Dogs Quotations | Page 3

One of the features of our annual meeting is that all the members gather in person to have face-to-face discussions about such subjects as breeding policies, canine health issues and testing programs. For example, we have discussed the prospects of including the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association's 'utility test' to go along with the 'natural ability' test we already now use in qualifying our dogs for our club's breeding program. Likewise, there have been some useful debates on how to sanction any breeders who have dogs with serious genetic defects.

One of the dogs weighed 24 pounds before his hair was cut. He weighed 10 pounds after that.

I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.

I think that's what makes this lineup good is that different people contribute on different nights. We're going to have our times where our big dogs are going to carry us. But when different people can contribute, that's when we're going to be our best.

It isn't conscious, I don't think, in most cases, ... If a team is supposed to win, they're supposed to make plays and the underdog usually is not expected to make plays. Sometimes there are more bad calls that go against underdogs than go against favorites, let's put it that way.

We actually don't know what the dogs are smelling. But we do know that cancers have breakdown products - cocktails of compounds - and these smell different to a dog than normal cells." ()

We always had a dog. Everyone in the family had dogs.

I have been trying to find gas masks for dogs. I have a vet friend who said that somebody in his office got some

I don't even think we're the underdogs any more. I think we're the team to beat, just by how we've been playing.

Riley has the poise, the confidence, and the maturity of somebody much older than she is. She loves the dogs she shows and they respond to her completely.