Love for a dog during childhood is one of the deepest and purest emotions we are ever likely to have, and it remains with us for the rest of our lives. For some people, their first experience with love is with a dog. The fact that the dog returns the love so fiercely, so openly, so unambivalently, is for many children a unique and lasting experience.

Dogs Never Lie About Love: Why Your Dog Will Always Love You More Than Anyone Else (ed. Random House, 2012) - ISBN: 9781409002482