When an animal dies, it gives you the chance to love another animal. That's an insightful and profound way to look at… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Lifetime dogs intersect with our lives with particular impact; they're dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable, ways. — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life. — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the animal you love move inexorably… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that an animal can take on the sophisticated task of deciding to end his life and to communicate… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“That, even with imperfect masters, the canine soul is pure, loyal, and dependable.” — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Dogs are born knowing exactly what they want to do: eat, scratch, roll in disgusting stuff, sniff and squabble with other dogs,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Owners sometimes think their dogs have already suffered so much that they couldn't possibly inflict any more criticism. Yet it's that very… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Owners who buy aggressive dogs for security may be kidding themselves: The chances that the victim of a fatal dog attack will… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Dog rescue remains a gamble, of course. For all the good will, hard work, and noble motivation, nobody can really predict with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“Learning what really makes a dog like him tick had forced me to grasp more about what made me tick. I often… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
A good breeder or experienced rescue agency wants you to prove that you'll be a capable caretaker. The interrogation and screening can… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are small amateur operations run out of garages and back yards.… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“It inspires a bit of awe to see working dogs really do their jobs, to see thousands of years of history, instinct,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
The Perfect Dog is an enticing fantasy pooch. It's the dog that instantly learns to pee outdoors, never menaces or frightens children,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It's easy to see why dog rescue is a mushrooming culture. Turning a troubled person's life around is difficult, but rescuers with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“The true heart of Carolyn's farm was her kitchen, where sausages and pungent dog treats lay scattered over they counters, along with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“She lived upstairs in the farmhouse; guests and visitors occupied the B&B rooms downstairs. She kept crates tucked all over the house,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
I'm always happy when people choose to get another dog because it's a healthy and healing thing to do, and there are… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. No animal of mine… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't want to own a dog that inspires fear. I choose my dogs carefully, have their temperaments observed and evaluated,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Kids leave us and go off on their own lives. Family members tell us what they think of us. Animals can't do… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
We are human, and we suffer, and unlike the animals on the farm, we are self-aware, and we know that we suffer,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do. It's one reason… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose them. It's helpful… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Dogs are not 'people' of another species. They are another species. To train and care for them properly, to show them how… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who has always struggled with emotions and revealing them. When my dog Orson died, I did this… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
When you write about animals, of course, you are really writing about the people who love and live with them. Animals mirror… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“The relationship between a dog and a human is always complicated. The two know each other in a way nobody else quite… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Goats are the cable talk show panelists of the animal world, ready at a moment's notice to interject, interrupt, and opine. They… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
I think of animals more as spirits that come and go. They enter our lives at a particular time and they leave… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Bites are usually not random attacks by strays. The great majority of biting dogs belong to a family member or friend of… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting. They're not lying there thinking 'How could… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability… — Jon Katz Copy Share
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with ethical consequences.… — Jon Katz Copy Share
If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose them. It's helpful when you… — Jon Katz Copy Share
Personally, I don't want to own a dog that inspires fear. I choose my dogs carefully, have their temperaments observed and evaluated, train and… — Jon Katz Copy Share
Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling,… — Jon Katz Copy Share
“I am not mad here, but clear and calm. I am not transformed, but allowed to be wholly myself.I am isolated, but have never… — Jon Katz Copy Share
It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that… — Jon Katz Copy Share
Actual evil probably requires much more creativity, passion, and political ideology than anyone at or near the top of Microsoft seems to possess. — Jon Katz Copy Share
It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting. They're not lying there thinking 'How could you do… — Jon Katz Copy Share
“It inspires a bit of awe to see working dogs really do their jobs, to see thousands of years of history, instinct, and breeding… — Jon Katz Copy Share
“I am no theologian, and do not have the answers to these questions, and one of the reasons I enjoy the animals on the… — Jon Katz Copy Share
Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are small amateur operations run out of garages and back yards. Their members… — Jon Katz Copy Share
“That, even with imperfect masters, the canine soul is pure, loyal, and dependable.” — Jon Katz Copy Share
Lifetime dogs intersect with our lives with particular impact; they're dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable, ways. — Jon Katz Copy Share
I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose… — Jon Katz Copy Share
