New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Most Pet DOGS
Eat Too Much.
Says Farmer
Fifth Avenue Canine Sans
forum Bars Chops and
Ice Cream

II is estimated that within the en-
! limits of New York and Jersey Cit,
there are at least one hundred thou.
sand dogs, including all sorts and con.
ditions of the animal, from the swell
.nhabitant Of the drawing room louns,
TO the toughest customer, who nightly
watches his owners property and takes
I chances for bite TO eat and bit Of
shelter.
Another estimate is that about s Der
cent of the grand total is properly fed. A
a general rule, the pet dogs and house
dogs are overfed and underexercised.
while a big share are irregularly fed,
and there are hundreds that continu.
ally suffer from hunger and exposure.
An instance Of the mistaken manner In
which toy dogs are handled by Their
owners was witnessed during the week
at one Of the most fashionable canine
sanatoriums. AS the owner Of Tie
plant was expounding on the foolish.
ness shown by owners OF the fany
breeds, an automobile drove W carry.
ing q maid who had valuable Pom.
eranian cuddled up in her lap.
Orders from Mistress
She informed the farrier that Queenis
was sick and needed to be made well
right away, adding that "vet." VA
called in, but that my lady wouldn't
I al. he fri nj ~ l..
prescribed to poor Queenie. Along with
this piece Of information the maid Do.
| livered the orders from her mistrss
as to how the patient should be trestst
| Strict emphasis was laid on lev
things on Queenie's menu. She was
have a French chop and tea for her
breakfast, and. above all, she was 10
have q big plate of ice cream and bon.
bons in the afternoon. In order to Be
sure that the correct bill of fare vas
observed, the proprietor wrote the liE
I In his notebook and assured the maid
that it would be carried ont TO the last
item.
AS the new doctor took the Pom IN
his arms the servant lifted fancy
silk bed and headed for the door, bu.
was stopped by the doctor, who u.
planned that TO admit the bed would
| have the effect of setting the other
dog patients wild with envy. Asked
how much it would cost TO cure
Queenie, the man of medicine said the
| figure would be twenty-five dollars and
would require five days.
otis the same old story" said the
farricr. "of lapdog being stuffed with
dainties. All day long those people
never tire Of tempting their pets with
sweets, never thinking that there Is
nothing more injurious TO dog than
sweets. The stomach of the pet is not
| made for chops, ice cream, or tea, but
| instead he would be much better on
diet of milk and crackers, with an ocea.
| sional meat bone TO clean his teeth
and help the activities of the gastric
juice.
"Then again people talk to dog IS
If he wire human being. and neyer
treat the dog as IL he were a dog Tia.
is the cause you see ofso many badly
trained house dogs. and the fault Is
brought about by the women, who per.
sist in talking TO the dog g il he weres
human, instead of now and again CIV.
ing it few wallops of q whip and
making it understand things after The
manner of the brute creation.
No Chops for Queenie
"Will ] give Queonic the chops, Tea
and ice cream? No stree. will not, for
such a course would only make her
worse than she Is now. The little dog
shows all the symptoms Of hepatitis, or
Inflammation Of the liver, a condition
which Is bound to prove fatal in
month or two.
First Of all, propose 70 give her
half a grain of calomel every fouf
hours. and after three doses shall FOL.
low il with n small dose Of castor oil
and rhubarb. This will rid the in.es..
tines of all the undgested food ani
discharge the liver % the mucus
caused by the sweets. Very soon the
little dog will begin 10 brighten w.
after which little appetite will come
along naturally. Then ri try her with
little dog biscuit and milk, or maybe
broth: and although she Is sure 70
sniff at it and refuse II at first, she will
swallow it like a wolf when she gets
hungry enough"
j. Colgate, the famous English 1..
pert, Is mere ior All lHe olR si""' y
the next few months. Colgate belong.
TO Southboro. Doncaster, and Is rafeo
as one of The most competent officials
in the British Isles.
An item which has caused some Cos
sip among the dog fanciers Is why ths
combined show Of the Airedsle ana
wire-haired fox terriers and the Mslte"
Dog Show should fall on the same date
In the opinion of number of critics,
they should be set apart They may no.
affect one another, but clashing .,
fixtures does not benefit any class 2,
sport. The aires" and the ''wires' VIII
occupy Madison Square Garden, While
the Maltese will hold the boards at tS
Waldorf Astoria, and both on the SV'a
of this month.