Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-05
BOARDING DOGS.
A Boarding-iouSe for AriSto-
cratic CANNES.
THEY FARE BETTER THAN SOME MEN
Many Boarders Boast of Masters and
Homes Among the 4oo.-Some are
Furnished Feather Pillows.
HEY FARE BETTER THAN SOME MEN

"What do you feed your dogs on tc
keep them so fat and strong?' l asked
the landlord of dogs boarding house.
Il feed big and little alike" he an
swered, "on vegetable soup and bread.
That contains all the nourishment need
ed. l get bread by the barrel, soak it
in water, squeeze it into pulp, put it
into big tub, then pour the soup over
it. The soup is made from meat run
through sausage mill and many vege-
tables. This give them three times a
day. Twice a week l put little pow
dered sulphur into the food. Cone in
and let me introduce my boarders.
This boarding house is solely for aris-
tocratic CANNES. The dogs must come
with references and pedigrees to be able
to obtain room. 1t is very fashion
able place, and many boarders boast
masters and homes among the 400.
There is little turning up of noses, for
mostly the dogs are of one set. Some
times, to be sure, when newcomer
makes his appearance he is shifted at to
ascertain whether his coat is of purple
and fine linen, or of straw and feas.
The two -storied house stands in the
heart of the city. Each boarder has a
room consisting of a wire cage filled
with clean straw, if he be big fellow,
or soft feather pillow if he be my
lady's toy spaniel.
The poodles, spaniels and pugs pay
So a week, the pointers and settlers 81,
and great Danes, mastiffs, ST. Bernards
and bloodhounds SO.
They are sent to this boarding house
to be got ready for shows, to be cared
for when they are i'll, or to be housed
while their masters are away for the
summer.
There is no yard, so the men in charge
the buffers of the house-get up at
a. m., and after giving the dogs their
breakfast take them for a romp i'll the
streets. Again in the afternoon this is
done to prevent their food from going
to fat
The house is kept at temperature of
65 degrees by means of cellar furnace.
Two men devote their time to the well
fare of the guests and prevent 'scrap-
3ing," for, though aristocratic, these
CANNES enjoy genuine brawl as much
as tramp dog.
As l entered l was greeted by a
friendly bark from forty dogs or more.
The first little gentleman to walk for
ward and offer me his hand was a
Prince Charles. His manner was most
affable. He wore kid gloves and his
shirt frill was exquisitely fluted.
Mr.. Phillips gave me good point
er" about the gloves. The spaniel's
beauty lies in the gloss and length of
his coat. If he has the slightest skin
disease, in scratching he tears the hair
out so badly with his sharp claws that
in few days time the hair becomes
ragged and thin.
As soon as spaniel begins to scratch
Mr.. Phillips puts these kid gloves on
his claws. They are simply bags fas
tened about the legs securely with rub
Der bands.
equal portions of cocoanut oil and vase
line. The spaniel first is washed we'll.
A flannel rag is dipped in the mixture
and the oil rubbed carefully into the
skin not the hair.
Prince is then stood upon a stool in
front of fire while he is brushed. The
brush used resembles an ordinary toilet
brush, except that the center bristles
are quite long. A strong downward
motion is made with the brush, which
throws the oil from the skin into the
tubes of the hair, then an upward, back
ward motion that gives the curl to the
coat. The parting on the forehead is
carefully picked out with a comb and
the hair brushed away from it in a
glossy sweep.
After the operation has been gone
through with several times the skin is
healed so that the gloves may be re-
moved, and the hair, strengthened by
the cocoanut oil, quickly resumes its
former length.
Most of the attention is bestowed up
on the ears. for $50 can be added to the
dogs value should the hair from the
ears touch the ground.
This long growth is frequently gained
by putting the ears in gloves also, and
rubbing freqeuntly with cocoanut oil.
Prince was dog with pathetic
background. He was very newcomer
into the house.
The flesh pots of Egypt had been his,
but his young mistress, whose name is
we'll known in "society columns, !"
needed $3.50 very badly last month.
She sold her pet for that price; but only
on condition that Prince was not to be
sold again and in June she would re-
deem him with $500. So the little gen
tleman and a sad little perfumed note
begging for his good treatment had just
been brought to the clearinghouse.
Ungrateful little beauty and dandy
though that he was, instead of crying
and sobbing, as have no doubt his
handsome mistress was doing at that