Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." – Robert Benchley, humorist and actor Another study showed that dogs’ brain activity went through the roof when they listened to happy sounds, like praise. The same study also showed many similarities between the way both humans and dogs process sounds. This book is a wonderful addition to the dog science sub-genre, and a rejoinder to the occasional (and ignorant) canard that dogs are mere sycophants whose loyalty and affection is either feigned or misinterpreted by humans. Any dog owners suspects this is nonsense, but this book provides objective evidence why this isn't the case.

Clive: What I meant there was that if fate forces you to be separated from your dog for whatever reason, then I think that the dog will recover from that in time. That’s what I was getting at there. I don’t think that dogs as they get older lose the capacity for affection or lose affection for the people they love. While it’s probably not behavior you want to encourage, most of the time your dog isn’t collecting up your personal belongings to be naughty, but rather because the smell makes them feel closer to you. It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass." – Rodney Dangerfield, American stand-up comic, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician, and author Jamie Richardson, a veterinarian and medical chief of staff at Small Door Veterinary, says that merely hearing your name will be enough to get some dogs excited. "Over time, dogs learn to recognize human names. If they hear a loved one's name mentioned who isn't present, they'll get excited at the thought that they might appear," said Richardson. 3. They follow you around My main characters are the most sunny, happy, optimistic, loving creatures on the face of the Earth. I couldn't be happier that's where I start. I can put as many flawed people in the dog's world as I like, but the dog doesn't care. Dog doesn't judge; dog doesn't dislike. Dog loves. That's not so bad." – W. Bruce Cameron, author of A Dog's Purpose, A Dog's Journey, and A Dog's Way Home

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The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is, in fact, the most precious and valuable possession of mankind." – Theodorus Gaza, a Greek humanist and translator of Aristotle Zazie: I really enjoyed reading about your research on shelter dogs, some of it with Lisa Gunter. What practical things have you found that shelters can implement to help dogs in their care? Does my dog love me or just my food? If you’ve asked yourself this question, you’re one of the thousands of dog owners who have wondered the same thing. Are they the ultimate scam artists, or do they truly love us?

I liked that the book does not stop at a study of the nature of dogs but is also a call to their better treatment as it outlines the ways in which this species is still misunderstood and thus often misused and/or ill treated - from the neglected, to the abandoned mutt and all the way to the pure breed industry. Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it watching for us to come home each day." – John Grogan, author of Marley & Me There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog." – Konrad Lorenz, zoologistThere's just something about dogs that makes you feel good. You come home, they're thrilled to see you. They're good for the ego." – Janet Schnellman 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 I suppose there's a time in practically every young boy's life when he's affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love. I don't mean the kind a boy has for the pretty little girl that lives down the road. I mean the real kind, the kind that has four small feet and a wiggly tail, and sharp little teeth that can gnaw on a boy's finger; the kind a boy can romp and play with, even eat and sleep with." – Wilson Rawls, author of Where the Red Fern Grows When my Lagotto Romagnolo rests her head on my stomach as I do my morning exercises; when she greets me with her silly smile whether I return from the mailbox or a trip; when she stayed quietly by my side while I recovered from chemo treatments – what I feel is her love. It’s In Their Genes