Finding a Match between You and Your Dog’s Temperament
December 30, 2008
Behavior problems and incompatibility in personality styles between person and dog can lead to unhappy outcomes for everyone involved. Before you get a dog, consider not just the looks, size, and gender, but also the personality style of you and the dog.
Each of the resources below offers information on evaluating a puppy’s or dog’s temperament before you consider adoption:
American Temperament Test Society Inc
Temperament Testing Charts to Evaluate Behaviors
Animal Control Center Tips on Temperament versus Behavior
Meet Your Match – Dog/People Temperament Check-in
Animal Personality Institute – University of Texas
Types of Aggression in Dogs
December 30, 2008
Some dogs are territorial. Others are fearful. Others have dominance issues.
Top 20 Dog Quotations
December 26, 2008
Top 20 Dog Quotations
by Danielle Hollister
Get to know your beloved dog better with these insightful quotations all about your best four-legged friend…
1. ” A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog travelling with good men becomes a rational being.”–Arabian Proverb
2. “You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you’re RIGHT! I NEVER would’ve thought of that!’” — Dave Barry
3. “A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.”– Robert Benchley
4. “Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window.”– Steve Bluestone
5. “A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.”–John Calvin
6. “I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren’t certain we knew better.”– George Bird Evans
7. “Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.”–Joe Gores
8. “To his dog, every man is Napoleon. Hence the constant popularity of dogs.”–Aldous Huxley
9. “When the old dog barks it is time to watch.”– Latin Proverb
10 “If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.”– Fran Lebowitz
11. “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read.”– Groucho Marx
12. “Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that’s how dogs spend their lives.”–Sue Murphy
13. “It’s funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn’t it?”–Eleanor H. Porter
14. “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.”–Gilda Radner
15. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”– Mark Twain
16. “The more I know about people, the better I like my dog.”– Mark Twain
17. “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”–Mark Twain
18. “Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”–Unknown
19. “The dog is the only being that loves you more than you love yourself.”–Fritz von Unruh
20. “If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.”–Alfred North Whitehead
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What does help a frightened dog during a thunderstorm?
December 15, 2008
Apparently – it is the company of other dogs, not necessarily the owner holding Fido…
Learn more at the link below
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0601-help_for_thunderphobic_dogs.htm
More Great Dog Quotations
December 1, 2008
More Great Dog Quotations
We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. and in return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made.
- M. Acklam
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
– Ben Williams
Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
– Ann Landers
Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
- Franklin P. Jones
Women and cats will do as they please, men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
- Robert Heinlein
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
- Will Rogers
Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole.
- Roger Caras
