The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
PET DOGS AT THEIR EASE.
a BOARDING HOUSE WHERE DIGNITY
rs NOT REQUIRED.

Another Side of Their Nature Shown wher
Thsy Arc Away from Home-Uncertnin'
ties About Puppies-TbinEs That Count
in HiEh-Priced DoGs-A Friendly Startling,
In a little. low-roofed cottage up in Bronx
borough a woman keeps a nursery and lodging
house for high-class pet dogs. There are con-
srantly from sixteen to twenty grown dogs and
from three to i've filters Of pups enjoying her
attendance. As fast as one set Is disposed OF,
another arrives: and plain as the little house
looks, II often shelters moro than n thousand
dollars worth of carefully bred dogs. The
rooms and hall are Uttered with imported curl
osit1es that came with the dogs. With a rare
jApSaNse spaniel. that looks for all the world
tNe Q Rray and white hrysanthemum scudding
about, came a carved mnntel ornamento OF
quaint design. far greater In size. II not value.
An odd vase. wrought and lacduered curiously.
came with an arcbaic-looking Maltese pup. and
the mistress has gay-ilgured cups and saucors
and antique music tubes and pipes brought
10 her from Eastern countries by the traders
ete gets her breeding stock from.
THE secret Of raising pups successfully is to
have the stock thoroughly good Mt tho start"
she says. Even then there are many disap-
sentiments. and only one pup out OF a litter is
apt TO be first grade. See this King Charles"
holding up n beautiful, silky-haired. black
spaniel with long penduluous ears and hints OF
tan on his legs and a bright Intelligent face.
hes been worth thousands of dollars to me.
md / wouldn't take any price for him. though
I've been offered $500. Icall him Duke. His coat
IA pretty? Yes. but you should have seen it be-
fore II was clipped. / think he has earned tho
right to be comfortable now. 80 / shaved him
In the summer regardless OF looks. He's had
ut least six children that were very nearly his
match. and that's saying a great deal. The
others all sold. but there we're faults and
blemishes in them. l used to think l
could tell about a pup from the first what
sort OF looks and manners it would have.
but I'm cured of that. They change so from
week TO week that 1t amt fair to sell them until
you really know. Now those Japanese dogs
the nose is the great thing with them. tho
more absolutely fiat 1t ia and the shorter the
face the higher price they bring. There were
three japanese pups born last week, and l
had an offer for them all. Only one is any
good according to the right standard. The
noses of tho other two grew on every day. and
instead OF getting $50 apiece for them they
won't bring 500.
DO ! take sick dogs to look after? Not until
] have seen them. l wouldn't get the distem-
per among mine for anything, although l can
cure almost any dog OF it if 1 have my way.
Distemper Injuries the coat permanently. l be-
NeVe, ana L ngnt shy OF III. A uOR Win any
ordinary indisposition 1 will take charge of.
and 1 take a good many also from people who
are going to travel and can't be bothered with
their pets. They have to get round the rail-
road people some way. and the stationmaster
and hotel people. If they want the dog with
them. and it is a great trouble and expense.
When / take the little creatures here 1 relieve
them of all restraint, take off their ribbons and
bells and blankets. and only battle and comb
them often enough for cleanliness. and keep
them not too warm or in too close air. They
run loose in the yard a little while each morn
ing and afternoon, eat the plainest food of their
sort that is possible. and improve much in
spirits and appearance while here. Even the
~loggiest. lumpiest- looking Of them will pick up
spirit to frisk about a little after being here a
short time.
DO my own dogs get sick much? Not often.
but when they do l give up everything else and
nurse and cater to them until they get over it.
Nobody can raise dogs who wants to shirk
work. Even with that great stove there In the