This is often seen in dogs which, from some causa or other, have to leave their home and friends, and reside for a time in a hospital. It therefore behooves every one who has charge of such dogs to make them comfortable, and treat them as nearly as possible, consistent with rational and medical treatment, as they would be at home. It is absolutely cruel to place a nervous and highly sensitive pet dog in a kennel surrounded by other dogs which are continually barking, or to give them over entirely to an attendant, which is too frequently done in hospitals, the owner of the establishment, or the veterinary surgeon, only attending at intervals. All pets should be taken into the house, or have a special place set apart for them, where they can receive personal attention and have their small comforts attended to.

Very much the best plan is to not send your pet to any veterinary hospital, but to keep it home where it will much better endure the ordeal it may have to go through, and have the surgeon come there to treat it.

The dog will be happier in his own home where it will receive, aside from the treatment of the doctor, the kind care and attention it could not get in a strange place, among strangers and strange surroundings.