The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
Stories Told by a Veterinarian
Indanspo Animals Tells
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that in saying this each one of these women
is right because her attachment TO the dog
makes her overlook its faults. i VIII say
that people are greatly mistaken when they
say that a Pug dog has no sense 1t is
lard dog TO teach tricks, but when IL comes
TO good, hard common sense. II cant be
surpassed There is a family in the north
ern part of the city that owns pug that
on account of being overfed, has had more
or less sickness. and consequently mas had
TO take considerable medicine. The dog mas
become used To taking his dose that IT
is a part Of his daily life. Whenever ne
sees any one else taking medicine he thinks
IL must be for him, and will never rest con-
tented until some member of the family
pOurs something OUT of a bottle and gives
1t to him in tablespoon, 1t doesn't make
any difference whether the dose is water
or medicine, as he will be just as contented
with either one.
Speaking of pet dogs reminds me of a
peculiar case i had last summer. A foX
terrier, belonging TO a prominent family
here I'm town, became violently Ill. He
however, got over the attack well enough
but he did not act right. He lost his ap-
petite and mOped around until / was called
in TO see him. In making my examination
L noticed a sms1 lump under his throat ana
putting my nLger over Ii something stuck
me like a pin 1 made a small incision
there and inserting my tweezsrs. pulled out
a needle much longer than the average,
which had a long thread attached to IT.
The dog was young and chewed up every
thing It could get hold of, and no doubt
some woman had left her sewing lying
around ana the uOg tOun0 IT. w nen the
needle was extracted the animal got we'll
AN EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY.
1.-The straDgest thing 1 have ever seen,
and one that illustrates very readily the
natural instincts of a dog, occurred last
week." continued the veterinarian. "A gen.
tleman here in town named Charles Holt
man, is very fond of hunting quails, and is
also great lover of dogs. He owns an
oil Oh int Ao lie Tna hos
hunting DAYS are about over He could,
however, work fairly we'll even yet, but re-
Gently some one hit him on one of his hind
legs. and since then he has been so lame
that he cannot touch his foot to the ground.
Old Joe has son who is owned by Gus
Habich. another local hunter. and he is
called Little joe The other day Hoffman
Habichs dog and i" took him hin down to his
place of business. 1t happened that Old
Joe had hobbled down and was lying be-
hind the stove enjoying himself. When
Little Joe discovered him he greeted him
as a dutiful son should greet his father,
by kissing him squarely in the mouth and
cutting all kinds of capers about the old
fellow. Finally, the elder Joe got UP and
started off on three legs. Little Joe looked
al him an instant, and, taking in the stu
alton, lifted up his hind leg and hoped out
after his father. No doubt he wanted to
show his parent that he sympathized with
him, and as he could not talk took this way
TO do IL.
ne instinct OF animals Is certainly a
very wonderful thing. and is something that
always interests me. They have an un-
Outstanding that is almost equal to that of
a human being, only they are handicapped
In that they have no way of expressing
themselves. To realize fully this, one has TO
be associated very closely with them. On
one of the coolest nights last winter l had
call about / O'Clock in the morning to the
extreme northern part of the city. There
was no wind blowing that night, but the
air was keen and frosty and the snow
crunched under ones feet. | well remember
by the time L got there i was chilled
through. 1t was horse L was to see, and
the man who owned him said that he had
had attack of spasmodic collie and was
in such a condition when found that he
could not get up, but while the man was
telephoning to me he had heard the horse
make one great effort to arise. l made
my examination but could find no trace or
positive that 1 concluded to wait for further
developments. L sat there in the cold barn
for an hour and half, but the horse acted
all right | noticed. however. that he would
look around at us, and if there was ever an
expression of disgust on any creatures face,
il was Oh that horses cOuntenance. Every
once in while he would lift up his hind
leg and look at il and then look at us.
Noticing this. | examined the leg and found
right above the hoOf that it was. we call
il, halter burned. A horse has a way of
scratching his ear with his hind foot,
something after the fashion of a dog. This
fellow had tried it and got his foot caught
over the halter strap and had thrown him
self down, and that was the reason he could
not get up when the man found him. He
finally managed to get on his feet by using
main force. After l found what was the
went home not in the best Of humor, am
afraid"