Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-02
SUMMERING THE PETS.
HOW THEY ARE LODGED, BOARDED
AND CARED FOR.

Families Relieved of Embarrassing In
cumbrances-Some Things Worth Know
ing About Dogs and other Animals.
An Interview with Specialist.
In the summer season, when SO many
families shut up their city residences
and 60 to the seaside or country, the
disposition to be made of the family pet,
be it dog, cat or bird, is often most
embarrassing question. It is often a
nuisance to take it along Humanity de-
mands that if left behind it must be
properly cared for. The numerous fanci-
ers, dealers and doctors of domestic pets
in this city fully appreciate this situa-
ton of affairs, and in summer notify the
public by signs on their establishments
that with them can be found summer
board for domestic pets"
A LARGE BUSINESS.
''The business is quite an extensive
one,' said keeper of one of these .'pet
hotels" ''yet it is not as great as we
would like it to be. l think that the
keeping of a house cat or dog is getting
less and less popular with people in or
dinary circumstances. The wealthy
people keep them because they have the
room and servants to look after them.
The wealthy, though, generally own
their country or beach places and send
their pets there, so we get very few
boarders from them
'While people in ordinary circum-
stances are giving up dogs and cats as
house pets they are growing fonder and
fonder Of song birds. Dealers who take
birds to board are now doing rushing
business. People Of moderate means
when they leave town generally go to
hotels where they would not be allowed
to take their pets, so it is from them we
get most of our boarders. One Sixth av-
enue dealer is boarding nearly one hun
dred canaries and many parrots and
mocking birds Fifty cents week is
the charge for small birds and seventy
five cents for parrots. We charge $40 a
month for dogs board, and 81 month
for cats.
people who value their domestic pets
should be very careful how they care
for them during the summer. Give
your birds plenty Of rape seed, and as
little large seed as possible. Slip piece
Of green stuff between the bars Of the
cage occasionally. Also give them bit
Of apple once day Apple is natural
tonic to birds. Keep your cats indoors
as much as possible, and brush their
coats thoroughly every day. Feed them
lightly, giving them fish and milk dishes,
but no meat
HOW TO CARE FOR DOGS.
''There is not one owner of dog in
ten who knows how to care for the ami
NAL. The dog should be kept as quiet
as possible throughout the heat of the
day. but he should not be chained or
worried with restraint. He should be
fed lightly and only twice day, and
change should be made in his food fire.
quently Don't give him meat Give
him bone to chew once in while.
For staple food give him milk dishes and
vegetables. A great many people will
tell you dog won't eat vegetables. If
dog turns away from vegetables the
first time take them away at once. Give
him fresh supply at the next meal. He
will be hungry enough to eat them then,
and soon will take to them as naturally
as to meat.
''Dogs should frequently be washed in
cold water containing little alcohol
Use common yellow soap. If you must
muzzle your dog in summer, don't keep
him without muzzle all the rest of the
year. Put it on him for half hour or
SO every day, and he will get so used to
it that when he has to wear it steadily
it won't worry him If people would do
this for their pets there would be fewer
SO called mad dogs. Dogs are very like
Iy to have a rush OF blood to the head.
That gives them running fit. They
froth at the mouth and people think
they are mad. | never saw mad dog,
and have been handling dogs for fifty
years When dog gets one Of these
running fits he is harmless, and if his
head is ducked into pail Of cold water
he will quickly come around"
"At this time,r said South Fifth
avenue bird fancier, mot one quarter Of
the birds and animals here are mine Most
of them are boarders. There are, be-
sides the canaries, fnches, thrushes,
mocking birds, macaws, parrots, and in
that row of strong wire cages are cats of
valuable strains, and back further have
the monkeys, while keep the dogs in
the basement and in kennels in the
yard.
The reporter walked into the yard and
found kenneled there comfortably a ST.
Bernard. several fox terriers, pugs and
black and tans, and there were probably
twenty more III the basement The
fancier said that himself and his wife
and grown daughter had their hands full
in caring for. feeding and doctoring the
menagerie in the summer, but as regu-
lar custom was light he found it SO
profitable that from year to year he in
creased his facilities. He charges for
birds from 25 to 50 cents a week, for
cats So, and for dogs and monkeys from
81 to s. week
'That st. Bernard over there" said
the fancier, will eat as much as you or
|, and then he must be cleaned and
washed and exercised occasionally. >
New York Times.