Bouton the Dog

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Dr. Bouton, Calling Dr. Bouton!

BOUTON THE SUPER SNIFFER To Claire Fraser, Bouton, the extra-sensory dog/triage specialist in Diana Gabaldon's second book, Dragonfly In Amber, seems more a canine magician than scruffy pup. Still, after watching his gift for sniffing out illness and injury while working at the L'Hôpital des Anges, Claire comes to believe in his ability to hunt down hidden injuries and illnesses, and to even sense the hearts of humans. When reading Gabaldon's books 20-plus years ago, I had never heard of…