DOG SPEAK
It's everywhere and we do it all the time! Ever stop and think how often dogs permeate our conversation....more often than you might think! How often do you use any of the phrases below?

gone to the dogs
Taken a turn for the worse.

my dogs are barking
My feet are hurting.

in the dog house
In trouble.

dog tired
Very tired.

sick as a dog
Very sick.

dog and pony show
Put on a good performance to impress someone

look like somebody just shot your dog
Look sad

two (or three) dog night
The number of dogs needed to sleep cuddled up to for keeping warm.

dog days of summer
Very hot days in July and August when the Dog Star, Sirius, rises in conjunction with the sun.

a barking dog never bites
Loudness does not equate with action

a dogs breakfast
Something bad.

dog-leg right or dog-leg left
The fairway turns in a golf course.

better be the head of a dog then the tail of a lion
Using your brain beats using nothing

dog does not eat dog
One disreputable person will not harm another disreputable person.

itís a dog eat dog world
Vicious world.

it's a dog's life
Itís an easy life

dog my cats
good grief...what do you know!

if you can't run with the big dogs puppy, stay on the porch
Keep up or sit down

every dog has its day
The time will come to each of us to be number one

if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
If you associate with bad people, you will acquire their faults.

call off the dogs
Stop what you are doing

mean as a junk-yard dog
Very Mean.

quick as a dog can lick a dish
Fast, very quickly

sad as a hound dog's eye
Very sad; pitiful

sick as a dog
Very sick

bar-dog
Bartender

big dog
Important person

cut dog has no pups
Passing on cutting the cards

bird dog
Keep after someone without letting up

let sleeping dogs lie
Leave it be. let it alone

love me, love my dog
Accept everything about the person you love.

rain cats and dogs
Raining heavily.

why keep a dog and bark yourself
Do not do another personís work

you cannot teach an old dog new tricks
You canít change an old habit.

crooked as a dog's hind leg
Dishonest

happy as a flea in a doghouse
Very happy

the tail wagging the dog
Using PR to sell something

work like a dog
Work very hard.

dog-faced liar
A straight faced liar

puppy love A juvenile crush on a member of the opposite sex...

proud as a pup with a new collar
Very proud

pretty as a speckled pup
Very pretty

go see a man about a dog
Go to the washroom