We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can’t help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
If you don’t have manufactured items or anything we think of as ‘civilization,’ then you’re living according to your species. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
Every dog might wish to be Dog One, but like us, most dogs want membership in the group even more than they want supremacy over others. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
Veterinarians are essential allies to the millions of us who experience the human-animal bond. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
To sit idly, not doing, merely experiencing, comes hard to a primate. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
Dogs like to learn stuff, if not from another dog, then people are OK… They love activity, playing, interesting walks, and just belonging, being together. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
When I was very young, my nanny was a big Newfoundland dog… whose task was to keep me from drowning. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
I would like to visit a dog’s mind to know what he’s thinking and feeling. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
Every day, the humane societies execute thousands of dogs who tried all their lives to do their very best by their owners. These dogs are killed not because they are bad but because they are inconvenient. So as we need God more than he needs us, dogs need us more than we need them, and they know it. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Read Quote
