Edmond RostandWatching other people making friends, everywhere, as a dog makes friends. I mark the manner of these canine courtesies and think, here comes, thank Heaven, another enemy!
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In the eyes of a dog, there is no such thing as a friend. Only an enemy, and the only friend worth having is one who will bite when he’s provoked. But dogs can be so much more than just vicious predators. They are also great companions and if you’ve ever owned a dog or know anyone who has, you know that dogs love to play and love to be around people.
They want to be friends and they want to be loved. Dogs take social cues from humans and they adopt behaviors that we consider friendly and consider rude in other humans. If we were dogs, we would interpret the way we were treated by other humans as a friendly gesture and we would respond in kind with affection and loyalty.
Source: Cyrano De Bergerac
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