--- title: "Popular Dogs Words" description: "Browse 1,621 Dogs quotes by 1,151 authors. Discover the best Dogs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/rebel-wilson-8403_age_up-until-the-age-of-12-i-went-to-dog-sho_1932020.jpg" --- > [Up until the age of 12, I went to dog shows every weekend. Mum showed beagles. It's a really competitive and eclectic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebel-wilson/up-until-the-age-of-12-i-went-to-dog-shows-every-weekend-mum-showed/) [Rebel Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebel-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/rebel-wilson-8403_age_up-until-the-age-of-12-i-went-to-dog-sho_1932020.jpg) > [“Incrimination and heady elation, cutting capers in the misty vapours, havoc and ravage hurrah for the savage life precarious, life so various,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/incrimination-and-heady-elation-cutting-capers-in-the-misty-vapours/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/richard-adams-4326_age-life_incrimination-and-heady-elation-cutting_1340534.jpg) > [“Buy for me from the King's own kennels, the finest elk hounds of the Royal strain, male and female. Bring them back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/buy-for-me-from-the-king-s-own-kennels-the-finest-elk-hounds-of-the/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/virginia-woolf-49_deceit_buy-for-me-from-the-king-s-own-kennels-t_2215196.jpg) > [“You’ve one mark on your record,” Tamas said. “You once punched a na-baron in the face. Broke his jaw. Tell me about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ve-one-mark-on-your-record-tamas-said-you-once-punched-a-na-baron/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/brian-macclellan-156469_dogs_you-ve-one-mark-on-your-record-tamas-sai_683555.jpg) > [Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-williams/before-i-was-born-my-mom-and-my-dad-they-used-to-rescue-dogs-so-at/) [Maisie Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/maisie-williams-3935_ages_before-i-was-born-my-mom-and-my-dad-they_2886263.png) > [It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-katz/it-s-natural-canine-behavior-to-chew-on-all-sorts-of-things-roll-in/) [Jon Katz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-katz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/jon-katz-11360_absorb_it-s-natural-canine-behavior-to-chew-on_438130.jpg) > [Dogs are quick to show their affection. They never pout, they never bear a grudge. They never run away from home when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/dogs-are-quick-to-show-their-affection-they-never-pout-they-never/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/billy-graham-234_affection_dogs-are-quick-to-show-their-affection-t_2778071.png) > [“Then in a great crash they threw themselves to the floor, ears flopped down, the whites of their eyes showing, looking the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/then-in-a-great-crash-they-threw-themselves-to-the-floor-ears-flopped/) [Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/jeffrey-moussaieff-masson-2541_crash_then-in-a-great-crash-they-threw-themsel_272819.jpg) > [“Throughout Mesoamerica it was a common belief that a dog carried the soul of a newly deceased person across a body of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-eiler/throughout-mesoamerica-it-was-a-common-belief-that-a-dog-carried-the/) [Elizabeth Eiler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-eiler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/elizabeth-eiler-76540_afterlife_throughout-mesoamerica-it-was-a-common-b_626764.jpg) > [“Donkey had spoken to and petted dozens of dogs she'd seen jogging along the road or poking around for food at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-jo-campbell/donkey-had-spoken-to-and-petted-dozens-of-dogs-she-d-seen-jogging/) [Bonnie Jo Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-jo-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/bonnie-jo-campbell-9521_adopted_donkey-had-spoken-to-and-petted-dozens-o_2814788.jpg) > [I'm one of those people who has always struggled with emotions and revealing them. When my dog Orson died, I did this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-katz/i-m-one-of-those-people-who-has-always-struggled-with-emotions-and/) [Jon Katz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-katz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/jon-katz-11360_about_i-m-one-of-those-people-who-has-always-s_2400879.png) > [Dogs have always provided a special kind of love and companionship that I experience only some of the time with humans. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-gray/dogs-have-always-provided-a-special-kind-of-love-and-companionship/) [Linda Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/linda-gray-25839_animal_dogs-have-always-provided-a-special-kind_454794.jpg) > [“Where’s the pizza?” Something warm and furry came and leaned against my right leg. I reached down to pet Rocky, a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cannon/where-s-the-pizza-something-warm-and-furry-came-and-leaned-against-my/) [Chris Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/chris-cannon-24450_dogs_where-s-the-pizza-something-warm-and-fur_1016466.jpg) > [“By standard intelligence texts, the dogs have failed at the puzzle. I believe, by contrast that they have succeeded magnificently. They have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-horowitz/by-standard-intelligence-texts-the-dogs-have-failed-at-the-puzzle-i/) [Alexandra Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/alexandra-horowitz-25911_animal-intelligence_by-standard-intelligence-texts-the-dogs_142820.jpg) > [“those puppies could incapacitate the biggest, baddest jock and have him crying all the way home to Mom. Give her a vagina…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-meader/those-puppies-could-incapacitate-the-biggest-baddest-jock-and-have/) [Kate Meader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-meader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/kate-meader-25476_dogs_those-puppies-could-incapacitate-the-big_1453125.jpg) > [“Wherever the family was, these two dogs, both six-year-old shepherd mixes, took up their posts at the central coming-and-going point. Gil called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/wherever-the-family-was-these-two-dogs-both-six-year-old-shepherd/) [Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/louise-erdrich-1271_animal_wherever-the-family-was-these-two-dogs-b_2387998.jpg) > [“This book is divided into chapters, though not in the traditional chapter division of subject matters. This is because this book also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yohai-reuben/this-book-is-divided-into-chapters-though-not-in-the-traditional/) [Yohai Reuben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yohai-reuben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/yohai-reuben-55609_animal_this-book-is-divided-into-chapters-thoug_2385064.jpg) > [Dogs are not 'people' of another species. They are another species. To train and care for them properly, to show them how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-katz/dogs-are-not-people-of-another-species-they-are-another-species-to/) [Jon Katz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-katz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/jon-katz-11360_animal_dogs-are-not-people-of-another-species-t_2958522.png) > [I've been dealing with the press for 45 years. You need a very long spoon to sup with them. While you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-lumley/i-ve-been-dealing-with-the-press-for-45-years-you-need-a-very-long/) [Joanna Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-lumley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/joanna-lumley-3717_always_i-ve-been-dealing-with-the-press-for-45_1645141.png) > [“The most dreadful part of all," the old stag answered, "is that the dogs believe what the hound just said. They believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-salten/the-most-dreadful-part-of-all-the-old-stag-answered-is-that-the-dogs/) [Felix Salten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-salten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/felix-salten-31657_deer_the-most-dreadful-part-of-all-the-old-st_2146555.jpg) > [“I think she cared more for that bloody dog than for me, for us. And maybe that's not so stupid, looking back...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/i-think-she-cared-more-for-that-bloody-dog-than-for-me-for-us-and/) [Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/mark-haddon-1056_animal_i-think-she-cared-more-for-that-bloody-d_462643.png) ## Top authors on Dogs - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-thayer-mahan-11360.jpg) Jon Katz 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/jon-katz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cesar-millan-21904.jpg) Cesar Millan 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/cesar-millan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dean-koontz-28245.jpg) Dean Koontz 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/dean-koontz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-crais-79627.jpg) Robert Crais 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/robert-crais/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-barry-27009.jpg) Dave Barry 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/dave-barry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-w-bruce-cameron-94115.jpg) W. 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