Lola Gayle, STEAMRegister.com
It may be the “dog days of summer,” but we can still celebrate man’s best friend.
National Dog Day is celebrated annually on August 26th. It was founded in 2004 by Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert and Animal Advocate, Colleen Paige (also the founder of National Puppy Day, National Mutt Day and National Cat Day …to name a few).
According to the official website, this day is meant to help galvanize the public to recognize the number of dogs that need to be rescued each year. It’s also meant to acknowledge family dogs and dogs that work selflessly each day to save lives, keep us safe and bring comfort. Dogs put their lives on the line every day – for their law enforcement partner, for their blind companion, for a child who is disabled, for our freedom and safety by detecting bombs and drugs and pulling victims of tragedy from wreckage.
However you choose to celebrate this special day, at least give a shout out online to your local shelter or rescue.
Famous quotes to inspire
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx
“A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” – Robert Wagner
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” – Kinky Friedman
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” – Josh Billings
“Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way.” – Caroline Knapp
“You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.” – Jane Goodall
“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” – Robert Benchley
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” – Samuel Butler
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” — Charles de Gaulle
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” — Emily Dickinson
“Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.” — Sigmund Freud
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” – Mark Twain
See Also: Dogs: Man’s Best Friend For Over 27,000 Years
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