Sadism comes so naturally; you just have to work all the time to breed it out.
Today, for example, she was teasing the puppy. Running after Jasper, grabbing his tail and shrieking. He hates the shriek more than the tail grab, probably. He looks at me with this unmistakable look of beseechment: tell her to knock it off, please. Which I did. I threatened the crib, the dreaded Time Out. No effect. So, up we went for a three-minute wail-o-rama. When I went back into her room, it was like a parole hearing: will you be nice to puppy?
No, she said. Thinking she had misunderstood, I repeated the question, and she was adamant: no. Oh, great. I got Charlene Manson here. Foe of the falling stuffed animals, unrepentant dog-botherer."
Так что Dog-botherer - сравнительно мягкая версия выражения "садюга" или "вивисектор". Связано явно с тем, что фамилия Ветинари напоминает слово "Ветеринар".
К такому же выводу пришел и народ вот на этом (к примеру) англоязычном форуме, посвященном ТП.
(c)тянуто с форума