Nurses for Dogs.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 16, 14 October 1908, Page 55

Nurses for Dogs.

].—The nurse shall faithfully attend and minister to the sick animal, behaving herself with tact, gentleness, and discretion. 2. —She shall not divulge any facts which may come to her knowledge with reference to the private a Hairs of the animal owners. 3. —The nurse’s food shall be plain and good, and her meals served separateJ yThe above are extracts from the regulations governing the canine nurses anil kennelmaids 'employed by’The Canine Nurses’ Institute,'winch’ has been founded by Mrs. E. Leuty Collins, at Barring-ton-road, Brixton, England. When Fido or Togo is ill a canine nurse is at once supplied by the institute on the following terms:—Ordinary andwhelping cases, £1 5/ per week; attendance on operation and nursing for one day or part of one day, 10/6. ' ‘ In all infectious cases an additional fee of 5/ is charged on the termination of the engagement. The canine nurse wears a special and becoming uniform, and the'profession is expected to open up a new field of employment for women. A number of society dog owners have already joined the .institute;