Dog-loving Intellectual Gifts

"No, no, that's my copy of 'Being and Time'—look at the teeth marks along 'Heidegger'."

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

"I throw this ball, you go get it and bring it back — everything else will fall into place."

"Ever feel like even when you're barking at something you're still barking at nothing?"

In life there are things we cannot understand � the words 'get down,' invisible fences, cats...

'A bone is a bone is a bone...'

"The universe must love dogs - otherwise, why would sticks just fall from the sky?"

"May you love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, and chase squirrels at the speed of light."

Shepherd, Herder, Hunter, Thinker.

"I do what they tell me, I eat what they give me. How do I know they're not a cult?"

'Instead of throwing sticks, why don't we sit down and tackle some sudoku?'

"If you could live your life all over again, what dead animals would you roll in?"

Noah's Ark Book Shop has two doggie doors.

I bark and bark and bark. . . Therefore I am.

"Great - Now what would be the second thing you'd do if you had opposable thumbs?"

"Now that's art!"

'I can't come out to play, I have to help my owner work on his bike. Sometimes it sucks being a smart breed.'

"Well, there goes your theory of him thinking of you as his pack leader."

Cat reading Rommel biography.

'Satchel, life is like a can of tuna...'

"He's obedient as long as my requests align with his internal moral imperatives."

'Oh my God, dog biscuits are down!'

Woman Walking a Trojan Horse

The question is, where does want to go for a walk end and need to go for a walk begin? Existentialist dogs.

K9 Litterati.

When dogs appear to be deep in thought.

"Tonight... Hemingway."

"Why so sad, Pal?"

"This ham bone did not have much meat on it by the time I met it, but it tasted of meat, and for that I am eternally grateful."

Hemingway's dog meets Faulkner's Dog.

'I bark, eat, sleep, bark, eat, sleep, bark, eat, sleep! There has to be more than that!'

"What truth can there be, if there is only death?" "Too early for Tolstoy."

"The question should be, do PEOPLE go to heaven?"

Oh, jeez, I should remember this guy! How do I sniff him without him knowing I'm sniffing him?

"I disagree. I think we're ninety percent breeding and ten percent grooming."