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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas quotes

Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone.

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People didn't think animals thought or remembered or had minds! They most certainly do: any pet owner knows more than a lot of scientists about animals.

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Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace.

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As far as I'm concerned, I own my dogs as I own my body. My legs are with me when I take a shower, and I feel no shame. If I were to lose one, I'd grieve, and people would send sympathy cards, but it would be my condition that evoked the sympathy, not the fate of the leg. That's like losing a dog.

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Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone.

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