Sir Walter Scott: Author. Poet. Dog Lover.

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Sir Thomas Carlyle tells the story of a cocker spaniel in Edinburgh, the most timid and reserved of its race, which shrank from all attention until one day on the street it made a sudden spring towards a tall stranger, and fawned upon him in an ecstasy of delight. This was Sir Walter Scott, whose great heart, like a magnet, drew to it all other hearts, whether bold or shy.

His horses all fed from his hand; he would never ride on Sunday, believing that “all domestic animals have a full right to their Sabbath of rest.”