# Well that's a useless dog **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803 "2011-04-09T22:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/1 "2011-04-09T22:08:33Z")
[Can’t even keep the raccoons away](http://i.imgur.com/b1Cfv.jpg) I bet that dog would beg for belly rubs from robbers. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/2 "2011-04-09T22:14:59Z")
Laughing at the pic. I used to keep the cat food in the bathroom, less than 5 feet from the bed that my 2 cats graciously allowed me to share. I found out I had mice. How did I find out, you ask? It was because of the mice dookies in the catfood bowl! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/3 "2011-04-09T22:17:30Z")
They’re obviously working you as a team. “Useless,” but clearly a sly operator. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/4 "2011-04-09T22:18:13Z")
“Help, I’m cold and there are raccoons after me.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/5 "2011-04-09T22:23:04Z")
Mice can be a risk with indoor/outdoor cats. Sometimes, the cat will catch a mouse outside, and bring it inside to play with, but then not play quite thoroughly enough, and the mouse ends up getting away inside the house. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/6 "2011-04-09T22:25:35Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > They’re obviously working you as a team. “Useless,” but clearly a sly operator. Sadly, that’s not my dog. It’s a pic I found on Reddit. I just thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/7 "2011-04-09T22:38:33Z")
My cats don’t get to go outside. It was a cheap apartment in a poor neighborhood. I set a humane trap and caught many mice. The first time I caught one, I showed the trap to the cats, saying “I shouldn’t be doing this, this is YOUR job”. The mouse squeeked and the big cat ran off and hid under the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/8 "2011-04-10T02:14:51Z")
My cats are great mousers, why just the other night one brought his fresh kill into bed with me to play with it. Be careful what you wish for. So far, no raccoons though. ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/9 "2011-04-10T03:02:37Z")
“And to think of all the time and money we spent training that damn raccoon to keep the dogs away!” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/10 "2011-04-10T03:14:31Z")
Raccoon: “OK, here’s the plan. I open the door, you go for his throat! Then we split the loot fifty/fifty. Your fangs, my hands, we’re going places kid.” ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/11 "2011-04-10T03:46:17Z")
Huh. I would have thought just the smell of cats would keep the mice out of an apartment. Must have been a rude infestation. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/12 "2011-04-10T13:15:54Z")
“Can you let me and my new friend in now, please?” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/13 "2011-04-10T21:14:42Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > Huh. I would have thought just the smell of cats would keep the mice out of an apartment. Must have been a rude infestation. Nope. Mice like to live dangerously. Apparently, so do raccoons. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-a-useless-dog/577803/14 "2011-04-10T22:45:14Z")
“What?” (from both of them, but for different reasons).