I am his Highness’ dog at Kew;
Pray, tell me, sir, whose dog are you? Alexander Pope
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar IV ii 78, Brutus to Cassius
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. I Kings 21:23
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel. II Kings 9:36
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. Philippians 3:2
Hitler: My dog’s got no nose.
Soldiers: How does he smell?
Hitler: Awful. Monty Python’s And Now For Something Completely Different, 1972 starring Graham Chapman & John Cleese & Terry Gilliam & Eric Idle & Terry Jones & Michael Palin & Carol Cleveland & Connie Booth et al, director Ian MacNaughton
We have an extraordinary relationship with dogs. We love them like no other animal on the planet. They’ve been around longer than any other pet. There are now eight million dogs living in the UK alone. But only now are we just beginning to realise just how important that relationship could be. New research is revealing ever-more intricate connections between humans and dogs. Horizon: The Secret Life of a Dog, BBC 2010
They’ve acquired a new skill to read our emotions. ibid.
There’s incredibly strong agreement between people about what different barks mean. ibid.
We’re incredibly attuned to each other in a way no other two species are. ibid.
These are abilities dogs only use with humans. ibid.
With a vocabulary of over three hundred and forty words Betsie is pushing the boundaries of what we think dogs are capable of. ibid.
At every generation the selection process was repeated with only the tamest foxes being allowed to breed. Within just three generations the aggressive behaviour began to disappear. Half a century on the fiftieth generation of foxes are tamer than ever. It’s an accelerated model of how dogs might have been domesticated from wolves ... But it’s not just the fox’s behaviour that’s changed. Just a few generations into the experiment scientists began to notice a curious phenomenon: the normal pattern and silver colour of the coats changed dramatically. ibid.
There’s one animal who has captured the human heart and mind like any other ... Its natural habitat is your living room. Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs, BBC 2012
We’re closer to them than any other animal. ibid.
Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles M Schulz
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods. Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest. Martin Luther
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too. Samuel Butler
After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation. Robert McCammon, Boy’s Life
I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. John Steinbeck
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. Doris Day
Every dog must have his day. Jonathan Swift
I love my dog. I love all my dogs. Every dog I ever had, I still love ’em. And in my life, believe me, I have had me a bunch of goddamn dogs. Because you keep on getting a new one, don’t ya? It’s true. As life goes on, you keep getting’ one new dog after another. That’s the whole secret of life. Life is a series of dogs. George Carlin
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. Sigmund Freud
There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy. Jean Anouilh, French dramatist
We are alone, absolutely alone, on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. Max Depree
There used to be nineteen dog tracks across London. Britain at the Bookies III, BBC 2015
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill
There were two white Pomeranians in the house – Cuddles and Puddles. The rich expect their dogs to be treated like humans, you see – they expect their dogs to be pampered, and walked, and petted, and even washed! And guess who had to do the washing? Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger p78
Not only is the first chapter of On the Origin of Species all about domestic varieties of animals and plants; Darwin also wrote a whole book on the subject ... Another familiar example is the sculpting of the wolf, Canis lupus, into the two hundred or so breeds of dog. Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth p27
Wild foxes are tricky to handle, and Belyaev set out deliberately to breed for tameness ... After a mere six generations of this selective breeding for tameness, the foxes had changed so much that the experimenters felt obliged to name a new category ... Such results are perhaps not too surprising, except for the astonishing magnitude and speed of the effect. Thirty-five generations would pass unnoticed on the geological timescale ... The tame foxes not only behaved like domestic dogs, they looked like them. They lost their foxy pelage and became piebald black and white, like Welsh collies. Their foxy prick ears were replaced by doggy floppy ears ... These dog-like features were side-effects. Belyaev and his team did not not deliberately breed for them, only for tameness. ibid. pp75-76
‘I had a dog. He smoked. He’s dead.’ David Walliams’ Awfully Good Ads, American Cancer Society, Channel 4 2011
In his youth Michael Owen was literally a greyhound. Jamie Redknapp
Blackadder: Yes, and your definition of dog is?
Baldrick: Not a cat. Blackadder III: Ink & Incapability, Prince to Blackadder, BBC 1987
‘Every since she saw us having sex … I’m sorry you had to see that.’ Best in Show 2000 starring Eugene Levy & Catherine O’Hara & John Michael Higgins & Michael McKean & Michael Hitchcock & Parker Posey & Jennifer Coolidge & Jane Lynch & Christopher Guest & Larry Miller et al, director Christopher Guest, owner to pet in psychiatrist’s office
He still pushes all my buttons … We both have so much in common: we both love soup. ibid. young wife/old husband
We met at Starbucks. Not the same Starbucks. When we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other. ibid.
She was famous for getting both legs behind her head ibid. quartet over dinner
Go to the hotel and get Busy-Bee! Run! Run! ibid. him to her
This dog is as close to perfect as you’ll see. And she knows it. ibid. commentator
I was in south Los Angeles on a journey through the outer edges of canine companionship. LA is well known for its pampered pooches, but its high crime areas are home to a community of street dogs. Louis Theroux: LA Stories: City of Dogs, BBC 2014
With all the problems that come with running a small-town football club. Losers s1e2: The Jaws of Victory, fan#1, Netflix 2019
Anybody who goes to a football match and expecting Torquay to win is an idiot. ibid. fan#2
Will the club survive? Will we have a club next year? ibid. fan#1
We only need one goal. A draw will keep us up. ibid.
The Dog that Saved Torquay. ibid.