The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

If your dog loses a leg becoming
too chummy with a grizzly bear, or in
other way, you can get him a peg
leg. That, according to an article by
DR.. George McCOle, of Great Falls, in
the O~steOpathic magazine, was the way
al Airedale owned by a Cascade ga
rage man was taken care of after a
grizzly had chewed off the dogs left
fore leg. The article is illustrated by
a picture of the dog.
Had the Cascade man not learned Of
a similar treatment for a cat that had
become separated from a foot, the
Airedale would have been required to
60 through the remainder Of life on
three legs. But now the dog does re-
markable things, according to DR.. Nc
Coles article-the peg leg has a wallop
too hard for a grizzly.
"a year or so ago Drs. j. Deason and
A. w. Brockway took a trip into the
hunting country Of the northwest. DR..
Brockway, in his history Of their jaunt,
relates a tale about a cat with one leg
cut of. DR.. DeasOn found it in a
ranch house. He relates how he took
a clothes pin, u off n prong and
fitted the cats stump leg On the
shoulder Of the clothes pin, binding it
on with tape so that the remaining
prong of the clothes pin made a fine,
efficient leg.
Science to the Rescue
The results Of this clever piece Of
rehabilitation and the subsequent out
come, however, make perhaps the most
interesting part Of DR.. DeasOn's rem
1niScent case report. He records that
before he and his chums were aware Of
it the cat had almost lost its life
from starvation. The peg leg made SO
much noise with it's tap, tap, tap On the
wooden floor of the ranch house that
all the mice and rats were given warn
ing and got away from the poor cat
l. hafOrn hD pOI1ld oct npnr nnn1IOh for
a spring. Hence, for many days the cat
went entirely without food until the
doctor noticed it's condition and by quick
+ observation discovered its cause. To save
, the life of this cat required quick think
ing, as there was no time to lose.
, mo sooner said than lone. DR..
> Deason called in consultation the other
+ Osteopaths in camp, n in council 1t
6 was decided to fit a rubber nipple from
a baby's nursing bottle over the peg
7The baby could do without milk
! until a new nipple was brought in from
a the nearest town, some go miles away
s so that the patients life could be saved.
f Tough on Mice
This worked beautifully for the cat.
Y He could rush across the floor with
e the quietness Of an Indian walking in
e the forest, lie down by a mouse or rat
hole, slip off the soft rubber nipple and
e when his prey stuck it's head out, crack
III IL DetllQ bIle ear WlLn IIlG peg 1GB. Liz
aStOniShed NOUS or rat was dazed ano
pussy would pounce upon it and bear !
away.
o Some notifications had to be adopted
l. as the cat soon became so fat tha-
s there was danger of its demise from
feared hat the rats and mice Of the 10
- cality would soon be eXtinguished anC
the brave cat would hen be in dire wan
again. To obviate this sad end to al
IlAr.-~-s-N .r.aal~~rrrT AwnoRv,.avnf RTn min
pie was tied fast on the peg leg ever,
Y other day or so. In this way, while tint
y cat was not deprived Of its pleasure II
y hunting n getting plenty OF exercise
the rats or mice when struck would no
receive a death blow. Thus many o
them succeeded in getting away.
IT would like to tell of a case whicl
recently came under M observation.
Shortly after DR.. Deason's repOr
about the cat was published, 1 was teLln
Us a friend in Cascade, Montana, about il
al AS we were talking I noticed a splendi
Airdale dog playing about. I saw tina
he watched my face intently as I toll
, Of this cat.
Get Around Now
A., After telling lis story, a membe
p of the crowd said something about nc
T believing that such a thing ever hap
pened. At this, the Airedale set up sue
o a barking and fuss that his master ha
: to take him in hand and quiet him down
m Ills 4AACANCAA1 AAclAA 4ANeAC AAAAE4GDoAO
!, on me at the time, but it came back t
" me a few days ago, when I CHANGED t
le be in Casacde again and CHANGED to b
ID in the same garage. Imagine my SUI
III prise when the owner showed me til
u Airedale dog, thai now had a peg lie
much the same as the cat, except this
the dogs leg is a regular artificial lie
~ with a joint in it, a nice padded leathe
Va paw and all.
"His owner told me that after a tel
ne rible fight with a grizzly in which til
at dog lost his front fore leg, they though
ell of DR.. Deason's work on the cat an
so equipped the dog.
tn "They also taught the dog to ear
nd his living much the same as the ca
n. The dog, Of course, was rather husky I
us tackle mice. They taught him to Ia
cd and wait at grizzly bears holes, striR
the bear over the left ear with his left le
Il. and, while the bear was stunned, kill hi
he and then run home for help to carr
id, him out Of the mountains"
ITS SO