Who invited your dog(s)?

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Who Invited the Dog?

By JOYCE WADLER and ABBY AGUIRRE
December 13, 2007

IT was a dark and stormy night — actually four stormy nights — when Jayme Otto, 31, and her husband, Ryan Otto, 33, drove 1,200 miles from their home in Boulder, Colo., to her parents’ house in Cleveland for Christmas.

"We traveled all this way to bring our yellow Labrador, Cody Bear, home to spend time with his grandparents,” Ms. Otto said, “grandparents” being dog-person-speak for her parents.

Besides wanting Cody Bear “to participate in his favorite yearly activity of unwrapping gifts and destroying all the boxes,” as Ms. Otto put it, they wanted the dog to meet her brother’s fiancée


But on Christmas morning, a commotion ensued: the fiancée was allergic to dogs and broke out in hives. “The dog was banished to the guest bedroom and we were unable to share our Christmas morning with Cody Bear,” Ms. Otto said bitterly.

“The family blowup between my brother and I over the dog resulted in my mother not speaking to me for two months and my brother for four.” This Christmas will mark the first time that the Ottos will not be returning home.


Where, one might ask at times like these, are the elegantly embossed cards people really need, ones reading: “I can’t believe I could have been so insensitive.” Or better yet, “I can’t believe you could have been so insensitive.”


They might also include a sketch of a sophisticated, well-traveled pet. Something for an animal that understands, even if others do not, that it is a valued family member. And of course a handwritten note, the tone bemused but firm.

“Rex is truly sorry he sent Granny to the emergency room with the oxygen mask, but it isn’t like anyone told me she was allergic. All is forgiven, see you next New Year’s. Leaps and Gloppy Drooly Kisses — R.”

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Both my mother and myself have been on the receiving end of a furry guest whom we did not invite. I love dogs but have spent most of my life renting in places which do not allow them. Yet I have still had people bring their untrained fur babies into my home. :wtf:

Where are your manners? Don't tell me that if you leave Skippy at home alone, he tears apart the furniture, because that makes me think he will do the samein my home. :mad: Are you prepared to replace my $3,500.00 living room set, my antique Waterford crystal, punch bowl with 17 matching cups and crystal ladle? If not leave your fur baby in a kennel. :cool:
 

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Yeah that is rude. One should always ask the host if they can bring anyone not specifically invited to any social engagement. That includes furry friends.
 

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At least the dog's owners should have appeased their pet by giving him a cat to tear apart while alone in the bedroom.

Some humans are so selfish.
 

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Definitely rude not to ask. Had some family over last Christmas who brought their dog unannounced. Admittedly he was lovely, well trained, quiet and didn't shed, but my sister suffers with asthma and pet hair can really cause her problems. Luckily this dog didn't, but there was no warning about him coming too.
 

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article continued here.

Both my mother and myself have been on the receiving end of a furry guest whom we did not invite. I love dogs but have spent most of my life renting in places which do not allow them. Yet I have still had people bring their untrained fur babies into my home. :wtf:

Where are your manners? Don't tell me that if you leave Skippy at home alone, he tears apart the furniture, because that makes me think he will do the samein my home. :mad: Are you prepared to replace my $3,500.00 living room set, my antique Waterford crystal, punch bowl with 17 matching cups and crystal ladle? If not leave your fur baby in a kennel. :cool:
3,500? that's not a lot of money. My parents let our cat into our living room that's creeping over 11,000 in refurnishing. He put his claws into the $7,000 couch... meh.
 

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3,500? that's not a lot of money. My parents let our cat into our living room that's creeping over 11,000 in refurnishing. He put his claws into the $7,000 couch... meh.
I think you missed my point T_K. The problem isn't what it would cost to replace my furniture. It is the fact that none of the people in question have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Therefore even if my sofa was only $100 in the Ikea As-Is room they wouldn't be able to replace it. Also I have a tendency to become emotionally attached to my things.


At least the dog's owners should have appeased their pet by giving him a cat to tear apart while alone in the bedroom.
Some humans are so selfish.
Hahahaha :biggrin1:


Fur baby!
When I googled gay bear images this came up. --->
 

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3,500? that's not a lot of money. My parents let our cat into our living room that's creeping over 11,000 in refurnishing. He put his claws into the $7,000 couch... meh.
I think you missed my point T_K. The problem isn't what it would cost to replace my furniture. It is the fact that none of the people in question have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Therefore even if my sofa was only $100 in the Ikea As-Is room they wouldn't be able to replace it. Also I have a tendency to become emotionally attached to my things.


