Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, the

About “Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, the”

The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series satirizes academic life through the experiences of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, a socially awkward scholar at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany. In The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, von Igelfeld is mistaken for a veterinarian and, to avoid embarrassment, starts practicing veterinary medicine without a license. His unskilled surgery on a friend’s dachshund leads to a disastrous outcome. He also transports relics for a Coptic prelate and faces unwanted attention from marriage-minded widows during a Mediterranean cruise. The story highlights his awkward but endearing misadventures.