How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I make no excuses for unabashedly loving them—all of them, even some that have bitten me. I have always had dogs and will have dogs until I die. (1.1)
This is the fifth sentence of the book. Guess he means it.
Quote #2
She was a good friend, a kind of dogsister or dogmother to me, and while I have written much of her in other places, she belongs in this book, too. (1.4)
Here Paulsen speaks of Cookie, a sled dog that saved his life. He doesn't just love her as a pet; she's family.
Quote #3
It is tempting to call them family dogs or family pets because they were that as well—something the small children could roll around with, something to love and be loved, something to greet in the morning. (5.2)
Paulsen's chapter about Rex is really about farm dogs in general, which are loving pets and super hard workers.