The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-17
MElI!if Eagle
SUMAERING THE PETS.
HOW THEY ARE LODGED, BOARDED
AND CARED FOR.

Families Relieved of Embarrassing II
cumbr,tnoes-seme Things Worth Know
ing About Dogs and Other Animal
An Interview with a Specialist.
= In the SD MINER season, when so man
families sh ut up their city residence
and go TO ME seaside or country, th
disposition to be made of the family PEI
he IL dog. cat or bird, is often a mos
embarrassing question. 1t is often
nuisance to TAX it along. Humanity d.
mands that if left behind it must b
properly cared far. The numerous fame
ers. dealers and doctors of domestic pet
in this city fully appreciate this sitns
ton of affairs, and in summer notify tn
public by signs on their establishment
that with them can be found "summe
board for domestic pets"
A LARGE BUSINESS.
.eThe business is quite an extensiv
one" said a keeper of one of these ''pe
hotels" ''yet it is not as great as W
would like it to be. / think that tn
keeping of house cat or dog is gettln
less and less popular with people in OF
binary circumstances. The wealth
people keep them because they have tn
room and servants to look after them
The wealthy, though, generally owl
their country or beach places and sen
their pets there, so we get very lev
boarders from them.
while people in ordinary circum
stances are giving up dogs and cats a
house pets they are growing fonder an
fonder of song birds. Dealers who tax
birds to board are now doing a rusnln
business People of moderate mean
when they leave town generally go t
hotels where they would not be allowe'
20 take their pets, so 1T is from them W
get most of our boarders. One Sixth av
enue dealer is boarding nearly one hun
bred oanaries and many parrots an,
knocking birds Fifty cents a week
the charge for small birds and seventy
five cents for parrots. We charge $40
month for dogs board, and 81 mont
for cats.
people who value their domestic pet
should be very careful how they car
for them during the summer. Civ
your birds plenty of rape seed, and a
little large seed as possible. Slip piec
of green stuff between the bars of tn
cage occasionally. Also give them a b
of apple once day. Apple is nature
tonic to birds Keep your cats indoor
as much as possible, and brush thei
coats thoroughly every day. Feed ther
lightly, giving them fish and milk dishes
but no meat
HOW TO CARE FOR DOGS.
There is not one owner of a dog
ten who knows how to care for the an
NAL. The dog should be kept as quit
as possible throughout the heat of th
day, but he should not be chained {
worried with restraint. He should /
fed lightly and only twice a day, an
change should be made in his food fir
quently. Don't give him meat. Civ
him . bone to chew once in a Will
For staple food give him milk dishes an
vegetables. A great many people wi
tell you dog won't eat vegetables.
a dog turns away from vegetables til
first time take them away at once. Civ
him a fresh supply at the next meal. 3
will be hungry enough to eat them thel
and soon will take to them as natural
as to meat.
Dogs should frequently be washed
cold water containing a little alcoho
Use common yellow soap. If you mui
muzEle your dog in summer, don't kee
him without muzzle all the rest of I'll
year. Put it on him for half hour {
30 every day, and he win get so used
il that when he has to wear it steadil
it won't worry hin. If people would q
this for their pets there would be fewt
SO called mad dogs Dogs are very ik
ly to have a rash Of blood TO the heaC
That gives them running fit. The
froth at the mouth aud people thin
they are mad. never saw a mad do!
and have been handling dogs for fit
wears When dog gets one Of the'
running fits he is harmless, and if h
head is ducled into pail of cold watt
he will quickly come around"
AT this time" said a South FIT
avenue bird faucier, mot one quarter
the birds and animals here are mine. Mo
of them are boarders. There are, b
sides the canaries, finches, thrushe
hooking birds, macaws, parrots, and
that row Of strong wire cages are cats
valuable strains. and back further ha,
the monkeys. while | keep the dogs
the basement and in kennels in ii
yard"
The reporter walked into the yard an
found kenneled there comfortably S
Bernard, several fox terriers, pugs an
black and tans, and there were probabl
twenty more in the basement III
fAncier said that himself and his wi
and grown daughter had their hands FL
In caring for, feeding and doctoring Il
menagerie in the summer. but as reg
lar custom WAS light he found it
profitable that from year to year he il
creased his facilities he charges f,
birds from On to so cents week. fl
Cats s., and for dogs and monkeys fro,
81 to s. a week.
THAT St Bernard over there" sai
the fancier. will eat as much as you
j. and then he must be cleaned an
washed and exercised occasionally. -
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