Drawing reference from the chapter ‘The Triumph of Surgery’ state that Tricki lived an affluent life?
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Tricki is thoroughly pampered by his mistress Mrs Pumphrey. Dr Herriot is shocked at Tricki’s appearance. He hafe become hugely fat, like a bloated sausage with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy, stares straight ahead his tongue lolls from his jaws.
Mrs Pumphrey explains to Dr Herriot that Tricki must be suffering from malnutrition. So she has been giving him some little extras between meals to build him up, some malt and cod-liver oil and a bowl of Horlicks at night to make him sleep. Above all, he gets cream cakes and chocolates.
To make the things worse he had been doing no exercise. When Tricki is sent to Vet. hospital, the entire staff of Mrs Pumphrey’s house rush to bring his day bed, his night bed, favourite cushions, toys and rubber rings, breakfast bowl, lunch bowl, supper bowl. When Dr Herriot informs Mrs Pumphrey that the little fellow is convalescing rapidly, she begins to send fresh eggSc,and wine to build him up. It all shows that Tricki has an affluent living.