At least the dog's owners should have appeased their pet by giving him a cat to tear apart while alone in the bedroom.
Some humans are so selfish.
Hahahaha :biggrin1:


Fur baby!
When I googled gay bear images this came up. --->
I got it... I just think it's silly to worry about something that is so replaceable. I mean yeah you might be attached to the couch... but I guess I'm not materialistic in any sense, sure I'd be upset for a bit.. but in the grand scheme of things.. does it really matter?

Someone at my work had a sons friend accidentally sit on their $350 laptop. I failed to see the drama that came with it.. other than pictures and files that should be backed up.. who cares replace it and start a new.
 

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Who Invited the Dog?

By JOYCE WADLER and ABBY AGUIRRE
December 13, 2007

IT was a dark and stormy night — actually four stormy nights — when Jayme Otto, 31, and her husband, Ryan Otto, 33, drove 1,200 miles from their home in Boulder, Colo., to her parents’ house in Cleveland for Christmas.

"We traveled all this way to bring our yellow Labrador, Cody Bear, home to spend time with his grandparents,” Ms. Otto said, “grandparents” being dog-person-speak for her parents.

Besides wanting Cody Bear “to participate in his favorite yearly activity of unwrapping gifts and destroying all the boxes,” as Ms. Otto put it, they wanted the dog to meet her brother’s fiancée


But on Christmas morning, a commotion ensued: the fiancée was allergic to dogs and broke out in hives. “The dog was banished to the guest bedroom and we were unable to share our Christmas morning with Cody Bear,” Ms. Otto said bitterly.

“The family blowup between my brother and I over the dog resulted in my mother not speaking to me for two months and my brother for four.” This Christmas will mark the first time that the Ottos will not be returning home.


Where, one might ask at times like these, are the elegantly embossed cards people really need, ones reading: “I can’t believe I could have been so insensitive.” Or better yet, “I can’t believe you could have been so insensitive.”


They might also include a sketch of a sophisticated, well-traveled pet. Something for an animal that understands, even if others do not, that it is a valued family member. And of course a handwritten note, the tone bemused but firm.

“Rex is truly sorry he sent Granny to the emergency room with the oxygen mask, but it isn’t like anyone told me she was allergic. All is forgiven, see you next New Year’s. Leaps and Gloppy Drooly Kisses — R.”

article continued here.

Both my mother and myself have been on the receiving end of a furry guest whom we did not invite. I love dogs but have spent most of my life renting in places which do not allow them. Yet I have still had people bring their untrained fur babies into my home. :wtf:

Where are your manners? Don't tell me that if you leave Skippy at home alone, he tears apart the furniture, because that makes me think he will do the samein my home. :mad: Are you prepared to replace my $3,500.00 living room set, my antique Waterford crystal, punch bowl with 17 matching cups and crystal ladle? If not leave your fur baby in a kennel. :cool:
Poor skippy...........:biggrin1:
 

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Sorry, If you know your relative has a pet and might bring it with
them, to your home,you have an obligation, {as they do} to say; "Don't bring that friggin' dog! " It makes the situation very clear,so that no one can say; "you didn't tell me not to bring him"
I always told my family,I'm bringing "Monster & Irene.
They were always very well behaved,if they weren't
invited,neither was I.
Monster, was a very handsome, and charming dog,much like this "monster" is here!
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3,500? that's not a lot of money. My parents let our cat into our living room that's creeping over 11,000 in refurnishing. He put his claws into the $7,000 couch... meh.
I think you missed my point T_K. The problem isn't what it would cost to replace my furniture. It is the fact that none of the people in question have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Therefore even if my sofa was only $100 in the Ikea As-Is room they wouldn't be able to replace it. Also I have a tendency to become emotionally attached to my things.

