Albert Payson Terhune
There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.
Angus Young
Don't litter. Spay & neuter your pets.
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