{"quotes":[{"text":"Often, when a human suffers through major emotional traumas, a lack of well being follows if their feelings about the trauma are not completely expressed. When the trauma is severe and the suffering is continuous, their animal companion’s condition may deteriorate too.","author":"Colleen M. Flanagan","tags":["animals","canines-care","dogs","holistic-well-being","human-well-being","mind-body-connection","mind-body-spirit","natural-healing","pets"],"id":1331,"author_id":"Colleen+M.+Flanagan"},{"text":"You’ve one mark on your record,” Tamas said. “You once punched a na-baron in the face. Broke his jaw. Tell me about that.”Olem grimaced. “Officially, sir, I was pushing him out of the way of a runaway carriage. Saved his life. Half my company saw it.”“With your fist?”“Aye.”“And unofficially?”“The man was a git. He shot my dog because it startled his horse.”“And if I ever have cause to shoot your dog?”“I’ll punch you in the face.”“Fair enough. You have the job.","author":"Brian McClellan","tags":["dogs","honesty","promise-of-blood","punched-in-the-face"],"id":1346,"author_id":"Brian+McClellan"},{"text":"My dog is half pit-bull, half poodle. Not much of a watchdog, but a vicious gossip!","author":"Craig Shoemaker","tags":["dogs"],"id":1929,"author_id":"Craig+Shoemaker"},{"text":"If I had a bad day, which, now that I ran my own life, was a helluva lot less than the old days, I sat on the floor with Houdini, placed a hand on his broad head, and soaked up endless doggy wonder. A full stomach, a well-chewed toy, a soft couch—through a dog’s eyes, that was a true glory that couldn’t be matched, the only heaven in existence. I missed the furball, missed him like crazy.","author":"Rob Thurman","tags":["dogs","rob-thurman"],"id":2287,"author_id":"Rob+Thurman"},{"text":"You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!","author":"Harry Truman","tags":["backstabbing","dogs","egotism","faithfulness","friends","friendship","humor","political-humor","politics","sarcasm"],"id":2473,"author_id":"Harry+Truman"},{"text":"Nimrod began to understand that what he was experiencing was, in spite of its appearance of novelty, something which had existed before–many times before. His body began to recognize situations, impressions, and objects. In reality, none of there astonished him very much. Faced with new circumstances, he would dip into the fount of his memory, the deep-seated memory of the body, would search blindky and feverishly, and often find ready made within himself a suitable reaction: the wisdom of generations, deposited in his plasma, in his nerves. He found actions and decisions of which he had not been aware but which had been lying in wait, ready to emerge.","author":"Bruno Schulz","tags":["dogs","instinct"],"id":2858,"author_id":"Bruno+Schulz"},{"text":"Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.","author":"Agnes Sligh Turnbull","tags":["dogs"],"id":7333,"author_id":"Agnes+Sligh+Turnbull"},{"text":"After his dinner, the wolfhound liked to prowl the grounds, sniffing the grass to learn what creatures of field and forest had recently visited. The yard was Merlin's newspaper.","author":"Dean Koontz","tags":["dogs"],"id":8078,"author_id":"Dean+Koontz"},{"text":"Dogs are happy with few things because they have already observed man who is unhappy with many things!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["dogs"],"id":8515,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"I always splash on the cologne before a blind date because dogs can smell fear.","author":"Josh Stern","tags":["blind-date","cologne","dogs","fear","humor"],"id":9479,"author_id":"Josh+Stern"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":693,"pages":70,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}