Talking Dogs

“Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though....
That's the problem.”
Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

“Talking to dogs is one of the few acts of faith still made nowadays.”
Paul Jennings

“They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of
being interested in the conversation.”
Jerome K. Jerome

“He is so shaggy. People are amazed when he gets up and they suddenly realize they have been talking to the wrong end.”
Elizabeth Jones

“I used to look at Smokey and think, "If you were a little smarter you could tell me what you were thinking," and he'd look at me like he was saying, "If you were a little smarter, I wouldn't have to."
Fred Jungclaus

“Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear.... It is not training but love which impels them to break their silence about me with the thud of a tail rippling against my chair on gambols round the study, or news conveyed by expressive ear, nose, and paw. Often I yearn to give them speech, their motions are so eloquent with things they cannot say.”
Helen Keller

“No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.”
Fran Lebowitz

“While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears, tail, eyebrows, various rumbles and grunts, the slant of his great cold nose or a succession of heartrending sighs to get his meaning across.”
Jean Little

“No one appreciates the very special genius of your
conversation as a dog does.”
Christopher Morley