Dog Quotes

I think I'm going to start a new "feature" on this blog - dog quotes. I mean what is more important than a dog anyway? We are cooler than cool, you know.

• 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." - Gene Hill

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Someone finally understands my worth!

from the L.A. Times....

Chihuahuas top the list of most lavished dog breeds
1:18 PM, May 13, 2008

The size of a dog is apparently no indication of how much owners are willing to spend on it. Chihuahuas, the pint-size dog favored by celebutantes like Paris Hilton, topped the list of breeds that people spend the most money on, according to a study by a British insurance company. The Baltimore Sun's blog Mutts breaks it down:

Chihuahuas -- the breed favored by Paris Hilton and Britney Spears (who reportedly once treated her dog Bitbit to a $180 steak at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas) -- cost their owners about $197,000 each, much of that presumably in clothing, jewelry and other luxuries. The labrador, by comparison, has about $60,000 spent on it in the course of its life.

The study surveyed 3,000 dog owners in Great Britain and looked at the amount spent for vets, food, grooming, kennels and insurance, spread over the breed's average life expectancy. On average, the study said, a dog owner spends about $62,000 during its lifetime.

"Today's household pets are treated more like members of the family, and this attitude is reflected in the amount owners spend on their pets' lifestyle," Mike Pickard, head of pet insurance at esure, which conducted the study, tells the UK Daily Record.

The biggest expense of owning a dog, according to the study? Vet bills, followed by food and kennels.

And now, the company's list of the top 20 costliest breeds:

1. Chihuahua
2. Greyhound
3. Mastiff
4. Boxer
5. English setter
6. Doberman pinscher
7. Golden retriever
8. Poodle
9. Dalmatian
10. Great Dane
11. Whippet
12. Border collie
13. Dachshund
14. Pug
15. Bulldog
16. Beagle
17. Rhodesian ridgeback
18. Labrador
19. Spaniel
20. Jack Russell

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