Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
CHAT WITH a DOG DOCTOR.
Under Treatment--Pug Dogs Delicate
Fashions Demsnds-Little watch Dogs.

Under Treatment--Pug Dogs Delicate
Fashions Demsnds--Little watch Dogs
New York SUM
A dog hospital on Center street has wire
gate, so that when the door is left open the
dogs under treatment may not escape. Last
week there were only two sick dogs In the
hospital. One, young pug, had three legs
broken, twice at the hip and twice at the
shank. The shanks were done up in plaster
Of Paris, but the dog doctor had been
unable to set the broken hip joints. This dog
was nearly well, and could get around
very nicely, but its broken hips and one
dragging leg gave 1t a sorry look. The
doctor explained that IL belonged to
family of children, who had broken its legs
by pushing It Off table. 1t was to 60 back
70 the children in day or two. The other
dog, Yorkshire terrier, was recovering
from an attack of the mango. He seemed
very sad, but this may have been due to
his inability to reach the tame rats In cage
near by. Whom any one said rats" he
hustled around and rubbed his nose against
the cago in a disappointed way.
Tho dog doctor was inclined to DO talk
alive He said: "Ladies often bring their
dogs here for treatment They mako more
fuss than they would over child. They
cry and come back two or three times to
say last farewell One day a gentleman
came with q very sick dog told him
didn't think could do any thing for It He
said oh, don't say thati don't dare go
home and tell that / guess he had given
the dog something to make It sick.
"Pug dogs are delicate and are subject
to diseases Of the eyes and teeth. That is
one reason why they should not be kissed.
The little black-and-tan dogs which are SO
rare, have to be fed very carefully, as they
are liable to attacks of indigestion. The
mango does not amount to much, and can
DO cured easily in ten days, but the distem-
per Is very dangerous disease. Usually
1t either kills the dog or makes him blind
"The fashion now demands big dogs, such
as the St Bernard and Gordon or Irish set
tiers. Young ladies like to walk up and
down the streets with them, although |
don't soc how they can mako pots Of them
In their houses. Some favor the toy bull
dog, aud 1t is not pretty dog, either
"Little dogs are much used for watch
dogs, and they often save the expense Of
Waterman. You see them in the windows
OF many jewelry stores They are very
nervous and wakeful, and makea great deal
Of noise when disturbed. They are natur-
ally suspicious OF strangers, and for this
reason are not easily poisoned or coaxed
within reach. They are so small that they
can hide so as to give q thief great trouble
In catching them The best for this pur-
pose is the Skye terrier, and next is the
Yorkshire. Crosses between the two and
Scotch terriers are also good. Such dogs
have prevented burglaries in private
houses Not long ago we had here York
shire terrier named Rags He played on
the stage in tho play Old Heads and Young
Hearts, We sold himito family named
Cohen. It seems burglars had broken in
and chloroformed some Of the family, and
they wished to take precautions against an
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