Newfoundland dog Newfoundland dog that will do as much." Henry David Thoreau "Walden" "Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the Virtues of Man, without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the Memory of Boatswain, a Dog." George Gordon, Lord Byron, Epitaph to a Dog. "That boat, Rover by name, which, though now in strange seas, had often pressed the beach of Captain Delano's home, and, brought to its threshold for repairs, had
Lad, A Dog (film) of the beloved collies they knew on the screen. A "New York Times" reviewer called it a "bucolic drama of no discernible merit". The "Monthly Film Bulletin" praised the dog actors, but felt the film was "stultifyingly mawkish, with a touch of supposed humor contributed by an allegedly English chauffeur". Bob Ross, of the "Tampa Tribune", considered it to be an "earnest, well-acted story". Leonard Maltin felt it was a "genuine if schmaltzy" adaptation of the novel. Lad, A Dog (film) Lad: A Dog is a 1962 American drama film based on the 1919 novel of the same name written