“I want to be the person my dog thinks I am”

“I want to be the person my dog thinks i am” is a saying that has been printed on many images. There have been many slightly different forms of the saying. Dog owners want to feel deserving of their dog’s love and trust.
 
“There’s an old saying among males: ‘I hope I grow up to be the person my dog thinks I am’” was printed in the Bradenton (FL) Herald on July 9, 1992. ” “Please, God, make me the type of person that my dogs think I am” was printed in The Daily Reporter (Martinsville, IN) on May 15, 1993. “O Lord. Please help me become the person my dog thinks I am” was posted on the newsgroup Google Groups:  k12.ed.science on February 13, 1994. “I want to be the person my dog thinks I am” was posted on the newsgroup Google Groups: rec.autos.makers.honda on February 19, 1997.
 
“Lord Help Me Be The Kind Of Person (My Dog Thinks I Am)” is a country song by The Bellamy Brothers from the album Jesus is Coming (2007).
   
 
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9 July 1992, Bradenton (FL) Herald, “Subjects that draw the most responses” by Twyman Towery, pg. C-5, col. 4:
There’s an old saying among males: “I hope I grow up to be the person my dog thinks I am.”
 
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15 May 1993, The Daily Reporter (Martinsville, IN), “Martinsville Senior Center” by Jeannie East, pg. 8, col. 2:
We truly love them all, therefore, I share with all our animal-loving friends this little prayer that I cherish remembering:  “Please, God, make me the type of person that my dogs think I am.”
       
Google Groups:  k12.ed.science
Nat. Geo Kids Network
James S. Loeffler
Feb 13, 1994, 5:03:11 PM
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O Lord. Please help me become the
the person my dog thinks I am.
 
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23 February 1994, Modesto (CA) Bee, “Today’s chuckle,” pg. A-2, col. 4:
“Dear God, please make me the kind of person that my dog thinks I am.”
—Submitted by Marvyl Braun, Modesto
   
Google Groups: bit.listserv.frac-l
FRAC-L Digest - 23 Jun 1994 to 24 Jun 1994
7 Seas Software
Jun 25, 1994, 4:42:30 AM
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“If only I were the kind of person my dog thinks I am…”
 
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26 June 1994, Fresno (CA) Bee, “From the desk of Dennis Pollack, pg. F2, col. 5:
Quoteworthy: “Dear God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am” (From a newsletter of the U.S.S. Fletcher Reunion Group).
 
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25 July 1995, Atlanta (GA)  Journal-Constitution, “The Vent,” pg. B2, col. 5:
Lord, help me be the person my dog thinks I am.
 
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4 February 1996, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, “Z24” by Dan Wiese, pg. 33G, col. 1:
Toward that end, I mumbled a prayer I once saw on a refrigerator magnet: “Lord, help me to be the person my dog thinks I am.”
 
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9 June 1996,  Anchorage (AK) Daily News, “Dog Days” by Peter Porco, pg. J1, col. 3:
That’s the real message of the bumper sticker “Lord, please let me be the person my dog thinks I am”
 
Google Goups: alt.showbiz.gossip
Steak & Dialysis Pie…
Clarksville Street Department
Jun 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
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Joanna - striving everyday to be the person my dog thinks I am.—-
     
Google Groups: rec.autos.makers.honda
need DOT drag tire advice…
Dillon Pyron
Feb 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
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I want to be the person my dog thinks I am.
 
Google Groups: alt.humor
Dogs
Keith E. Sullivan
Sep 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
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PRAYER & DOGS
A member of his congregation told Rev. Warren J. Keating, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Yuma, AZ, that this was the best prayer he ever heard: “Dear God, please help me be the person my dog thinks I am.”
Cal & Rose Samra, Holy Humor
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