The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27

his patients as does the veterinary
taf}tftH surgeon. Often il requires more
ssH~ study TO devise means for adj
ministering medicine or performing an Oper-
alton than it does to learn what the animal
is suffering from. The scope Of work that
these men cover is also very large. for they
are called in to see all kinds Of animals,
the majority of which are domestic, while
some are not. A local veterinarian in speak
ing of this said:
"One of the strangest cases / have ever
had occurred not long ago when 1 was
called in to see a pet coon that was owned
here in the city. The animal was suffering
from swollen jaw, which I saw at once
would have 10 be lanced. The coon was far
from being gentle. and just how TO get hold
OF il was a thing that gave me much worry,
for a coon makes a serious and ugly bite
After diligently studying the case for some
time / at last hit upon a plan. l got
stove-pipe which was just big enough for
the animal to crawl through. then coaxed
it upon a table and laid the stove-pipe in
front of it. You know that a coon has a
great fondness for anything bright, so to
attract its atten ion L held my watch at
the opposite end Of the pipe. The instant 1t
caught sight of the watch instead of going
around the pipe it began stealthily to crawl
through it. At last it made a grab for the
watch. and L caught it by the back of the
neck. The coon could not get his feet out,
and the rest'of the operation. of course, was
an easy matter
1.-The most peculiar person with whom
we have to DEAL he continued, land who
causes us no end of trouble, is the woman
who has a pet dog. That kind of a dog is
always sick from the simple fact that it is
always overfed. The kind of food given pet
dogs is also very injurious to their stOm-
achs. Not long ago L called in TO see
one of these house dogs. 1t had no diges-
tion whatever, and was so fat that II was
a misery to itself. While 1 there look
ing at the animal, II waddled over TO the
woman and began 10 cry. She said, Yes,
baby wants some candy, and handed ii a
big stick of candy that would have been too
much for a child. l asked her how often
she fed this to the dog. She said that it
generally ate from 10 10 cents worth every
day. / told her that she needn't expect
me to cure it if she kept feeding the animal
that way. and it was not many weeks until
fat gathered around the poor brutes heart
and it dropped dead.
HOW TO FEED A DOG.
There is one woman in this city who
owns a King Charles spaniel, and she
knows how TO raise dogs right. She is quite
a good friend of mine and one day asked
her how it was that her dog never got sick
for long L have known it there has
never been anything the matter with II.
She gave as & reason that it owing to
the kind of food she allowed il to eat. She
said that everything the dog ate was pre-
pared for it, and its principal diet was very
simple. She bought 10 cents worth of what
is called feed meal or the heart out of the
kernels of corn. She then bought about the
same amount of the neck of very fat beef,
and this she boiled until il made a perfectly
pure liquor which generally took the great
er part of day. She poured this liquor
over the meal and then cut the meat up
with the meal. This she spread in large
flat baking pan and let II bake until il was
so hard that ii would have to be broken
with a hammer. This she fed to the dog
once every day or two, and with the table
scraps he had sufficient TO eat. Where the
average person makes a mistake in feed
ing dogs is that he feeds too much. A
light breakfast with a good heavy supper
is enough for any dog. diet of this kind,
matter how hard the animal is worked,
will keep ii well.
years, and L have never gone to see pug
dog but the first thing the woman said to
me was: Now, doctor, | know that every
one says pug dogs have no sense, but the
one / have is exception to the rule and
has more sense than some people, L suppose