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dog doctor (plural dog doctors)
- (now rare) A veterinarian who specialises in dogs.
1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Miss Lætitia Willis, at Gloucester”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker , volume I, Dublin: A. Leathley, , →OCLC, page 87:A famous dog-doctor was ſent for, and undertook to cure the patient, provided he might carry him home to his own 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 […] .
2012, RaeAnne Thayne, A Cold Creek Noel, Harlequin, →ISBN:“My dad’s a dog doctor.” “Not just dogs,” the girl corrected. “He’s also a cat doctor. And sometimes even horses and cows.”
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.
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