The old man was a vet in rural upstate NY for fifty years or so, starting im 1937. He figured he got cat scratched once a day, dog bitten once a week, and horse/cow kicked once a month. He didn't
count injuries inflicted by deer, goats, sheep, monkeys, turtles, squirrels, chinchillas, poultry, or the elephant with the infected ear that traveled with the circus that came to town.
He did unpleasant things to dogs every day, seven days a week. Never got bitten in the tummy.Ever. Something is not being said here.