Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-14
THE DOG DOCTOR.
An Hour with Him while he Described
his Customers and his Practice.

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An Hour With Him while he Described
his Customers and his Practice.
Forming a group In a dingy o wee
d bsld-headed man, wearing horn spec
tacles, with a fringe Of whiskers around
his face, a snarling, shaggy-haired dog
and an elegantly dressed woman, who
looked as if she might cry. On shelves
and tables were stuffed dogs, birds, AND
queer-looking animals. On a bench at
the mans side were half a dozen pairs of
forceps and q lot of dental instruments.
s.Please, please, don't hurt Dot any
more than you can help" the lady plead
ed, tearfuliy.
Not for a moment, num-" the man
said, as he pressed the dogs body be-
tween his knees and violently yanked
open its mouth. "IH be as gentle as
possible with him."
He picked up one Of the foreeps and
pulled out one of Dots teeth, scraped
the other teeth with an instrument that
looked like a nut pick, n ianced the
gums. As soon as Dot reached the floor,
he took q firm seat on his launches,
braced his feet, raised his head, and
howled dismally. The lady picked him
up in her arms and shed tears of sympa-
thy.
s'He'H be all right now, num-" the
dog doctor said as he pocketed i crisp
$40 note, and opened the door for the
lady to pass out. "Hls teeth's in good
order now, and he won't suffer with his
gums"
al often pull out dogs teeth" he ex-
planned to the reporter, who had been
watching the treatment of Dot, 'and
more often / scrape and clean 'em up. l
do more of it nowadays b did thir-
ty years ago, when l first began dog doc
toring. It's more fashionable for ladies
to keep dogs than it used to be. Dogs Is
like children some-I mean the little lap
dogs. They eat too much sweets and
their teeth gets bad, and when their teeth
is bad, why they've got to be fixed, SO
what does l do a few years ago but prints
on my cards Dog Dentistry 1t has
brought me in lots of customers. You
ought to see the carriages that the ladies
often come in, and they wears diamonds
that almost blinds me. They don't seem
to care for money much SO long as their
dogs Is fixed all right. And then they
watches me like a cat watches a nous
while I'm at work at the dogs mouth,
and if / amt as gentle as a kitten, why
they goes for me like a whirlwind."
"Dc you ever fill dogs teeth!"
81 never did that, although a lady oncs
wanted me to all a pet pug's teeth will
gold. / told her that l couldn't do it
and, although she was a regular custo-
mer, she went right away, and neveI
came near the shop any more"
"What dogs are generally brought tt
you for treatment"
"Pugs, Spaniels, and Scotch and Skye
terriers. Black and tans used to be vel
thought of once, but nowadays ladies
don't seem to care for them much. Ac
cording to my notions, the best pet dog o
all is a cross between Italian greyhound
and a black and tan. They are the bes
watch dogs, too. That reminds me O
something which happened when 1 frs
began dog doctoring. Somebody brough
me a dog of thai breed to treat. l con
cluded that it needed a dose of medicine
and tried to force some down its throa,
1t was no go. The dog bit me half
dozen times, and upset seven doses @
medicine. l prepared another dose, pu
it on the floor, and sat down to get win
for another attempt. Just think HOY
surprised I was when the dog walks u
to where / left the medicine and ticks
up as if it was fond of it."
d you set dogs broken bones?"
soften. I've lone lots of queer thing
with animals. Once I put a glass eye i
a dog"
"How did you happen to do that?"
"a lady customer had a dog and a CT
which didn't agree very well, and or
day, while she was out, they fought, al
the dog lost an eye. Did you ever put
glass eye in a dog?' says she to me Oh
day. no num- says I: and l new
heard tell of such a thing Can it |
done?' says she. almost anything ca
be DONE saysI l.. well, them says SD
Il al you to have a glass eye made f
Henry Henry was the name of her do
So / had to take the dog to a man wi
made glass eyes for one, and when it W
finished l took it to the lady's house Al
put it in"
"What happened them"
"Why, Henry wouldn't have it at a
He scratched it out with his paw. Y
tried to make him wear it, but it was
use. Henry was a positive dog"