The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-25
! THE DOG DOCTOR.
lin Hour with Him while He De-
scribes His Customers.

Forming group in room were a
bald headed man wearing horn specta-
cles, with q fringe of whiskers about
his face. q aEnarling, shaggy haired dog
and an elegantly dressed lady, who
looked as if she might cry. On shelves
and tables were stuffed dogs, birds and
queer looking animals. On bench at
the mans side were half dozen pairs
of foreeps and lot of dental instru-
ments.
sPlease, please, don't hurt Dot any
more than you can help" pleaded the
lady, tearfully.
Not for moment, num- the old
man said as he pressed the dogs body
between his knees and violently yanked
open its mouth. "I'H be as gentle as
possible with him..
He picked Iip one of the foreeps and
pulled one of Dots teeth, scraped the
other teeth with an instrument that
looked like a 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.
Hell be all right now, num- the
dog faneier said as he pocketed a crisp
$40 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. I"
Il often pull out dogs teeth, j" he ex-
planned to the reporter who had been
oh hn e n.
more often scrape and clean EN- up.
/ do more of it now than / used to thir-
ty years ago, when / first began dog
doctoring. 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 get bad. and
when their teeth gets bad whv, they
have got to be fixed, SO what does do
a few years ago but print on nv 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 as their
dogs is liked all right. And then thew
watches me like a cat watches a mouse
while I'm at work at the dogs mouth.
and if | amt as gentle as q kitten
why, they goes for me like whirl-
wind"
do you ever fill dogs teeth?"
81 never did that, although a LADY
once wanted me to fill bet pu0is
teeth with gold. told her / couldn't
do il, and, although she was a REGULAR
customer, she went right away and
never came near the shcp any more"
''What dogs are generally brought
to you for treatmentP'
''Pugs, spaniels, and Scotch and skye
terriers. Black and tans used to he
well thought of once, but nowadays
ladies don't seem to care for them
much. According to my notions, the
best pet dog is a cross between an ItaI-
ian greyhound and black and tan.
They are the best watch docs foo.
That reminds me Of sometime which
happened when first began dog doc
toring. Somebody brought me a dog
Of that breed to. treat. concluded
that it needed dose Of medicine. and
Iried to force ia dog lsit me half
dozen Times, and upset seven doses of
medicine. / prepared another dose,
put it on the floor, and SAT down to get
wind for another attempt just think
how surprised | was when the dog
walksup TO where had left the medi-
cine and licksit up as if it was fond of
il.
"Do you set dogs broken bonesPn
eOften. I've done lots of queer
things with animals. Once ! put a
glass eye in a dog
How did you happen TO do that9"
"A lady customer had a dog and
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 a glass eye in a dog?p says she
to me one day. mo, mum. " says /;
s'and never heard tell Of such 8
thing" Cant it be doneP" says she.
,.Almost anything can be done, y says ].
s.Well, then, . says she. 81 want you
to have a glass eye made for Henry"
Henry was the name of her dog. So
had to take the dog to man who
made glass eyes for one. and when it
was finished l took it to the lady's
house and put it in"
What happened then2"
"Whv, Henry wouldn't have it at all.
He scratched it out with his paw. We
tried to make him wear il, but Is was
no use. Henry was a positive dog.
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