dog doctor
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Noun
dog doctor (plural dog doctors)
- (chiefly historical, now rare) A veterinarian who specialises in dogs. [from 18th c.]
- 1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Miss Lætitia Willis, at Gloucester”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume I, London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC, page 119:
- A famous dog-doctor vvas ſent for, and undertook to cure the patient, provided he might carry him home to his ovvn houſe; […]
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 106:
- I shall now give a dialogue which was held, as nearly as I can recollect, between Mrs. Nollekens and Mrs. Norman, the wife of a celebrated Dog-doctor, who, at the time I was with Sherwin, lived in Fox-court, St. James's-street […] .
- 2022, SJ McCoy, The Cowgirl’s Unmistakable Love, Xenion, Inc., →ISBN:
- “[…] They think it’s so cool that Auntie Janey’s a horse doctor.” Janey laughed. “A horse doctor, a cow doctor, a cat and dog doctor. […]”
- (humorous) A dog who is also a doctor.
- 1902, Egerton R[yerson] Young, My Dogs in the Northland, 5th edition, New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., Toronto, Ont.: Fleming H. Revell Company, pages 123–124:
- As I saw my glorious, patient dog, my faithful companion in many a long, lone journey, my deliverer, humanly speaking, from many a dangerous blizzard storm, thus dying slowly before me, I did long for wise old Rover, the famous dog doctor of my wounded dogs in other days.
- 2016, Natalie Shaw, Olivia: I Can Do Anything!, Simon Spotlight, page 9:
- Dr. Perry would be the best dog doctor in the whole universe! [images of a dog in a white coat with a camel and a seal]
- 2017, Carlyn Montes De Oca, Dog as My Doctor, Cat as My Nurse: An Animal Lover’s Guide to a Healthy, Happy, and Extraordinary Life, She Writes Press, →ISBN:
- Paws for your Prescription! From the office of Nurse Kitty Wiskas and Dr. Harry Friend […] Well then, a morning ritual may just be what your dog doctor or cat nurse has in store for you! […] In elderly living facilities, having a dog doctor or cat nurse making the rounds makes the residents happier and creates better interactions between them.
Synonyms
- (both senses): dogtor (informal, humorous)