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When we travel, I read aloud to keep Stan alert as he drives.   Tucker seems to enjoy it too.  Tucker's current favorite author is   Dean Koontz  (even if the dogs in his books aren't Aussies.)

Tucker's current favorite quote (about Einstein, a Golden Retriever):
"Einstein was on the floor, on his belly, reading a novel".
-- dog quote by Dean Koontz,  Watchers    (a recommended book)

 "... a good dog is one of the best things of all to be."
-- another dog quote by Dean Koontz,  The Darkest Evening of the Year    (a recommended book)

 "God has not changed his mind about the animals. He has made provision for them.  In truth, they really are his animals and not ours.  They belong to the one who created them and gave them life.  They are merely on loan to us, and as inconceivable as it may seem, God loves them more than you and I ever could."
-- dog quote by Gary Kurz, Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates    (a recommended book)

 "He took my heart and ran with it, and I hope he's running still, fast and strong, a piece of my heart bound up with his forever"
-- dog quote by Patricia McConnell, For The Love of A Dog

"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms"
-- dog quote by George Eliot

"The great 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.

--dog quote by Samuel Butler, 1912     from Funny Puppies , J.C. Suares

"They are I think called Chihuahuas because they chew on everything including my toys."
-- dog quote by Jessie Rose, Kindergartener, Syracuse     from Funny Puppies , J.C. Suares
    comment    -- Think about how Jessie must be pronouncing it - CHEW-OW-WA

"The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be."
-- dog quote by Konrad Lorenz

 "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies."
-- dog quote by Gene Hill

"I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog -- completely exhausted after a hard day in the field -- limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend."
-- dog quote by Gene Hill

 "It is the basic principle of using parables drawn from our work-a-day  world to help us clearly understand the noble, wondrous purposes of our loving Father.  ... God used this dog to help me really see what He Himself is like in character and conduct."
-- dog quote by Philip Keller, Lessons from a Sheepdog        (a recommended book)

 "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own,
having a dog makes you rich."
--dog quote by Louis Sabin

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."
-- dog quote by Dave Barry

"A man's soul can be judged by the way he treats his dog."
-- dog quote by Charles Doran

"Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative."
-- dog quote by Mordecai Siegal

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring -- it was peace. "
-- dog quote by Milan Kundera

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

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

 "The dog was created especially for children.  He is the god of frolic."
-- dog quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
-- dog quote by Mark Twain

"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."
-- dog quote by John Steinbeck

"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers."
-- dog quote by Unknown Source

"My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives."
-- dog quote by Rita Rudner

"If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog"

-- dog quote attributed to Harry Truman

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience.” 

-- dog quote by Woodrow Wilson

“I love a dog.  He does nothing for political reasons.”  Will Rogers