I got it... I just think it's silly to worry about something that is so replaceable. I mean yeah you might be attached to the couch... but I guess I'm not materialistic in any sense, sure I'd be upset for a bit.. but in the grand scheme of things.. does it really matter? Yes, it does! It says to me that person has no respect for me or my belongings. :mad: Someone at my work had a sons friend accidentally sit on their $350 laptop. I failed to see the drama that came with it.. other than pictures and files that should be backed up.. who cares replace it and start a new. It's easy for you not to be materialistic when you have unlimited funds available.:rolleyes:
 

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3,500? that's not a lot of money. My parents let our cat into our living room that's creeping over 11,000 in refurnishing. He put his claws into the $7,000 couch... meh.
I think you missed my point T_K. The problem isn't what it would cost to replace my furniture. It is the fact that none of the people in question have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Therefore even if my sofa was only $100 in the Ikea As-Is room they wouldn't be able to replace it. Also I have a tendency to become emotionally attached to my things.

I got it... I just think it's silly to worry about something that is so replaceable. I mean yeah you might be attached to the couch... but I guess I'm not materialistic in any sense, sure I'd be upset for a bit.. but in the grand scheme of things.. does it really matter? Yes, it does! It says to me that person has no respect for me or my belongings. :mad: Someone at my work had a sons friend accidentally sit on their $350 laptop. I failed to see the drama that came with it.. other than pictures and files that should be backed up.. who cares replace it and start a new. It's easy for you not to be materialistic when you have unlimited funds available.:rolleyes:
Did the dog really break things? Im sorry to hear that....
 

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3,500? that's not a lot of money. My parents let our cat into our living room that's creeping over 11,000 in refurnishing. He put his claws into the $7,000 couch... meh.
I think you missed my point T_K. The problem isn't what it would cost to replace my furniture. It is the fact that none of the people in question have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Therefore even if my sofa was only $100 in the Ikea As-Is room they wouldn't be able to replace it. Also I have a tendency to become emotionally attached to my things.


At least the dog's owners should have appeased their pet by giving him a cat to tear apart while alone in the bedroom.
Some humans are so selfish.
Hahahaha :biggrin1:



I got it... I just think it's silly to worry about something that is so replaceable. I mean yeah you might be attached to the couch... but I guess I'm not materialistic in any sense, sure I'd be upset for a bit.. but in the grand scheme of things.. does it really matter?

Someone at my work had a sons friend accidentally sit on their $350 laptop. I failed to see the drama that came with it.. other than pictures and files that should be backed up.. who cares replace it and start a new.

Yea, I think I see what NJ is trying to say. The money is not the main issue. It's the last of manners and respect that someone else have for your home that is the issue. If something does happen to your things, whether or not you're materialistic, the fact is that your stuck with the damage. That person who damaged it gets to go home to their perfectly intact house. I doubt it if you would be as nonchalant about this as you would be if someone thoroughly vandalized your house that you or someone else had to work hard to get, maintain and furnish to your liking. It's your stuff and for someone else to damage it before you has to hurt and offend on some level...
 

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Yea, I think I see what NJ is trying to say. The money is not the main issue. It's the last of manners and respect that someone else have for your home that is the issue. If something does happen to your things, whether or not you're materialistic, the fact is that your stuck with the damage. That person who damaged it gets to go home to their perfectly intact house. I doubt it if you would be as nonchalant about this as you would be if someone thoroughly vandalized your house that you or someone else had to work hard to get, maintain and furnish to your liking. It's your stuff and for someone else to damage it before you has to hurt and offend on some level...
Yes, I got that. People can stay in hotels then... most allow pets, then you wont be stepping on anyones toes or pissing anyone off.
 
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I usually bring my cat with me when I travel. The separation anxiety is very stressful to both of us if I don't. She literally makes herself sick if she can't find me for longer than a few days. I, knowing this, just stress out and worry about my little fuzz-face. So, where I go, I usually take the cat along. However, I have never taken her anywhere without specifically asking, and being honest about her bad behavior.

She likes to scratch leather, and she's likely to test one's patience with regard to the "no pets on the table" rule. She also bites. Though never unprovoked, she bites due to stimuli other cats tend to ignore. When possible, I arrange a sitter. However, like I said, she makes herself sick when she can't find me after a while.
 

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I have cream-coloured carpet in my place, so everyone I know with pets knows that the pets are not included in any invitations I extend. And I don't think that any of my friends are so insensitive as to bring a dog or cat along uninvited.

I have good friends and relatives with dogs and cats (yes, plural). When I visit them, I dose up on allergy medication (I developed what is presumably a pet dander allergy in my early 30s). I wouldn't dream of asking them to put their pets outside or in a basement - it's their house, their rules.