I started early – took my dog – And visited the sea – The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me – Emily Dickinson, I Started Early Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort may become a dog's Master without the consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God. Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: a Dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPnJM3zWfUo&feature=related ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-gtcd8Ot0k ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ttNC5ijvA&feature=related ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJQM5xBaRXI ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJyorgHxvLA ;