Pet General Puzzle List

Puzzle 149

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because
of all the time they spend on personal grooming.
Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish. ~ James Gorman

Puzzle 150

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. ~ Jeff Valdez

Puzzle 151

Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won't attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling. ~Helen Powers

Puzzle 152

Lesson one in selecting a Horse:

One sock try them
Two socks buy them
Three socks shy them
Four socks deny them

Old horse addage

Puzzle 153

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.
~ Jean Jacques Rousseau

Puzzle 154

Sometimes I am admired for my long legs.

I have been known to work for a living.

The feel of the wind in my hair when I run makes me happy.

Superstitions say my shoes bring luck.

Look at my teeth to get a clue as to my age.

No house pet am I; I like my own pad.

I am a horse.

Puzzle 155

Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! ~ Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist

Puzzle 156

People and dogs are pack animals, and the three most important
things pack
animals do together are eat, sleep and play!

Engaging in deep fun reduces stress for both and certainly
strengthens the human~animal companion bond.

~Larry Lachman co~author of Dogs on the Couch

Puzzle 157

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face ~ Ben Williams

Here is a link to the list of Puzzles 1 - 112
Dog General Puzzle List

Puzzle 158

Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. ~ George Eliot

Puzzle 159

"The thirteen~lined ground squirrel’s “stars~and~stripes” pattern accounts for its alternate name: the federation squirrel.

Reader’s Digest: Nature in America"

Puzzle 160

I never married, because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog, which growls every morning, a parrot, which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night. by Marie Corelli

Puzzle 161

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. ~~ William James

Puzzle 162

Even if you've been fishing for three hours and haven't gotten anything except poison ivy and sunburn, you're still better off than the worm. ~~ Unknown

Puzzle 164
Pupper-lover's first puzzle.:)

In case you all were wondering this is an epiloque from "In Which the Fantasy is Real and the Reality is Fantasy".

"But you don't understand," said the man with the gun
to the doe with the velvety buff coat.
"I will save you from starvation. I will pray for a clean kill
and give thanks to the universe
for the opportunity to shed your blood."
"Thank you, sir," she replied.
"But all the same, I think I would prefer to live"

~Patti Rodgers

Puzzle 163 - Sorry I got this out of order:o



Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby,
to be picked up and put down like a game of solitaire.
"It is a grand passion."

Ralph Waldo Emerson



My (pupper-lover) first win!
:D

Puzzle 165

Don't accept your dogs' admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ~ Ann Landers

Puzzle 166

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. ~ Joseph Wood Krutch

Puzzle 167

The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.
~Arabian proverb

Puzzle 168

Top reasons why its great to be a dog:
if it itches you can reach it.and no matter where it itches,no one will be offended if you scratch it in public.

Personal hygiene is a blast: no one expects you to take a bath every day, and you don't have to comb your own hair

Having a wet nose is considered a sign of good health.

no one thinks less of you for passing gas. Some people might actually think you're cute

Who needs a big home entertainment system ? a bone or an old shoe can entertain you for hours.


Every garbage can looks like a cold buffet to you

Puzzle 169

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated... I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man."
~Mahatma Gandhi

Puzzle 170

"Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission ~to be of service to them whenever they require it. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." ---Saint Francis of Assisi

Puzzle 171

"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn`t merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog."
~Edward Hoagland

Puzzle 172

Dog Joke
An Easterner who walked into a Western saloon was amazed to see a dog sitting at a table playing poker with three men.
"Can that dog really read cards?" he asked.
"Yeah, but he ain't much of a player," said one of the men.
"Whenever he gets a good hand he wags his tail." ~ Unknown Author

Puzzle 173

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. ~ George W. Bush

Puzzle 174

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.
--Alfred A. Montapert

Puzzle 175

Don't marry someone you can live with.
Marry someone you cannot live without.
~ Josh McDowell

Puzzle 176

It was difficult to feel vexed by a creature that burst into a chorus of purring as soon as I spoke to him.
by Philip Brown

Puzzle 177

Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun!
~ Groucho Marx

Puzzle 178

Cats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair, top of piano, window ledge, in the middle, on the edge ~ Eleanor Farjeon

Puzzle 179

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Puzzle 180

The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you,but he will make a fool of himself too. by Samuel Butler

Puzzle 181

A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than his owner can express with his tongue in hours. -- nonymous

Puzzle 182

Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well.
~ Bonnie Wilcox - Old dogs, old friends

Puzzle 183

"Look deep into the eyes of any animal, and then for a moment, trade places, their life becomes as precious as yours and you become as vulnerable as them. Now smile if you believe all animals deserve our respect and our protection, for in a way, they are us, and we are them."
~ ~ Philip Ochoa

Puzzle 184

Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave'
Rudyard Kipling, "Just So Stories"

Puzzle 185

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
~ Albert Schweitzer

Puzzle 186

The Meaning of Rescue:
I loved them,the others,
the ones who left me,but I wasn't good enough...for they didn't want me
will you add to my baggage ?will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at my things and take me right back ?
Do you have time to help me unpack ?
to put away my baggage, to never repack?
I pray that you do,I'm so tired you see,but I do come with baggage
Will you still want me?

~ Evelyn Colbath

Puzzle 187

Do not weep for me when I am gone
For I have friends in the great beyond.
All the little ones I used to feed
WIll come to me in my time of need.
They will purr and bark in great delight,
And I will hold and hug them tight.
Oh what a great day that will be
When my furry friends all welcome me.
by Gloria Stradtner

from the story “Weep Not” by Richard Severo from Chicken Soup for the Dog and Cat Lover’s Soul