I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like a conscience. Dogs are us, only innocent. I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. Every dog must have his day. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.