# What part of "NO DOGS" do you not understand??? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317 "2009-02-03T21:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/201 "2009-02-07T01:42:51Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Did you frisk him to make sure it wasn’t in a pocket? 😉 She needs to search the luggage too. Don’t forget to look for the false suitcase bottom. ---
**Author:** ![dactylic\_hexameter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dactylic\_hexameter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dactylic_hexameter)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/202 "2009-02-07T02:30:40Z")
I think a body cavity search is in order. Clearly he’s a big enough asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/203 "2009-02-07T20:59:41Z")
> [@dactylic\_hexameter](#): > > i think a body cavity search is in order. Clearly he’s a big enough asshole. bwahahahahahahahha! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/204 "2009-02-07T21:25:49Z")
> [@dactylic\_hexameter](#): > > I think a body cavity search is in order. Clearly he’s a big enough asshole. It’s a chihuahua, not a shihtzu. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/205 "2009-02-07T21:37:18Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Some people cannot fathom that not all fathers are loving. Some are just jerks. > > When my brother got married, my SIL was really offended by how much seeming coldness we all felt towards my dad. “He’s your father!” she would say. “How can you be so mean??? I don’t care what he’s done, you love and respect your father!” > > Yeah, it’s been over 10 years now. She doesn’t say that anymore. Some lessons you have to learn for yourself. Your natal family is your template of normal-ness, and if you were raised by decent, caring, \*rational \*people who always did their best, it _IS_ hard to understand and believe (on a gut level) some of the stories that get posted here. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/206 "2009-02-07T22:00:10Z")
He could bring the dog to my place, but last time someone brought their dog by, my 8 pound cat opened a 1.5" gash on the side of a 15 pound dog and had it running for it’s life. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/207 "2009-02-07T22:15:37Z")
> [@](#): > > The fact that she would rather have her dad be stranded 1,000 miles from home with no place to stay, in freezing weather, rather than let a little dog stay overnight in her garage, also speaks volumes. No, she would rather that her father not bring the dog. He is the one who would be choosing to strand himself. He is responsible for his own choices, and he has had a great deal of very clear information about what those choices are. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/208 "2009-02-08T06:11:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > He could bring the dog to my place, but last time someone brought their dog by, my 8 pound cat opened a 1.5" gash on the side of a 15 pound dog and had it running for it’s life. 😃 I have a 21# Maine Coon boy, and it takes a mighty big and mean dog to scare _him_. He’s sent fear in the heart of much larger dogs, so I could well beleive your smallish 8# moggie doing it to such a small dog. Heck, my cat could just eat the damn chihuahua and the problem would be solved, but I’d be afraid of him getting sick.😛 ---
**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:** [February 8, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/209 "2009-02-08T20:25:25Z")
My 12 pound, normal-sized, normal temperament girl kitty appeared to be going to take care of a husky-sized dog last summer when I had her outside with me. The dog was in her territory, and she was going to go do what she had to do. I didn’t _let_ her go take on a big dog, but there was no fear on her part. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/210 "2009-02-08T20:36:43Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I have a 21# Maine Coon boy, and it takes a mighty big and mean dog to scare _him_. He’s sent fear in the heart of much larger dogs, so I could well beleive your smallish 8# moggie doing it to such a small dog. There are, to my mind, few things in life so terrifying as an enraged cat, all fangs and claws and puffed-out fur and mad eyes and shrieking yowl and lightning reflexes and utter, unslakable drive to KILL. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/211 "2009-02-08T20:38:39Z")
Yep. The grumpy barn cat we’ve adopted rips the dogs we babysit a new one in the first five minutes he meets them (or once a visit, for slow learners) and it’s never a problem again. Ten pounds of angry muscular once-feral cat with another ten pounds of soft-living fat makes for trouble for canine visitors. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/212 "2009-02-09T02:56:22Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > My 12 pound, normal-sized, normal temperament girl kitty appeared to be going to take care of a husky-sized dog last summer when I had her outside with me. The dog was in her territory, and she was going to go do what she had to do. I didn’t _let_ her go take on a big dog, but there was no fear on her part. Yeah, my 8 pound cat Ichabod once tried to eat a pair of Springer Spaniels. It wasn’t pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/213 "2009-02-09T04:14:31Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > It’s a chihuahua, not a shihtzu. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/214 "2009-02-09T04:19:35Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Yeah, my 8 pound cat Ichabod once tried to eat a pair of Springer Spaniels. It wasn’t pretty. Guess I won’t be bringing my pair of springer spaniels to YOUR house! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/215 "2009-02-09T04:20:32Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > He’s 60 something, and every time I see him, I tell myself it’s likely to be the last time. I hate to break this to you, but 60 people who are 60 something don’t have one foot in the grave. My dad is 93, as is my father-in-law. Great that no dog showed up, though. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/216 "2009-02-09T13:20:29Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I hate to break this to you, but 60 people who are 60 something don’t have one foot in the grave. My dad is 93, as is my father-in-law. Great that no dog showed up, though. 60 somethings who don’t take good care of themselves physically or emotionally, are overweight, whose dietary intake is beyond horrible, and has miscellaneous health issues has one foot closer to the grave than the 60 year old is takes care of himself physically, get’s exercise, eats well, has healthy outlets for stress, has supportive relationships and actually LIKES life and living. But, that’s another thread in and of itself. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/217 "2009-02-09T13:53:30Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I hate to break this to you, but 60 people who are 60 something don’t have one foot in the grave. My dad is 93, as is my father-in-law. Great that no dog showed up, though. It’s true that your life expectancy creeps up as you get older… > [@phall0106](#): > > 60 somethings who don’t take good care of themselves physically or emotionally, are overweight, whose dietary intake is beyond horrible, and has miscellaneous health issues has one foot closer to the grave than the 60 year old is takes care of himself physically, get’s exercise, eats well, has healthy outlets for stress, has supportive relationships and actually LIKES life and living. … but \*\*all the above certainly applies \*\*(as does smoking). ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/218 "2009-02-09T14:28:32Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > I’m sure there is a no-dogs clause in the lease, but most landlords will make a temporary exception, especially for a small dog kept in a crate. Some landlords will make an exception. I have also seen families evicted over having a pet, too. No means no - why do people have a problem with that concept? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/219 "2009-02-09T14:35:36Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > It could be that your dad has already had plans to drop the dog off somewhere else when you contacted him, but given your hyper reaction/assumption to the news that he’s only dropped one dog off has decided to withhold that piece of information and let you stew in your lack of faith in him > [@phall0106](#): > > No dog! > > More later. If you had listened to me from way back in page 1… ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/220 "2009-02-09T14:57:01Z")
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