• Canine Erudition
"Lay down, pup; lay down," ordered the man. "Good doggie-lay down, I say."
"You'll have to say, 'Lie Down,' mister," declared a bystander. "That's a Boston Terrier."
• High-Hat Pooch
Customer: "Has this dog a good pedigree?"
Shop Owner: "Has he? Say, if that dog could talk, he wouldn't speak to either of us."
• Bible:
A living dog is better than a dead lion. Ecclesiastes 9:4
• Second Epistle of Peter Bible
The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. Verse 2:23
• For the fifth year in succession I have pored over the catalogue of dogs in the show at Madison Square Garden without finding a dog named Rover, Towser, Sport, Spot or Fido.
Who is the man who can call from the back door at night: "Here, Champion Alexander of Clane o' Wind-Holme! Here, Champion Alexander of Clane o' Wind-Holme"? - Westbrook Pegler
• He has every attribute of a dog except loyalty. - Senator Thomas P. Gore
• Modern houses are so small we've had to train our dog to wag its tail up and down and not sideways. - Tacitus