“I loved you for your whole life and I'll miss you for the rest of mine.” “A companion is gone … but the memory lives on.” “The most difficult thing about having a dog is the goodbye.” “Grief is not a sign of weakness, but the price of love.”
There's a dialogue in the movie “If you're lucky a dog will come into your life and fill your heart with love” and I can't relate to it more. Lucky are the ones who have dogs and have grown up with them. They make you a better human being and teach you all the good things in life.
"It came to me that every time I lose a dog, they take a piece of my heart with them, and every new dog that comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. ...
“Dogs' lives are too short. ...
“The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon.
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." – Josh Billings, humorist and lecturer.
"It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them." – John Grogan, author of Marley & Me.
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” – Emily Dickinson. “Cats have it all – admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.” – Rod McKuen. “Time spent with cats is never wasted.” – Sigmund Freud.
Some feel anger, which may be directed at anyone involved with the pet, including family, friends and veterinarians. Caregivers may also feel guilt about what they did or did not do, or they may feel ashamed to be so upset. After these feelings subside, caregivers may experience true sadness or grief.
“A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart.” “My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” “Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” “A dog is the only creature on earth who loves you more than he loves himself.”
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices.
Even the lowliest will sometimes come to the fore, as in They may not listen to me now, but just wait, every dog has its day. This proverbial saying alludes to the lowly status dogs once held. [Mid-1500s] Also see had its day.
I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.
The proverb was first recorded in the first century by the Greek biographer Plutarch as: "Even a dog gets his revenge." In 1539 Richard Taverner published it in English as: "A dogge hath a day." And in 1670 John Ray's "A Collection of English Proverbs" had it as: "Every dog hath his day."
