# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/21 "2009-02-03T23:06:17Z")
Dammit, this is what I get for answering the phone when my Sweet Pea calls. Clearly my priorities are messed up. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/22 "2009-02-03T23:20:05Z")
I don’t understand the word “NO” and I am struggling with the word “DOGS”. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/23 "2009-02-03T23:32:08Z")
> [@Contrary](#): > > Or better yet the father could quit being a dick. I like this answer the best. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/24 "2009-02-03T23:39:54Z")
Hm. You could do an end-run around your father. Let your landlord in on the story. When your father arrives tell him he has to talk to the landlord about the dog. Stand back and enjoy. The bonus is that you’re not the bad guy who disowned her father. Probably more hassle than it’s worth, but it might actually be fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/25 "2009-02-03T23:54:59Z")
> [@thursday\_next](#): > > Dammit, this is what I get for answering the phone when my Sweet Pea calls. Clearly my priorities are messed up. :smack: My dog Sweet Pea is calling you? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/26 "2009-02-04T00:04:20Z")
Since your already so pissed at his bullshit, calling off the visit is probably the best. You know even if you have it out with him on the phone he will show up with the dog. ---
**Author:** ![stucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@stucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucky)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/27 "2009-02-04T00:10:58Z")
Have you considered rat poison, for both of them? ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/28 "2009-02-04T00:31:47Z")
Actually, the thing that has me going WTF is that he already dropped off one dog. He couldn’t bring himself to part with the other? Aunt Mary hates Chiquita? He’s deliberately being as much of an ass as he can? ---
**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 4, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/29 "2009-02-04T00:35:16Z")
You know, I wouldn’t even worry about it at this point. You know exactly where the line is - if he brings a dog, he isn’t staying at your house. When he shows up, you’ll either have to point it out to him then, or it won’t be a problem because he will have made arrangements before then (unlikely, I know). Yes, there might be some drama over this, but there is no grey area - you’ve made your boundaries very clear right from the start, and he gets to experience the repercussions if he won’t listen to them. My sympathies for a family member who will put you in a position like that. Try not to let him give you a stroke. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/30 "2009-02-04T00:49:54Z")
Where are all the people from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10754951#post10754951) who wanted to kill the dog the moment it displayed aggression toward a child? Why does a chihuahua get a break? C’mon, fearmongers, there’s killin’ to be done! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/31 "2009-02-04T01:00:04Z")
Flawless logic. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/32 "2009-02-04T01:50:31Z")
For less than the price of a motel, you could hire two guys named Vinny to kidnap the dog somewhere en route. ---
**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 4, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/33 "2009-02-04T02:28:17Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > He’s outside of Knoxville–yes, he left yesterday afternoon, after he dropped Pepper off at Aunt Mary’s (you know what’s coming, don’t you?), but he is BRINGING CHIQUITA WITH HIM. I didn’t say a word. “Oh, that doesn’t sound good,” he says. > > “It’s not,” I snap at him. I again explain to him that I cannot have dogs in the house at any point. Again explain that it’s written into my lease, and that my landlord lives next door in the ATTACHED HOUSE, and that I have two cats. He again states that he has a crate for the dog. I somehow manage to keep from screaming and state that MY LANDLORD LIVES IN THE ATTACHED HOUSE AND HE CANNOT BRING THE DOG. Although the walls are not paper thin, I can hear my neighbors (landlord) when they flush the toilet, or they run the vaccuum cleaner in the family room. A dog that is yipping at the cats, yipping at me, yipping at Hallboy? I’m pretty sure they’d be able to hear that. Besides, there’s the whole cat factor… > > “Oh,” he replies like he’s never in his life heard what I just now said to him. I somehow manage to get off the phone without screaming (I was waiting for my lunch to be prepared and didn’t want to freak out the waitress). 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 ---
**Author:** ![Sebastienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Sebastienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sebastienne)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/34 "2009-02-04T02:40:01Z")
> [@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 It sounds to me like the father mentioned he was _bringing_ Chiquita, and **phall0106** responded with silence. A hyper and presumptuous reaction indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/35 "2009-02-04T03:04:32Z")
> [@wring](#): > > So get the innoculations at the same time. Or if they’ve been given, the other vet can confirm. Won’t work that way, at least not in Fort Worth. The animal will have to have BEEN vaccinated for a certain length of time, in order for the vaccinations to have enough time to develop antibodies. I don’t think this is unreasonable. Sometimes it’s inconvenient, but not unreasonable. Unlike the OP’s father, who is inconvenient and unreasonable. ---
**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 4, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/36 "2009-02-04T04:04:53Z")
> [@Sebastienne](#): > > It sounds to me like the father mentioned he was _bringing_ Chiquita, and **phall0106** responded with silence. A hyper and presumptuous reaction indeed. What we know from the OP is that Chiquita coming could just as easily be read as the OP’s conclusion based on only one dog dropped off at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/37 "2009-02-04T05:08:57Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > What we know from the OP is that Chiquita coming could just as easily be read as the OP’s conclusion based on only one dog dropped off at this point. I’m not seeing it. He left Tulsa _after_ dropping off the other dog, he’s now outside of Knoxville, and he says he’s bringing the dog (in capital letters), and is apparently surprised that the dog is not welcome - where’s the room for misinterpretation? Where’s he planning to drop off the dog, some random kennel in Tennessee? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/38 "2009-02-04T05:15:41Z")
> [@thursday\_next](#): > > My 11 month old 110 lb lab can hardly stand to be outside when its cold and we’re in the south, not the “real” cold. You might, perhaps, care to google “Labrador”. I’d be more worried about leaving it out in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/39 "2009-02-04T05:16:41Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Won’t work that way, at least not in Fort Worth. The animal will have to have BEEN vaccinated for a certain length of time, in order for the vaccinations to have enough time to develop antibodies. I don’t think this is unreasonable. Sometimes it’s inconvenient, but not unreasonable. > > Unlike the OP’s father, who is inconvenient and unreasonable. Aren’t dog license tags given out as proof that a dog’s shots are up to date? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317/40 "2009-02-04T11:56:43Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > I’m sure you’re right. The OP clearly doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about. Hey you hear that **phall0106**? It’s OK to kennel the dog after all. I’ll bet that’s a relief. Veterinarians are not kennels. I’m sure that most vets have the ability to house an animal that is not up on its shots. For instance, if someone “accidentally” sat on Chiquita while on this visit, and the dog needed surgery, do you think any vet worth his salt would tell you the dog can’t stay overnight because it’s not up on its shots? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-no-dogs-do-you-not-understand/484317.md?page=3)