The Dog House
One reason a dog is such a comfort when you are downcast is that he doesn’t ask why.
(Anonymous)
Portrait of Bear
Dog: A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity to catch the overflow and surplus of the world’s worship.
(Ambrose Bierce)
Bear and Lulu Sharing Dog Bed
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
(David Starr Jordan)
House Rules
The dog is not allowed in the house.
Okay, the dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.
The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.
The dog can get on the old furniture only.
Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with the humans on the bed.
Okay, the dog is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation.
The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but not under the covers.
The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation only.
The dog can sleep under the covers every night.
Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog. (Anonymous)
The dog is not allowed in the house.
Okay, the dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.
The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.
The dog can get on the old furniture only.
Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with the humans on the bed.
Okay, the dog is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation.
The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but not under the covers.
The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation only.
The dog can sleep under the covers every night.
Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog. (Anonymous)
Bear in Grass
Bear Portrait
My Beloved Tony
My Beloved Tony
My Bear and My Tony
Bulldog
Lulu with Toy
Lulu Portrait
Tony
Pastel Painting
Pastel Painting
My Tony
My Lulu and My Bear
Bulldog Puppies
Sleeping Bulldogs
Shy Bulldog
Watercolor Pencil Painting
Watercolor Pencil Painting
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
(Edward Hoagland)