My Life in Dog Years Quotes

“I would have died if not for Cookie.”
― Gary Paulsen, My Life in Dog Years

“Brindled, patches of hair gone, one ear folded over ad the other standing straight and notched from fighting. He didn't seem to be any particular breed. Just big and rangy, right on the edge of ugly, though I would come to think of him as beautiful. He was Airedale crossed with hound crossed with alligator.”
― Gary Paulsen, My Life in Dog Years

“Of all the dogs I have had, Fred was the closest to being actually nuclear i his capacity for destruction. None of it was done with evil intent. He was a wonderfully happy pup and adult dog - inventive and with a great sense of humor, more of which later - but he was also amazingly persistent. Once he started a project, he simply would not stop until it was done.”
― Gary Paulsen, My Life in Dog Years

“On those occasions when I missed - I think more often than not - he would watch the duck fly away, turn to me and give me a look of such uncompromising pity and scorn that I would feel compelled to apologize and make excuses.

"The wind moved the barrel," or "A drop of water hit my eye when I shot."

Of course he did not believe me but would turn back, sitting there waiting for the next shot so I could absolve myself.”
― Gary Paulsen, My Life in Dog Years