George Watson Little

George Watson Little (1885 – 19 December 1964) was an American veterinarian and dog writer.

Career Little graduated from Cornell School of Veterinary Surgery and Medicine in 1900 and was a captain in the Officers Reserve Corps. He taught at New York University. He was Chief Surgeon of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for 14 years and was the head of their animal hospital. He also developed a radium treatment for cancer in animals.

Little was chief judge at the annual pet show of the Madison Square Boys Club for 38 years. Historian Katherine C. Grier has described Little as "perhaps the first American celebrity small-animal veterinarian".

Death Little died at Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, New York City, on 19 December 1964.

Selected publications

Dr. Little's Dog Book (1925) Diet for Dogs (1929) True Stories of Heroic Dogs (1951)