The DOG will remain next to a person in wealth and poverty, in health and disease.

The DOG will sleep on cold ground, where cold winds blow and furiously sweeps snow, just to be near the owner.

The DOG will kiss his hand even if that hand cannot give it water; she will lick wounds and scratches - the result of clashes with the cruelty of the world around her.

The DOG guards the sleep of his impoverished master as zealously as if he were a prince.

When all the other friends leave, this one stays.

When all riches disappear and everything falls apart, the DOG is as constant in his love as the sun striding across the sky.”