For a essay! Due Monday
2006-09-15 11:12:10 · 10 answers · asked by hssv2005 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Unconditional love. You have a bad day, there they are wagging and eager to see you. You do something you are not proud of-your dog is still there with love.
2006-09-15 11:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Mariela 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A dog looks up to - and loves the one who feeds him. The person who spends the time with him, playing or just holding and petting...this makes the dog love you unconditionally. You become HIS best friend when you take the time to show him love and affection. He becomes YOUR best friend when he's always got a kiss for you...no matter if you've just ignored him or snapped at him...he'll always be there for you because he knows you love him...and you'll take care of him.It's all about love. Good luck on the essay.
2006-09-15 11:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by momof3pups 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do what you ask, no talking back. They're always there for a hug, they seem to know when you're not yourself and they try to make you feel better. They keep you company, so you're never lonely. They will protect you and love you and they ask for so little in return, but because you love them, you try to do so much for them - which is also helpful to you.
Dogs are the greatest, and I would be lost without mine.
2006-09-15 11:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by luvstan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dog is a man's second best friend
2006-09-15 11:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh serious quesstion i guess the dog comes to u as a friend and wants you to love it so u feend it and love it and then the dog helps you so as mans best friend they help u since u helped them and men were in charge back then and thats how they got the saying
2006-09-15 11:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by troyeagleboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are loyal to a fault. They won't tell a secret you've shared with them. They never answer you back or tell you you're wrong; they'll just sit and listen as long as you want to talk. They love you even when you're mad at them and give you lots of love when you need it most.
2006-09-15 13:16:53 · answer #6 · answered by Ziva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The look your dog has in it's eyes... no matter what you're doing. Esecially that little head-tilt thing they usually do when they're confused. It melts all your problems away!
2006-09-15 11:17:43 · answer #7 · answered by frozendreamer1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try quoting the following; it's an eulogy to a dog named "Old Drum":
Eulogy to "Man's Best Friend" The Dog
Gentlemen of the jury:
The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most.
A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its clouds upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.
Gentlemen of the jury, a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.
He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death."
~By Sen. George Graham Vest of Missouri.
On Oct. 28th 1869 in Johnson County, Missouri a hunting dog by the name of "Old Drum" was gunned down by a sheep farmer. The farmer's name was, Leonidas Hornsby. Prior to killing "Old Drum", Hornby threatened his neighbors by stating "he would kill the next dog he caught on his property". This so happened to be "Old Drum" owned by Charles Burden. Burden sued Hornsby and hired three lawyers (George Graham Vest, Wells Blodgett and John Phillips) to defend his case. Hornsby was defended by two other prominent lawyers, Thomas T. Crittenden and Francis Cockrell. During the trial in Warrensburg, Missouri (Sept. 23, 1870) Vest is reported to have stated that "he would win the case or apologize to every dog in Missouri." The preceding was the text to Vest's "Tribute to the American dog":
George Graham Vest won the case in Warrensburg and won it again before an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. In memory of this event, a statue honoring "Old Drum" and the words of Vest was erected in Warrensburg. Sen. George Graham Vest, U.S. Senator, C.S. Congressman, Confederate veteran, conservationist and champion for the rights of Native Americans, died in August 9, 1904 in Sweet Springs, Saline Co., Mo. He was buried in Bellefontaine cemetery in St.Louis, Mo.
2006-09-15 11:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by la_nena_sabe... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dog food!
2006-09-15 11:14:27 · answer #9 · answered by beast 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most are friendly and will help protect you and will keep you warm on a cold night.
2006-09-15 11:19:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