Posted By Nancy Houser on November 16, 2009

One afternoon, I was in the back yard hanging the laundry when an old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home. But when I walked into the house, he followed me, sauntered down the hall and fell asleep in a corner. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back. He resumed his position in the hallway and slept for an hour.

This continued for several weeks. Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: “Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.”

The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with ten children – he’s trying to catch up on his sleep.”

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
by: Susan F. Roman, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul

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

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“Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the hydrant.”

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“America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags it’s tail it knocks over a chair.” – Arnold Toynbee

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“I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” – Abraham Lincoln

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My dog is usually pleased with what I do, because she is not infected with the concept of what I “should” be doing.” – Lonzo Idolswine

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“No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has.” – Will Rogers

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“A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.” – John Holmes

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“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” – Jack London

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“If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.” – Adlai E Stevenson Jr.

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“All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog.” – Kafka

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