The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
DAcBsHUyDs BUILr FOR FLATS.

Just the Dog Needed to Meet Some Pc
culiar Conditions of Modern Life.
a dachshund is the only sort OF dog to keep
in an APARTMENT" said Mrs. Harlemflatte de-
cisively.
Il thought dogs and children were't allowed
in New York flats" said the Brooklyn woman
who was visiting.
We'll. they're not really; but you can always
sneak in n dog it's different with a baby. We
had the observation-disclosures. Harry named
him. because he was long drawn out-we had
him expressed in a box labelled Coli set The
idea is that you move in without a dog. you
know, and then have it brought in by night or
else expressed as we did. Then, II the agent
should call to inquire, why, it is easy to put it
in the stationary tubs or ont on the fire escape
or even on the dumbwaiter. You cant do that
with a baby"
Hardly" said the Brooklyn woman. think
ing Of her own little darling in their roomy
cottage at Dropoff- by -the-Sea in South Brook
lyn but ] cannot see how you like those hor-
rid dachshunds; they remind me OF great long
beetles!'
1T isn't a case OF liking them exactly. An
gelica it ia n case Of suitability. II you have a
French poodle or even a pug around fiat 1t
seems to he full Of dog. But a dachs seems to
he built for fiat life. He can put his head in
the drawingroom door to be petted or admired
and at the same time he's wagGing his tail in
the kitchen"
II should think a bright little fox terrier
would be nicer"
The trouble with n fox terrier in a fat
Is that he is too lively. He lacks repose. A
dachshund sleeps occasionally; but 1 had q
terrier once who simply couldn't be taught
what night was. He objected to the lamps
being lowered, and kept Jumping up a, the
iun. He couldn't see WIN any one wanted to
waste time sleeping. At first it seemed quite a
JrookSee., hut after three @,, hours r; Harry na9d std ,ntns one
he shut him out in the library. and then he
began to bark at the rubber plant and woke up
something to eat; in fact, he demoralized the
fat. The woman downstairs sent up to ask us
at midnight. as her husband had to work for
their living daytimes. so we had to get rid Of
A irish pugP / never heard OF such a
"ohYes! found he wa. an Irish pug this
~iCFns-boso$s. ey "g had a beaStiiul
low and white daisies with long green stems
S aodr l snS wera eh fets sndS him nHps d Sysr flo iTit to the q;
coH One d.aI 0h, Vas "MsiS arch p. s Sf'P Pstri eGF ddaPsysanfi
sa%e in and found the deg sitting By the table
that he had eaten of every, green ball and left
the orange ones. Icouldn't understand why.
uutIl VI LOU uio ~ WAs pdII Otlbu hll'i LnhC
IT was an Irish pug. Poor thing! it died of
After that fringe episode. and learning
about his race. you know. 1 thought it best to
try an ounce Of prevention. When I went out
next time I got q leather leash about three
yards long and / tied him up in the bathroom
under the marble basin. II was a perfect maze
OF nickel pipes, and when / reached home l
found the dog had been playing some game
with them, for he had climbed in and out and
over and under so" that he was inextricably
mike ID up in them. and there was only about
an inch Of the leather leash that wasn't wound
up In the pipes. Besides this he had strained so
on II that his eyes were, starting out Of his head:
didn't think! Instead Of unlocking his collar
! began to try and unwind him by pushing him
back the way he had come. and some % the
places were SO small that it seemed as though
he'd never get through. He had gone head
first. you see. but l had TO- put him through the
other way. II was Just like crochet work. and
when / finally got him all out he lay there like
dead. He never quite rallied after that.
Then Harry got the dachshund. OF course.
you can never get. to love dachshunds, but
they were made for flats. Every apartmenthas
a long hall. and they look so bare and unfur-
nished. We have taught tho dachshund to
no trouble. He really lives in the hall, and his
We know he Is there. 80 what difference does
1t make? It is all very well to talk OF intelli-
gent dogs and cute dogs and afectionate dogs.
but what one wants in q slx-room fiat is q six
foot dog, that distributes himself evenly and
helps to I'LL up n long hall. Sweetness isn't a
pretty, dog, but he suits our fiat. and he is easy
to pack when one moves"