People are perfectly glad to accept the idea that dogs love us, so they must be able to love each other. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas acceptdogglad Change image and share on social
People acquire a dog, don't understand it, can't train it, get fed up, and... offer it for adoption, hoping to pass on the problem to somebody else. But nobody wants a problem dog. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas acquireadoptiondog Change image and share on social
Veterinarians are essential allies to the millions of us who experience the human-animal bond. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas allyanimalbond Change image and share on social
You have to be able to love members of your own species before you can branch out and apply that to other species. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas applybranchlove Change image and share on social
Cats and dogs are a very good window into the natural world: a chance to see how another species lives and deals with its problems, what they like and what they don't like. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas catchancedeal Change image and share on social
Many expressions of a cat's feelings seem deeply related to the capture of live prey. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas capturecatdeeply Change image and share on social
Dogs who live in each other's company are calm and pragmatic, never showing the desperate need to make known their needs and feelings or to communicate their observations, as some hysterical dogs who know only the company of our species are likely to do. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas calmcommunicatecompany share on social
With all due respect to the nation's fish and game departments, more deer die because people hunt them than because people feed them. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas deerdepartmentdie Change image and share on social
When we became sedentary, lived indoors, and started to raise livestock, we began to see wolves not as occasional fur-bearers or fellow hunters but as robbers. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas bearerbeginfellow Change image and share on social
Every dog might wish to be Dog One, but like us, most dogs want membership in the group even more than they want supremacy over others. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas doggroupmembership Change image and share on social
