Here are some quotes about dogs and words people have written about losing their best friends. I hope they help and inspire you. Feel free to use them in your own tributes if you like. They are all in the public domain so you can use them freely.

If you have any quotes you’d like to share with people please feel free to add them through the comments section at the end of this article.

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MAJOR

Born a dog
Died a gentleman

Epitaph on a dog’s gravestone in Maryland, USA

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She died as she had been born and as she had lived, in my care, and surrounded by those who loved her.

Vicki W. Fowler

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Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

John Galsworthy

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To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.

Hermione Gingold

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I think God will have prepared everything for our perfect happiness. If it takes my dog being there [in Heaven], I believe he’ll be there.

Rev. Billy Graham

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I Only Wanted You

They say memories are golden; I don’t know if that’s true
I never wanted memories, I only wanted you.
A million times I’ve needed you, a million times I’ve cried
If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly, in death I love you still
Your passing leaves an emptiness no one will ever fill.

Author Unknown

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