Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1896 — A New Dog Story. [ARTICLE]

A New Dog Story.

“Dog stories are usually regarded as chestnuts,” said A. P. Beckwith of Indianapolis at the Riggs. “It would seem that at some time or another dogs have been known to perform almost every act their masters have. But I never heard the counterpart of a story I know to be true. A fine St. Bernard dog was injured by a street car on North Illinois street in Indianapolis, and his owner took him to a veterinary surgeon, who dressed the wounds and gave instructions to bring the animal the following morning. Before breakfast the dog went to the office of the surgeon and waited on the doorstep until he arrived. Every morning the dog appeared before his master arose, and one day a bandage used around one of the animals forelegs slipped, and the dog, realizing that something was wrong, went to the office in the middle of the day to have it fixed. It took about two weeks for the injuries to heal, at the end of which time thq dog ceased his visits, but has always since greeted the veterinarian affectionately whenever he sees him.”