If you still think you're a young pup then you are, no matter what the calendar says John Grogan More Quotes by John Grogan More Quotes From John Grogan . . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do. John Grogan sad dog long Only then did I see. Something was amiss with Patrick's snap-on one piece, or "onesie" as we manly dads like to call it. His chubby thighs, I now realized, were squeezed into the armholes, which were so tight they must have been cutting off his circulation. The collared neck hung between his legs like an udder. Up top, Patrick's head stuck out through the unsnapped crotch, and his arms were lost somewhere in the billowing pant legs. It was quite a look. John Grogan dad cutting looks Just so you know Labrodor retrivers do not howl.Begals Howl.Wolves howl. Labs do not howl, at lestnot well. Marley attempted twice to howl, both times in answer to a passing police siren, tossing back his head, forming his mouth into an O shape, and letting loose the most pathetic sound Ihave ever heard, more like gargling than answering the call of the wild. Butnow,no question about it he was howling. John Grogan police answers sound Cats will outsmart dogs every time. John Grogan cat dog In a world of bosses, you are your own master John Grogan boss masters world When I wrote 'Marley & Me,' I had a clear audience in mind. And it did not include children. I wrote my book for adults and assumed only adults, and possibly teenagers, would be drawn to it. John Grogan teenager book children 'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because it is such a personal story about my marriage and my family. John Grogan me marriage family book Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable. John Grogan your you life believe I was keenly aware that everybody would have loved for me to do a close sequel or a spin-off to 'Marley and Me.' John Grogan close loved everybody me Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years. John Grogan rock band years moving Even though I'm totally dependent on modern electronic gizmos, from my laptop to my iPod to my cell phone, I love to embrace old technology or no technology at all. John Grogan phone cell-phone technology love I collect old rusty hand tools and sharpen and polish them, then use them to build things out of walnut and cherry that I harvest from fallen trees in the woods. John Grogan trees things harvest woods I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up. John Grogan best me wife long Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one of us has parents and has either said goodbye to those parents or knows that someday they will. John Grogan parents family dog people I can't solve the world's problems, can't even begin to contemplate them all. But on my little corner of Earth, I at least can try to live in a way that treads lightly. John Grogan live problems way world Living organically is my way of feeling connected to the earth and my own humanity. It's how I feel balanced and at peace with the planet. John Grogan feel feeling humanity peace I take a lot of satisfaction in trying to make my land as self-contained as possible, its own little mini environment. Minimal outputs; minimal inputs. John Grogan own environment satisfaction trying I confess to being a CNN junkie. And when I'm driving, it's all NPR all the time. John Grogan confess being driving time
