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The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.

It may take practice to think more positively and more compassionately, but just as you must train a puppy to behave the way you want it to, you must train your mind to behave itself. Otherwise, like the puppy, your mind will just make a lot of messes.

You can look at your dog and see that it's thinking and has strong feelings. And if it does, so do wolves. And if wolves do, so do elephants. People aren't the only beings that think and feel.

People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.

You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.

I would like to visit a dog's mind to know what he's thinking and feeling.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.