The Dogue de Bordeaux will give you a paw ten times to get what he wants.
When you let him do as he likes he will overwhelm you.
He will scramble on your lap, on your shoulders.
He will stand up when his master or mistress gets up.
He waits at the door of the bathroom.
He will look fondly in your eyes.
He sits on your foot and can stay there for hours.
He lies forgotten under the table.
He will accompany you on your walk and stay close.
In short...he loves you.

R. Triquet-The Saga of the Dogue de Bordeaux

Je suis fidèle comme un dogue
Au maître le lierre au tronc
El les cosaques zaporogues
Ivrognes, pieux et larrons
Aux steppes et au décalogue

I am faithful as a dogue
To the master the ivy to the tree-trunk
And the Zaporozhe Cossacks
Drunkards, pious and thieves,
to the steppes and the ten commandments

Alcools-Beaucoup de ces dieux sont péri 1913