Jack and Wilma Tromp Since April, 1998, my two Jack Russell Terriers (thanks to Gilberto Lira) have been a big part of my life--they have been through the ups and downs, but they were always there for me no matter what. Africa, Bonaire, St. Maarten, and the USA--yes, they have been there, done that, and bought the doggy bones. Not bad for a dog life’s at all, and I’m sure that there will be more places for them to visit in their doggy years to come. I dedicated this page to my source of inspiration--Jack and Wilma--and to all the other dogs that I had in my life so far. Be good! (Mr. Jack passed away May 29, 2009 in Ireland after a battle with throat cancer. He is sorely missed.)

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind. -- Theodorus Gaza

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. -- Roger Caras

DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world’s worship. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one. --
Anonymous

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. -- Plato

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. --Christopher Morley

Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog. -- James Thurber

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithfully and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -- Anonymous

No matter how little money and how few passions you own, having a dog makes you rich. -- Louis Sabin

Histories are more full of examples of fidelity of dogs than of friends. -- Alexander Pope

The one absolute, unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world – the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous - is his dog… He will kiss the hand that had no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. When all other friends desert, he remains. -- George G. Vest

They will always be there for you no matter. -- Delno L. A. Tromp