“A dog wags its tail with its heart” -Martin Buxbaum  |  Photo by Michelle Meunier

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace.” -Milan Kundera | Photo by Julia Lancian

“Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes.”―Gene Hill | Photo by Lisa Staryak

“Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.”―Moby | Photo by Zoe Bennett

“Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new colors but new rituals, new rules, a new way of experiencing attachment.”―Caroline Knapp | Photo by Nikolas McCormick – 3DSV Inc

“No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you feel rich.”―Louis Sabin | Photo by Randi Fuchs

“A dog has one aim in life…to bestow his heart.”―J.R. Ackerley | Photo by Barb Paszul

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”—Roger Caras | Photo by Melissa Woodhouse

“Be the person your dog thinks you are.”―C.J. Frick | Photo by Joseph Gruber – Blue Marble Photography

“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.”―Thom Jones | Photo by Leslie Stephens