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Duchess Dumpy San José is a sturdy black mongrel (Doberman pinscher & Irish setter) bitch belonging to Horticulturist Harvey C. Stiles. About a month ago, Mrs. Stiles held a dollar bill out to Dumpy and said, "Doesn't that smell nice?" Few days later, Dumpy turned up carrying in her mouth a dollar bill, which she pressed on her mistress. Next day she brought home another dollar. Each day for the following fortnight Dumpy brought home a dollar a day, never more, never less. Some of the bills were old-issue, large-sized dollars, most were current certificates. Only...
...Buffalo, N. Y. last fortnight Frederick L. Schoeptlin's neighbors complained to police of his Doberman pinscher's night-time barking. A judge threatened a $100 fine if the offense were repeated. Owner Schoeptlin took his dog to a veterinarian, had it debarked by a simple nicking of its vocal chords. Outraged were zoophiles by this deprivation of the dog's chief emotional outlet. Last week Buffalo's indignant S. P. C. A. concluded after careful study that the operation was not illegal, launched a campaign for a State law forbidding...
...painful setting process. After the ears are trimmed and pointed a metal mold is taped on to hold them up. This is left for three days, removed for two, sometimes put back for another three. The wounds usually take three weeks to heal. Boston Terrier, Great Dane, Schnauzer, Doberman Pinscher, Brussels Griffon and Bull Terrier are the breeds commonly cropped...
...popularity is increasing especially in Germany, Holland, Austria. Germany has formed special clubs for pedigreed boxers and their owners. Like the mastiff which they resemble, they are terrific fighters, make good watchdogs. They are affectionate, easy to train. A full grown boxer is about the height of a Doberman Pinscher but has a much broader body, sturdier legs...
Trox Von Ulmeholz, a Dobermann pinscher who, in his slyness, his effeminacy, bore a subtle and not uncomplimentary resemblance to the onetime Crown Prince of Germany. Owned by F. E. Fischer of Leominster, Mass...