When God had made the earth and sky
The flowers and the trees
He then made all the animals
And all the birds and bees.

And when his work was finished
No one was quite the same,
He said "I`ll walk this earth of mine
And give each one a name."

And so he travelled land and sea
And everywhere he went,
A little creature followed him
Until its strenghts was spent,
When all were named upon the earth,
And in the sky and sea
The little creature said: " Dear Lord
There´s not one left for me."

The father smiled and softly said:
"I`ve left you to the end
I`ve turned my own name back to front
And called you Dog, my friend."

                           Pamela Steele, 1999

The road is long, with many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I´m strong, strong enough to carry him
He ain´t heavy, he´s my Basenji brother

So on we go, his welfare is my concern
No burden is he to bear
We´ll get there
For I know, he would not encumber me
He ain´t heavy, he´s my Basenji brother

If I´m laden at all, I´m laden with sadness
That everyone´s heart isn´t filled with the gladness
Of love, for one another

It´s a long, long road, from which there is no return
While we´re on the way to there
Why not share
And the load doesn´t weigh me down at all
He ain´t heavy, he´s my Basenji brother

He´s my brother
He ain´t heavy, he´s my Basenji brother

                                               "The Hollies"

My goal in life is to be as good of a person
my dog already thinks I am.

                              Author Unknown

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  Somewhere a little dog doth wait;
It may be by some garden gate.
With eyes alert and tail attent -
You know the kind of tail that´s meant -
With stores of yelps of glad delight
To bid me welcome home at night.

                            John Kendrick Bangs

 He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours,
faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it
to him to be worthy of such devotion.

                                                 Anonymous

Old dog
Why do you stay so near?
Go lie in the sun and drowse.
You needn´t follow my every step,
And jump up when I appear.
Your joints are stiff;
Lived your life well;
Passed every test.
And now your´re very dear.

Old dog.
Why do you stay so near?
You lie close to my side
Each time I pause,
Head in my lap, alert to hear
Every nuance of my voice. You long ago made your choice
And never once looked to the rear.

Old dog.
Why do you stay so near?
What is it that you hear?
A far- off call, coming closer,
That I, too, know is there
Draws nearer to its end.
Please stay a while, old friend!

             June Goodrich, PWCCA Newsletter, 1977

The dog is a saint. He is straightforward and honest by nature.
he knows by instinct when he is not wanted; lies quite still for
hours when his king is hard at work. But when his king is sad and
worried he creeps up and lays his head on his lap. "Don´t worry.
Never mind if they all abandon you. Let us go for a walk and forget
all about it!"

                                   Axel Munthe

You think dogs will not be in heaven?
I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

                                               Robert Louis Stevenson

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our
lives whole.

                                 Roger Caras

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

                          Plato

Det du gör mot min hund, gör du också mot mig.
Det du säger om min hund, säger du också om mig.
Smeker du min hund, smeker du också mig.
Slår du min hund, slår du också mig.
Är du hånfull och nedlåtande för att det "bara är ett djur" skär dina ord i mig som en kniv.
Men talar du vänligt och kärleksfullt, så visar du även mig din kärlek.
Och det du gör mot min hund, visar vem du är.
Det du säger om min hund, säger du också om dig själv.
Smeker du min hund är du en vänlig person.
Slår du min hund så bär du på ondska.
Är du hånfull och medlåtande är du osäker på dig själv och måste se ned på andra för att växa själv.
Men talar du med vänlighet och kärlek bär du vänlighete och kärlek i ditt hjärta.

                                                         Anders Hallgren

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.

                                                       Milan Kundera

En kall nos.
Ett par fuktiga ögon.
En varm blick.
En tass som lyfts och ett
huvud som läggs på sned.
Öron som försöker uppfatta
och förstå .... Din hund.

                                         Okänd

No one appreciates the very special genius of your
conversations as a dog does.

                                                                 Christopher Moreley