In my book, April Fool Proposition, the heroine and hero get a "mutual" dog that I modeled after Freddie, our daughter's golden doodle.
At left, you can see Freddie in a birthday photo from a few years ago. He's all grown up now and is the most intelligent, loving dog one could hope to have.
I've written a few books with dogs as characters because I love dogs. If you're looking for unconditional love, then you need to get a dog.
As a dog lover—no offense to cats and cat lovers—I want to share some of my favorite dog quotes. I think they prove my point that dogs are awesome.
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. —Andy Rooney
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. —James Thurber
Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul—chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! —Anne Tyler
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, "Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' —Dave Barry
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. —Robert Benchley
Nothing in the world is friendlier than a wet dog. —Anonymous
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. —Mark Twain
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell. —Emily Dickinson
Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. —Orhan Pamuk
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can=t eat or play with it, just pee on it and walk away. —Anonymous
TAKEAWAY TRUTH
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. —Will Rogers
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