The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-03-13
THE DOG DOCTOR.
An Hour with Him while he Ue'
scribes His Customers.

Forming @ group in a room were
bald headed man wearing horn specta-
cles, with fringe of whiskers about
his face, snarling, shaggy-haired dog
and an elegantly dressed lady. who
looked as if she might cry. On shelves
and tables were stuffed dogs, birds ana
queer looking animals. On q bench at
the mans side were half dozen pairs
of forceps and a lot of dental instru-
ments.
"Piease, please, don't hurt Dot any
more than you can help, pleaded the
lady, tcarfully. =.
mot for a moment, num-" the old
man said as he pressed the dogs body
between his knees and violently yanked
open it's mouth. 'Ill be as gentle as
possible with him."
He picked up one of the forceps and
pulled one of Dots teeth, scraped the
other teeth with an instrument that
looked like nut-pick. and lanced the
gums. AS soon as Dot reached the
| floor, he took 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 sympathy.
He'll be all right now, num-" the
dog fancier said as he pocketcd crisp
$40 note, and opened the door for the
lady to pass out. tHis teeth's in good
order now and he won't suffer with his
gums"
Il often pull out dogs teeth" he ex-
planned to the reporter who had been
| watching the treatment of Dot, ''and
more often l scrape and clean 'em up
l do more of it now than used to thir-
ty years ago, when l first began dog
doctoring. It's more fashionable for
ladies to keep dogs than it used to be.
Dogs is like children some-I moan the
little lap dogs. They eat too much
sweets and their teeth get bad, and
when their teeth gets bad. why, they
have got to be fixed, SO what does do
few years ago but print on my cards
"dog dentistry" 1t brought me in
lots of customers. You ought to see
the carriages that the ladies often
comes in. and they wears diamonds
that almost blinds me. They don't
seem to care for money SO long rs their
dogs is fixed all right. And then they
watches me like cat watches mouse
while I'm at work at the dogs mouth.
and if l amt as gentle as kitten,
why. they goes for mo like awhirl-
wind"
''Do you ever fill dogs teethP"
II never did that, although lady
once wanted me to fill pet pup's
teeth with gold. l told her. couldn't
do it. and, although she was a regular
customer. she went right away and
never came near the shop any more. !"
what dogs are generally brought
to you for treatment"
''Pugs, spaniels, and Scotch and skye
terriers. Black and tans used to be
well thought of once, but nowadays
ladies don't seem to care for them
much. According to my notions, the
best pet dog is cross between an Ital-
ian greyhound and black and tan.
They are the best watch dogs, too.
That reminds me of something which
happened when l first began dog doe
toring. Somebody brought me dog
of that breed to treat. / concluded
that it needcI a dose of medicine, and
tried to force some down its throat 1t
was no 90. The dog bit me half a
dozen times, and upset seven doses of
medicine. l prepared another dose,
put it on the floor, and SAL down to get
wind for another attempt. just think
how surprised | was when the dog
walks up to where l had left the medi-
cine and iicksit up rs if it was fond OF
it."
.Do yoyset dogs broken ,nes?"
"OiteL I've done lots of queer
things with animals. Once l put a
glass Eye in a dog"
.Row did you happen to do that?"
"a lady customer mad II dog and a
cat which didn't agree very well, and
one day when she was out they fought
and the dog lost an eye. did you ev-
er put glass eye in dog?" says she
TO me one day. No, num-" says i;
land | never heard tell of such u
thing" 'Can'tit be done?" says she.
almost anything eau be done. says [.
"Well, them. says sho. 81 want you
4 to have glass eye made for Henry"
Henry was the name of her dog. So J.
had to take the dog to man who
made glass eyes for one, and when it
was finished / took it to the lady j
house and put it in. y
"What happened then?'
'Why. Henry wouldn't have it at all.
He scratched it out with his paw. We
tried TO make him wear it, but it was
no use. Henry was positive dog. =
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