That quote is wonderful. I'm not very smart, but I do believe animals were put here to teach us love, trust, survival, instinct and many more things. They have a better sense of smell, vision, hearing and in the pack a better sense of family that many people with abandoned children do not have. Could we not learn more from animals if we stopped and looked and listened?
I remember reading and I can't remember the author, that he said dogs do not know what love is, they have purely animal instincts.
That in other words you can show them love all day but they only respond to a bed, food and a place to live. Rubbish, in my own case I have loved Daisy from day one, she was abused by the breeders children and she would neither sit on my lap without biting me or come to me. If I picked her up she would growl and bite me. After three years she and I share a love that knows no bounds. I can see the love in her eyes when she looks at me and I kiss her a hundred times a day. We sleep together every night, Carrie, I know, I know, but I can't help myself. The love I have for Daisy is beyond anything I have ever felt before. Don't tell me that love doesn't exist between dogs and people I will never believe that. As I read one day that when you reach the Rainbow bridge every dog that you have ever come in contact with will be on that bridge and they decide whether you get to cross that bridge or not. So love and take care of all animals.
Sorry for the long post.
Jackie