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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans.

I wish my kid would act like my dog sometimes. My dog listens to me and does what I tell him to do.

Training a dog, to me, is on a par with learning to dance with my wife or teaching my son to ski. These are fun things we do together. If anyone even talks about dominating the dog or hurting him or fighting him or punishing him, don't go there.

Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order.

Just being with dogs, I learned their ways and began to appreciate things from their point of view.

Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.

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.

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.