ASHCROFT BEDLINGTONS

"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags
his tail instead of his tongue." -Anonymous

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive
evidence that you are wonderful." -Ann Landers

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I
want to go where they went." -Will Rogers

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy
licking your face." -Ben Williams

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more
than he loves himself." -Josh Billings

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average
person." -Andrew A. Rooney

"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.
Facklam

"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

"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that
certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very,
very few persons." -James Thurber

"I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us
peeing in his water bowl." -Penny Ward Moser

"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to
turn around three times before lying down." -Robert
Benchley

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a
weird religious cult." -Rita Rudner

"Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep
abreast of current events.  The ground is a giant dog
newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog
news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are
often continued in the next yard." -Dave Barry

"Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never
washed a dog." -Franklin P. Jones

"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is
up to $3.00 a can.  That's almost $21.00 in dog
money." - Joe Weinstein

"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best
friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
-Groucho Marx

"Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean,
here we come back from a grocery store with the most
amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow.  They must
think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" -Anne
Tyler

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and
dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -Robert
A. Heinlein

I wish someone had given Jesus a dog
  As loyal and loving as mine
To sleep by his manger and gaze in His eyes
  And adore Him for being divine

As our Lord grew to manhood His faithful dog
would have followed Him all through the day
While He preached to the crowds and made the sick well
     And knelt in the garden to pray

It is sad to remember that Christ went away
    To face death alone and apart
With no tender dog following close behind
   To comfort its Master's Heart

And when Jesus rose on that Easter morn
    How happy He would have been
As his dog kissed His hands and barked its delight
   For The One who died for all men

Well, the Lord has a dog now, I just sent him mine
        the old pal so dear to me
And I smile through my tears on this first day alone
     Knowing they're in eternity.

Day after day, the whole day through
   Wherever my road inclined
Four feet said "I am coming with you!"
    And trotted along behind.

   Rudyard Kipling