My Life in Dog Years Loyalty Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

I got wounded and lost the use of my legs. When I came back from the hospital he was waiting there and he spent the rest of his life by my side. I would have gone crazy without him. (3.57)

Ike must have gone back home every single day to check to see whether his owner had returned. He never gave up, even after the man had been gone a whole year.

Quote #5

He followed me to school, waited for me, followed me to the bowling alley, waited for me. He was with me everywhere I went. (4.56)

Dirk and Paulsen may not have been friends, exactly. Still, Dirk followed him everywhere like he was Secret Service and Paulsen was the president.

Quote #6

His heart was truly broken. He sat by the door all that day and all that first night and when it was apparent his owner was not coming back right away, he lay down with his nose aimed at the door and waited. (6.18)

Caesar was so loyal to his original owner that he went on hunger strike for six days. Do most people deserve that kind of loyalty from their dogs? After all, Caesar's owner moved away and didn't take him with him. We'd bet that Paulsen would never do that, no matter how inconvenient it might be.