Daily Republican., 1884-02-13
THE DOG DOCTOR.
An Hour With Min While He
Describes His Customers and His
Practice

DoscflDoS HIS CubtOmeFS and II II
Practice
Forming q group in dingy room were
q bald.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
quee looking animals. On bench at
the mans side were half dozen pairs
of forceps and lot of dental instru-
| mentS,
Please, please don't hurt Dot any
more than you can help" the lady plea
ded, teartully.
" Not for moment, num-" the man
, said, as he pressed the dogs body be-
tween his knees and violently yanked
! open his mouth. "I'll be as gentle as
possible with him."
He picked up one of the forceps and
pulled out 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 a firm seat on his haunch.
es, braced his feet, raised his head and
ho"led di4mally. The lady picked him
up in her arms and shed tears of sym.
psthy.
"ne'll be all right now, num-" the
dog doctor said as he pOcketed "a crisp
ten-'ollar note and opened the door for
the lady to pass out. His teeth's in
good order now, and he won't suffer
with his gums"
81 often pull out dogs teeth" he |
explained to reporter, who had been
watching the treatment of Dot, "and |
more often | scrapo and clean 'em up
l do more Of it nowadays than | did
thirty years ago, when | first began
'.os doct"ring. It's more fashionable
for ladies' to keep dogs than it used to
be. Dogs is like children some-I mean
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 do few
years ago but prints on my cards Dog
Dentistry' 1t has brought me inslots
Of customers. You ought to see the
carriages that the ladies often come in,
and th'y wears diamonds that almost
blinds me. Tn y don't seem to care
for money much SO long as their dogs i,
fixed all right. And then they watches
me like a Cat watches a mouse while
Pm at work at the dogs mouth, and
II amt as gentle with them as a
kitten, why they goes for me like a
Do you ever fill dogs teeth 2"
never did that, although a lady
'nce wanted me to fill u pet pug's teeth @
with gold. told her couldn't do it, /
md, although she was regular custo- 4
ner, she went right awav and never
,ame near the shop any more.''
What dogs are generally brought to b
you for treatment"
"Pugs, spaniels and Scotch and
Skye terriers. Black a d tan used TO
70 we thought of once, but nowadays
aides don't seem to care for them | 81
much. According TO my notion The G.
rest pet dog Of all is cross between an "
Italian greyhound and black and p
an. They are the best watch dogs, too. Il
hat reminds me of something which S
when first began dog doc
oring. Somebody brought me dogI
t that breed to treat. | concluded
hat it needed u dose of medic ne, and /,
ried to force some down his throat. 1t ri
yas no 60. The dog bit me halfa doz n m
ines, and upset seven doses of medi-
inc. prepared another dose, put it
n the floor, and sat down to get wind
)r another attempt. just think hos
lrprised | was when the dog walks u
p to where left the medicine and II
cks it up az if it was fond of it,"
" Do you set dogs broken bones 2"
"Often. I've done lots Of queer, ca
lings with animals. Once pu N
lass eye in n dog" in
" How did you happen to do that ?"
" A lady customer had dog and
Vt which didn't agree very well, and Fl
ne day, while she was out, they fought,
nd the dog lost an eye. Did you ever
Ut a glass eye in dog? says she to St
~ on" day No, mum, says and III
never heard tell Of such II thing
Can it be done 2 says she. Almost
lythng can be done says |. Well, ri
zen, says She, Il want you to have a
ass eye made for Henry Henry
rs thr mama Of her dog. So had to NJ
k" tnr dog to - man who made glass
o. FOR 0nr, and wnn it was finished
took i, /" the laiy's house and put it -,
" What happened then 2"
" Why, Henry wouldn't have it at =,
!. Ho scratched it out with his paw. II
q tried to make him wear it, but it
as no use. Henry was positive
g." B'