My housedog, who made a huge noise within doors, was sufficiently punished for his want of politics and moderation, for the next day but one his leg was almost chopped off by an unknown hand.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
But there is nothing about the art of gunsmithing which seems to call for teeth, so he got along very well, living in a little house with the wife of his bosom and a faithful housedog named Ponto.
"Cobb's Anatomy"
Irvin S. Cobb
The Leap-frog said nothing; but people gave it as their opinion, that he therefore thought the more; and when the housedog snuffed at him with his nose, he confessed the Leap-frog was of good family.
"Andersen's Fairy Tales"
Hans Christian Andersen