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to own a dog was aspirational, it signalled you had settled into a neighbourhood, you knew its parks, you maybe had a partner to share the walking and fawning duties, perhaps a precursor to having children.
Various • Dog Hearted: Essays on Our Fierce and Familiar Companions
Get a pet. A pet will challenge you like no human can. I can’t get mad at my cat and I can’t tell her to wash herself nor can I wash her every time she becomes contaminated. She WILL become contaminated and I WILL want to pet and cuddle with her. Letting her in my bed was the biggest challenge, but the cuteness is just too hard to resist.
Jean • My best friend and my witness
No animal ever “served” another animal; but service, giving of oneself to others, is at the core of what it means to be a human and at the core of the quest for career success.