Forget career, forget the future, forget existential worries, just get yourselves a couple of dogs, and everything will be all right.

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives

The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied.

Mother of dead dogs.

His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I; No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.