My buddy Sherlock was born on March 11, 2005 and we got him from the local pet rescue:

http://www.triadspca.org/

He's pretty good, for a used dog.

On Dogs:

"If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them." ~Phil Pastoret

"If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one." ~Andy Rooney

"The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's." ~Mark Twain

"Happiness is a warm puppy." ~Charles M. Schulz

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." ~Andy Rooney

"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ~Mark Twain

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend: and inside a dog, it's too dark to read." ~Groucho Marx

"If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man." ~Mark Twain