I've known dogs that loved men as no humans could have loved them.

It doesn't make any difference to a dog if his master is a worthless scamp." "Wal, I reckon most of them hounds I bought had no good masters, judgin' from the way they act," replied the rancher.
"I'm developin' a first-rate pack," said Wade.

"Jim hasn't any faults exceptin' he doesn't bay enough.

Sampson's not as true-nosed as Jim, but he'll follow Jim, an' he has a deep, heavy bay you can hear for miles.
So that makes up for Jim's one fault.

These two hounds hang together, an' with them I'm developin' others.